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Airline Boss: MH370 May Not Be In Indian Ocean

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 12 Oktober 2014 | 00.57

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent

There have been plenty of conspiracy theories about what happened to missing jet MH370 but now the respected head of one of the world's leading airlines says he believes the plane was not on autopilot at the end and may not even be in the Indian Ocean.

Emirates Airlines boss Sir Tim Clark made the controversial comments in an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel.

"MH370 was, in my opinion, under control, probably until the very end," he said.

His theory goes against current thinking that the aircraft was on autopilot until it ran out of fuel and crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.

He added: "Our experience tells us that in water incidents, where the aircraft has gone down, there is always something.

Video: MH370: Plane Not In Search Area

"We have not seen a single thing that suggests categorically that this aircraft is where they say it is, apart from this so-called electronic satellite 'handshake', which I question as well."

The plane that disappeared was a Boeing 777 and Emirates operates 127 such aircraft, more than any other airline.

Sir Tim said he was suspicious of the fact that no-one seems to know where the plane ended up.

"There hasn't been one over-water incident in the history of civil aviation - apart from Amelia Earhart in 1939 - that has not been at least 5 or 10% trackable.

"But MH370 has simply disappeared. For me, that raises a degree of suspicion. I'm totally dissatisfied with what has been coming out of all of this," he told the magazine.

Sir Tim called for more transparency in the investigation.

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He said: "There is plenty of information out there, which we need to be far more forthright, transparent and candid about.

"Every single second of that flight needs to be examined up until it, theoretically, ended up in the Indian Ocean - for which they still haven't found a trace, not even a seat cushion."

Australian Danica Weeks lost her husband Paul on the flight.

In response to the comments from the respected airline chief she told Channel 9 news: "He's the man in the know so why aren't they talking to us? And what is all the silence about?"

Earlier this week the Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) said latest analysis suggested the Malaysia Airlines flight went into a slow left turn and spiralled into the Indian Ocean when its fuel ran out.

An interim report pointed investigators towards the southern section the current search zone.

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"MH370 remains one of the great aviation mysteries. Personally, I have the concern that we will treat it as such and move on," the airline chief told Der Spiegel.

"At the most, it might then make an appearance on National Geographic as one of aviation's great mysteries," he said.

"We mustn't allow this to happen. We must know what caused that airplane to disappear."

The next phase of the operation to locate the plane has now begun following an extensive mapping process of the ocean floor.

It is seven months since the aircraft went missing with 239 people on board.


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Police Foil Bid To Steal Eric Morecambe Statue

A man has been arrested after police foiled an attempt to steal a statue of comedian Eric Morecambe.

Officers were called to Marine Road Central in Morecambe at around midday following reports the effigy had been damaged.

Lancashire Constabulary say they believe someone attempted to cut through one of the statue's legs.

The monument has now been removed by the council and the area has been fenced off.

Sgt John Bond said: "We are in the early stages of our investigation and I would urge anyone who may have seen what happened or has any information to get in touch with police."

A 32-year-old man from Morecambe has been arrested on suspicion of attempted theft and remains in custody.

The bronze figure was unveiled on the promenade by the Queen in July 1999 and was joined by Morecambe's widow, Joan, and his children, Gary, Gail and Steven.

It took sculptor Graham Ibbeson six years to complete and featured some of the comedian's famous sayings.

Born John Eric Bartholomew, he was born in Morecambe in 1926 and used his home town for his stage surname.

He died on 28 May, 1984 after collapsing on stage with a heart attack.


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Ebola Crisis: Alex Crawford's Special Report

In a week when the World Health Organisation declared deaths from ebola have reached over 4,000, Sky's Special Correspondent Alex Crawford gained exclusive access to a body recovery team in Liberia.

You can watch a special version of the highlights of the report, or watch the full documentary and read her full story.

Our Health Correspondent Thomas Moore looks in detail at this latest global health crisis in this Sky News special report.

:: Watch a special Sky News programme on the ebola crisis at 3.30pm today and 3.30pm on Sunday - available on skynews.com, Sky News for iPad and on Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202 and Freeview 132.

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Snapchat Hackers Post Explicit Images Online

Explicit images taken with the photo sharing app Snapchat have reportedly been intercepted via a third party app and leaked online.

