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US Drone attacks kill 13 in North Waziristan, Islamabad – loc8id.com/71vX2t
Dec 27th
Eight more bodies have been recovered from a house where spying US Drone carried out strikes on a suspected position of terrorists on Saturday.
Last day five bodies were recovered but eight more bodies have been found from the rubbles on Sunday. The death toll reaches at 13. The attacks were carried out in village Seedgi, near Miram Shah. Sources also informed that three people were injured.
The suspected US Drone attacks have killed at least seven people in North Waziristan, sources told SAMAA on Friday (December 18).
SAMAA learnt that three missiles were fired over a village, Paikhel, some 30 km away from Miranshah where at least seven people were killed on the spot while five others injured, sources added.
How to survive a plane crash – well, a plane that slid off a runway while landing in torrential rain in Jamaica
Dec 26th
An American Airlines flight carrying 154 passengers slid off a runway while landing in torrential rain in Jamaica, Tuesday. Credit: CNN
On Tuesday, an American Airlines flight carrying 154 passengers slid off a runway while landing in torrential rain in Jamaica, stopping just short of the Caribbean Sea. The impact severely damaged the aircraft — which broke into three separate pieces — and caused the Boeing 737’s engines to shear off the wings. Thankfully, there were no fatalities; 91 people were taken to hospitals where they were evaluated and most were released.
On Wednesday, a Ryanair flight skidded off the runway in Scotland, coming to a stop 30 yards from a busy road. Amazingly, there were no injuries.
These incidents bring to mind a series of high-profile commercial aviation accidents that occurred earlier this year.
In January, the world watched in awe of the U.S. Airways “Miracle on the Hudson.” In February, the nation mourned the fatal crash of a Continental Airlines flight over Buffalo and took note of a Turkish Airlines crash in Amsterdam where nine were killed and dozens more injured.