Wednesday 25 September 2013

Penghantaran Emas Hilang dari Penerbangan Air France ke Zurich . . .

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SitiWanMahani - Penghantaran emas hilang dari penerbangan Air France ke Zurich. Kira-kira 44 kilogram jongkong emas daripada kargo keseluruhan 300 kg logam yang berharga telah hilang secara misteri dari penerbangan terikat untuk Zurich. Operasi dalaman boleh untuk menyalahkan untuk € 1. 500.000 rompakan di Charles Gaulle lapangan terbang de Paris.

Polis penerbangan kebangsaan Perancis (GTA) kini menyiasat bagaimana dan oleh siapa emas yang dicuri dari pesawat, selepas Air France berkata ia telah memfailkan aduan dengan polis.

“Kami berharap siasatan akan membolehkan kita untuk segera menentukan urutan peristiwa-peristiwa dan mengenal pasti mereka yang bertanggungjawab,” kata jurucakap Air France dipetik Tempatan.

Hanya 7 daripada 9 kes yang dikendalikan oleh Amerika dalam syarikat pengangkutan Brink yang sampai ke destinasi akhir di Switzerland di atas kapal Air France penerbangan Khamis lepas.

“Kami sedang menyiasat perkara itu, dan terutama kemungkinan bahawa ini adalah satu kerja dalam,” kata seorang sumber yang rapat dengan siasatan memberitahu Daily Mail British.

Di ambang, yang disediakan bagi keselamatan kargo ini, namun menafikan bertanggungjawab, dengan berkata “ia tidak bertanggungjawab ke atas pengangkutan dan pakej tidak berada di bawah tanggungjawab mereka apabila ia hilang,” menulis Tempatan.

Firma itu menjelaskan bahawa yang tanggungjawab mereka “adalah terhad kepada memastikan keselamatan konsainan semasa transit di Charles de Gaulle.”

Gold shipment disappears from Air France flight to Zurich

Some 44 kilograms of gold bars from an overall cargo of 300 kg of precious metal have mysteriously disappeared from a flight bound to Zurich. An insider operation could be to blame for a €1.5 million heist at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport.

France's national aviation police (GTA) is now investigating how and by whom the gold was stolen from the aircraft, after Air France said it had filed a complaint with police.

"We hope the investigations will allow us to quickly determine the sequence of events and identify those responsible," a spokesman for Air France was quoted by the Local.

Only seven of nine cases handled by the American secure transportation company Brink's reached the final destination in Switzerland onboard the Air France flight last Thursday.

“We are investigating the matter, and especially the possibility that this was an inside job,” a source familiar with the investigation told the British Daily Mail.

Brink's, which provided for the cargo’s security, nonetheless denied being responsible, saying "it was not in charge of the transport and the packages were not under its responsibility when they disappeared," writes the Local.

The firm clarified that their responsibility "was limited to ensure the safety of the consignment during its transit at Charles de Gaulle.”  

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Berita rompakan itu datang pada tumit skandal lain untuk pengangkut, apabila awal bulan ini memecah rekod 1. 3 tan, € 200 juta bernilai kokain ditemui diangkut oleh Air France dari Amerika Selatan.

Penerbangan dari Caracas, Venezuela ke Paris mengandungi 30 beg pakaian narkotik kapal dan telah membawa kepada penangkapan sembilan suspek, termasuk 3 ejen keselamatan Venezuela dan tiga warga British berikutan penemuan kargo pada 11 September. 3 lagi suspek warga Itali.

Dalam skandal yang Menteri Dalam Negeri Venezuela adalah cepat untuk mencadangkan di dalam pekerjaan Air France.

“Bagaimana penghantaran kokain boleh mencapai Perancis dan ia akan dibawa keluar tanpa melalui kawalan yang biasa?” Miguel Rodriguez ditanya.