Users of the app, many of them teenagers, have apparently had their photos gathered over a number of years before being posted on a website.

The leak - dubbed the 'Snappening' - comes after the iCloud security breach in which nude photos of stars including Jennifer Lawrence and recently former Dr Who Matt Smith were published online.

San Francisco-based Snapchat said it was not the source of the latest leak and that it strictly prohibits use of third party apps, which are created by separate developers as "add-ons".

"We can confirm that Snapchat's servers were never breached and were not the source of these leaks," a spokeswoman said.

Video: How Snapchat Works

"Snapchatters were allegedly victimised by their use of third-party apps to send and receive Snaps, a practice that we expressly prohibit in our terms of use precisely because they compromise our users' security.

"We vigilantly monitor the App Store and Google Play for illegal third-party apps and have succeeded in getting many of these removed."

Snapchat allows users to share videos and images that "disappear" after up to 10 seconds. However, recipients can "screen-grab" and save the pictures if they wish.

The app came under fire earlier this year after hackers published 4.6 million Snapchat user names and phone numbers on a website.

Video: "This Is Attacking Children"

Police and children's charities have previously warned teenagers about the dangers of using the app to send intimate photos.

In last month's so-called 'Fappening' scandal a hacker posted hundreds of naked images of celebrities on the online community 4Chan.

Jennifer Lawrence, one of the most high-profile victims, told Vanity Fair: "It's not a scandal. It is a sex crime."

Other victims include Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, actress Winona Ryder and Matt Smith's ex-girlfriend Daisy Lowe.


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Ex-Army Major Stripped Of Military Cross

A senior Army officer has become the first soldier to be stripped of his Military Cross, after it was revealed he had exaggerated his heroism.

Major Robert Michael Armstrong was given the prestigious medal in March 2009 for his leadership under fire in Afghanistan.

He was praised for saving the lives of his injured comrades while dodging bullets and inspiring Afghan troops to fire rockets at the enemy.

But he was detained later that year as part of a probe into allegations of false battle write ups and now the London Gazette has announced the medal will be "cancelled and annulled".

In 2008, Armstrong, 41, was a Royal Artillery officer attached to the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment battle group in Helmand when a British and Afghan convoy came under Taliban attack.

Armstrong's citation praised his "swift, instinctive actions, personal courage and disregard for his own life", adding: "As a result of his calm leadership under fire losses were prevented and the lives of those injured were saved."

He was awarded the Military Cross the following year "for his consistent bravery and inspirational leadership".

But fellow soldiers disputed the claims, with two corporals claiming there was no hostile fire by the Taliban when a vehicle in the convoy was blown up and the Sunday Telegraph reported one officer was aggrieved that actions attributed to Armstrong were actually those performed by other officers.

The commander of Britain's 16 Air Assault Brigade, Brigadier Giles Hill, was ordered to carry out a review into the citation.

It is understood that he found significant disparities between what Armstrong claimed happened and what actually occurred and that the citation contained a number of falsehoods.

When a soldier performs an act on operations worthy of a medal, the highest-ranked officer present will normally write a citation, speaking to those present and even speak to the subject without letting them know the reason for the conversation.

Armstrong's lawyers said he had had "no role in corroborating events referred to in the citation" and said there were "shortcomings and irregularities" in the process used by senior officers.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "The MoD can confirm that an investigation has concluded into the circumstances surrounding the award of a gallantry medal relating to an incident in Afghanistan."

Armstrong was dismissed from the Army two years ago after hundreds of rounds of ammunition and secret documents were found in his home.

A judge at Colchester military court had said Armstrong had demonstrated a "cavalier attitude" to handling the ammunition and that the documents could have resulted in loss of life if they had been published.

Armstrong was sentenced to 12 months in prison for those offences but this was suspended for two years.


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Crash Leaves Car Dangling Over Motorway

A driver and his passenger were lucky to escape after a crash left their car hanging precariously over one of the country's busiest motorways.

The car hit a barrier at junction five on the M25 just after midnight in heavy rain.

They suffered only minor cuts and bruises but the car was left hanging over the edge of the motorway, twisted around the railings and overlooking the usually busy M26 below.

The M25 heading clockwise had to be closed for emergency repairs to the barrier.

Kent Police are still investigating the cause of the crash but warned motorists to be careful when driving on wet roads.

