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Aussie TV crew arrested for kidnapping in Lebanon to fight charges: media

An television crew will fight charges of kidnapping over their involvement in the allegedly botched abduction and recovery of an Australian mother's children, local media reported Wednesday, in a case that's brought journalism ethics into question.

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Aussie investigative TV news crew faces kidnapping charges in Lebanon

Members of an Australian investigative news team arrested in Beirut, Lebanon, earlier this week, have formally been charged on grounds of kidnapping on Wednesday (Australian time).

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Iraqi plane crashes in northern Iraq, 3 crew missing

An Iraqi plane crashed on Wednesday and its crew went missing while flying over Islamic State (IS)-held area near Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, a security source said.

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Nepal forms probe commission to investigate into Air Kasthamandap plane accident

The Nepalese government has formed a four-member commission to investigate on crash-landing of 9N-AJB plane of Air Kasthamandap in western Kalikot district which killed two pilots on Friday.

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Aust'n widow of MH370 victim sues Malaysia Airlines, claiming possible sabotage by crew

​The widow of a Melbourne-based Chinese businessman who was a passenger on downed flight MH370 is demanding a six-figure payout from Malaysia Airlines, claiming the crew may have orchestrated its mysterious disappearance.

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U.S. based Alcoa forcibly removes Australian crew from ship sold to Singapore

​U.S. based Alcoa Inc. have forcibly removed the crew of an Australian cargo ship after the locally based crew had been protesting their sacking and replacement by foreign workers.

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Experts: Jet crew shouldn't tell passengers of bomb scare

The crude combination of a kitchen timer, paper and cardboard found in a lavatory on an Air France flight could have been a bomb, but the crew didn't tell passengers of that possibility. Instead, people were told the plane had a technical problem and would be landing in Kenya instead of Paris.

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Boeing 777 plane catches fire on Las Vegas runway

A British Airways plane caught fire during takeoff on a runway in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon, said local aviation authority.

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Small plane crashes into house in Massachusetts, fate of crew unknown

​A small plane with three crew members crashed into a house in the southeastern Massachusetts town of Plainville on Sunday afternoon, local media said.

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Cruise ship originating out of Boston runs aground in Bermuda, all safe

​A cruise ship that originated in Boston, U.S. State of Massachusetts, run aground Tuesday in Bermuda after temporarily losing power, all are safe, local media reported.

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157 rescued from burning ferry off coast of Mallorca

​A total of 157 people were evacuated from a ferry crossing between the Spanish island of Mallorca and the Spanish city of Valencia on Tuesday afternoon after the ferry caught fire 18 miles off the southwest coast of the island.

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Ex-Korean Air vice president sentenced to 1-year jail term over "nut rage"

​Former vice president of South Korean top flagship carrier Korean Air was sentenced to one year in jail Thursday for violating the aviation safety law in a notorious "nut rage" incident.

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S. Korea's carrier under fire for chairman daughter's misconduct

​Korea Air Lines, South Korea's top flagship carrier, has been under mounting criticism as Chairman Cho Yang Ho's daughter ordered to deplane a crew member in violation of aviation law, local media reported on Wednesday.

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Three die in cargo helicopter crash in South Sudan: spokesman confirms

​ A United Nations cargo helicopter crashed Tuesday in the north part of South Sudan, killing three crew members and injuring another, a UN spokesman told reporters here.

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Pilots "motivated" despite merciless Southern Ocean

The pilot of the only military aircraft able to complete a visual sweep of the Southern Ocean on Thursday has told Xinhua there is still hope of finding proof that Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 went down in the remote waters known as the "roaring forties."

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Malaysia Airlines promises continuing support to relatives of MH370 passengers,

Malaysia Airlines said Monday it would continue to give full support to the family members of passengers and crew on MH370 flight throughout the difficult weeks and months ahead.

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9 Chinese crew missing after cargoes collision off Kanagawa, Japan

Nine Chinese crew members on board a Panama-registered cargo went missing after the ship collided with a South Korean cargo and capsized in waters near Miura port in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan early Tuesday morning, said the Chinese Embassy.