The force's Roads Policing Unit posted photographs of the incident on Twitter with a warning that read: "Please remember this as the danger of driving on a wet road."


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Ebola Drill Tests UK's Readiness For Outbreak

A nationwide drill to test Britain's readiness for an ebola outbreak has left the Health Secretary "doubly reassured" the country could cope.

Jeremy Hunt said the eight-hour simulation at locations across the country proved "robust plans" were in place if the disease, which has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa, reached the UK.

Ministers joined dozens of medical professionals, some of whom wore protective clothing, as actors simulated symptoms of the deadly virus.

The exercise, which was ordered by David Cameron as part of the UK's contingency plan, involved staff from hospitals, the ambulance service and Public Health England.

One scenario saw a patient collapse at Gateshead shopping centre.

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    A nationwide drill to test Britain's readiness for an ebola outbreak has left the Health Secretary "doubly reassured" the country would cope

  2. The eight-hour simulation at hospitals across the country proves Britain has "robust plans" in place, says Jeremy Hunt. Continue for more images

They were assessed and placed in isolation at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.

Samples were sent for testing at the Porton Down science laboratories in Wiltshire and, after returning an Ebola diagnosis, the patient was transferred to the Royal Free in London.

In a separate case, a patient arrived at Hillingdon walk-in centre in London with flu-like symptoms, having recently returned from West Africa.

Mr Hunt chaired a fake COBRA meeting as part of the exercise.

Video: Ebola Crisis: On The Front Line

He said: "This is an extremely useful exercise and I feel doubly reassured that we have robust plans in place in the event that we get an ebola case in the UK.

"We will evaluate what went well and what we need to improve.

"This exercise is just one small part of our ongoing contingency plans for ebola. It builds on activity we routinely practise for a wide variety of illnesses and other emergencies."

Meanwhile, aid ship RFA Argus, which will travel to Sierra Leone next week to help fight the outbreak, has arrived in Falmouth, Cornwall.

Video: Ebola Screening Coming To The UK

It will carry medical supplies, three Merlin helicopters, aircrew and engineers.

Its deployment comes as the Prime Minister was forced to defend the decision to introduce enhanced screening for the virus at major points of entry, saying it had been taken on "medical advice".

The move was criticised by health experts, with one describing it as a "complete waste of time".

As Britain's response stepped up, a director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed it was impossible to reduce the risk to the American public to zero.

Video: How Doctors Should Deal With Ebola

There is currently no effective vaccine for ebola, but Russia announced on Saturday that it expected to produce three within the next six months.

In Spain, three more people are under observation in a Madrid hospital, taking the number currently being monitored for ebola symptoms to 16.

The first person known to have contracted the disease outside West Africa during the current outbreak, 44-year-old Spanish nurse Teresa Romero, remains in a stable condition.

:: Watch a special Sky News programme on the ebola crisis at 3.30pm on Sunday - available on skynews.com, Sky News for iPad and on Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202 and Freeview 132.


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Sex Pic Scandal Tory MP To Quit Parliament

A Conservative MP who stepped down as a minister over an internet sex scandal is to leave Parliament at the next election.

Brooks Newmark, who served as minister for civil society and founded the Women2Win campaign group, claimed the media spotlight had become "intolerable".

The Braintree MP exchanged suggestive pictures over the internet with a reporter posing as a young Tory PR woman.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, American-born Mr Newmark wrote: "The continued media intrusion into past episodes in my personal life is placing an intolerable burden on my family.

"I have therefore decided to stand down at the General Election. I will continue to serve my constituents to the best of my abilities until that time.

"I again appeal to the media to respect my family's privacy and to give me a chance to try to heal the hurt I have caused them.

"I have no one to blame but myself and take full responsibility for my own actions.

"I will remain a loyal supporter of the Government and would like to thank the many friends and colleagues for the support and sympathy they have shown me and my family."

Mr Newmark was caught in a Sunday Mirror "honey trap" that used a fictitious party activist called Sophie Wittam to flirt with MPs via social media.

The 56-year-old, who is married and has five children, resigned as a minister after learning the newspaper was about to publish details of their exchanges.

The methods used in the investigation have since been criticised.

Former judge Sir Alan Moses, the chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), said the matter was of "urgent public concern".


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IS Militants Push Kurds Towards Turkey Border

Kurdish fighters are struggling to hold on in Kobani as Islamic State militants released footage of themselves fighting in the streets of the Syrian town.

The footage, which could not be verified, showed masked men walking through deserted streets firing machine guns and rocket launchers at unseen targets.

Sky's Middle East correspondent Sherine Tadros, reporting from the Turkey-Syria border, said: "(IS fighters) have been pushing in and pushing back the militias back right to the border with Turkey

"That is where we understand the militias are holding their frontline.

"We can the sound of heavy machine gun fire. It has been near constant for the last few hours.

Video: Calls For Ground Forces In Kobani

"I think it is too early to say the militants are in full control of Kobani but certainly the next few hours seem decisive."

On Friday, the militants overran the Kurdish administrative headquarters in the border town.

Most residents of the predominantly Kurdish town have fled since the IS assault on Kobani began in mid-September, but the UN has warned more than 500 people still trapped there could be massacred.

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said: "When there is an imminent threat to civilians, we cannot, we should not be silent."

Video: Sam Kiley On The Battle For Kobani

More than 200,000 people are believed to have fled over the border to Turkey but thousands of others are said to be unable to cross.

A senior Kurdish official, Ismet Sheikh Hasan, said the latest fighting was focused in the southern and eastern parts of the town.

"We are defending but ... we have only simple weapons and they  have heavy weapons," he told AP in a telephone call.

"They are not besieged and can move easily."

Video: IS Footage Shows Kobani Onslaught

Mr Hasan appealed for international help but added that the US airstrikes that have taken place over the last two weeks have ben largely ineffectual.

On Friday, fighters from the Free Syrian Army and the Kurdish militias told Sky News that they were outgunned by IS.

"We have RPGs, machine guns, light weapons like Kalishnikovs ... and that's what we're using against IS who have tanks, cannons, heavy weapons," Abu El Majed said.

In neighbouring Iraq, US officials have warned that government forces in western Anbar province are in a "tenuous" position in their battle with IS.

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    Turkish army tanks take up position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa Province

  2. Kurdish fighters vowed not to abandon their increasingly desperate efforts to defend the Syrian border town of Kobani from Islamic State militants pressing in from three sides and pounding them with heavy artillery

  3. Despite the heavy fighting, which has seen mortars rain down on residential areas in Kobani and stray fire hit Turkish territory, a Reuters reporter saw around 30 people cross over from Turkey, apparently to help with defence of the town

  4. An IS fighter walks near a black flag belonging to the Islamic State near Kobani

  5. Kurdish refugees from Kobani sit in front of their tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc

  6. Islamic State is trying to seize Kobani, which is predominantly Kurdish, and has ramped up its offensive in recent days despite being targeted by US-led coalition airstrikes aimed at halting its progress

  7. Turkish Kurds look at Kobani as they stand on top of a house near Mursitpinar border crossing. Continue through for more pictures

Concerns about the situation in the west are in stark contrast to reports from the north where Kurdish fighters are reportedly making headway.

Meanwhile, a cameraman for an Iraqi television station was executed by IS in Tikrit. 


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British Man In Macedonia Did Not Have Ebola

A British man who complained of ebola-like symptoms before he died in Macedonia did not have the disease, according to tests.

"The patient did not have the ebola virus," Macedonian health ministry spokeswoman Jovanka Kostovska said.

Thirty-five people quarantined after they were believed to have come into contact with him were expected to now be released.

Zvonko Milenkovic, the director of Skopje's clinic for infectious diseases, said an autopsy will be carried out. The tests for ebola were carried out at a German laboratory.

Meanwhile, an ebola test run on a man in Brazil suspected to have contracted the virus has come back negative.

Video: Ebola Drill Tests UK Readiness

Despite the result, Brazilian health minister Arthur Chioro said a second test would be conducted before the patient was released from isolation.

"Now we are waiting until tomorrow (Sunday) morning to do another test of which we should have a result for on Monday for this second test," he said.

"From a practical point of view having the first test come back negative can't disrupt our surveillance activities of the patient."

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    A nationwide drill to test Britain's readiness for an ebola outbreak has left the Health Secretary "doubly reassured" the country would cope

  2. The eight-hour simulation at hospitals across the country proves Britain has "robust plans" in place, says Jeremy Hunt. Continue for more images

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