Firma keselamatan Brink ini juga telah dalam perhatian awal tahun ini selepas kira-kira € 38 juta bernilai berlian dicuri di lapangan terbang Brussels. Bukan tembakan telah dipecat semasa rompakan 15 minit, yang dijalankan oleh lapan suspek yang bersenjatakan AK-47 yang memandu 2 kenderaan terus ke kapal terbang di mana permata yang sedang dipindahkan dari van perisai Brink itu.

News of the heist comes on the heels of another scandal for the carrier, when earlier this month a record-breaking 1.3-ton, €200 million worth of cocaine was discovered being transported by Air France from South America.

The flight from Caracas, Venezuela to Paris contained 30 suitcases of narcotics onboard and has led to the arrests of nine suspects, including three Venezuelan security agents and three British nationals following the cargo’s discovery on September 11th. The other three suspects were Italian nationals.

During that scandal Venezuelan Interior Minister was quick to suggest an inside Air France job.

"How can the cocaine shipment reach France and it gets taken out without going through the normal controls?" Miguel Rodriguez asked.

The security firm Brink's had also been in the spotlight earlier this year after approximately  €38 million worth of diamonds were stolen in a Brussels airport. Not a single shot was fired during the fifteen minute heist, carried out by eight suspects armed with AK-47s who drove two vehicles straight to the airplane where the gems were being transferred from a Brink's armored van.


Jet pejuang F-16 Tentera Udara tanpa pemandu 'DRONE' melengkapkan penerbangan pertama . . .



SitiWanMahani - Jet pejuang F-16 Tentera Udara tanpa pemandu melengkapkan penerbangan pertama. Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat dan aeroangkasa dan pertahanan Boeing syarikat mengumumkan bahawa mereka telah berjaya menukar persara F-16 ke drone. Ia kini mungkin untuk jet pejuang terbang kelajuan supersonik, darat, dan beroperasi seperti biasa tanpa juruterbang di atas kapal.

Boeing mengumumkan pada Selasa bahawa versi diubah suai daripada F-16 Fighting Falcon akan beroperasi sebagai Skala Sasaran Udara QF-16 penuh untuk digunakan dalam amalan latihan Air Force. Minggu lepas, 2 juruterbang Tentera Udara dikawal penerbangan pertama yang berjaya dari stesen bumi di Tydall Pangkalan Tentera Udara Florida.

Penerbangan sulung berlepas dari landasan seperti biasa dan siap satu siri gerakan simulasi di udara ke Teluk Mexico, mengatasi kelajuan bunyi dan mendarat dengan selamat.

“Ianya adalah sedikit berbeza untuk melihat tanpa sesiapa, tetapi ia adalah penerbangan yang besar sepanjang jalan di sekitar,” kata Amerika Syarikat Tentera Udara Leftenan Kolonel Ryan Inman, komander-82 Skuadron sasaran udara. “Ia adalah satu replikasi semasa, situasi DUNIA sebenar dan platform pesawat mereka boleh menembak sebagai sasaran. Sekarang kita mempunyai berkebolehan, sasaran udara sangat mapan 9G.”

Tentera Udara telah menegaskan bahawa QF-16 hanya akan digunakan dalam latihan latihan apabila juruterbang melengkapkan simulasi dogfight di udara. Pesawat kekal mampu diterbangkan oleh juruterbang lembaga pada walaupun, dan bom akan diletakkan di papan sekiranya pesawat tanpa pemandu perlu dimusnahkan.

Walaupun hanya 6 QF-16 telah maju, dirombak F-16 akan menggantikan pesawat Q-4 kini digunakan dalam latihan latihan selepas bilangan mereka terhempas di Florida.

“Pada masa ini, majoriti bahagian pesawat untuk QF-4 tidak lagi dihasilkan,” Inman memberitahu Panama City News Herald. “QF-16 menyediakan rantaian bekalan yang lengkap yang masih aktif dan akan mengekalkan sebahagian penggantian ketersediaan keseluruhan sasaran pesawat udara kami.”

Skala sasaran QF -16 penuh udara dari 82 Skuadron Udara Sasaran mengambil kira dalam penerbangan tanpa pemandu pertamanya di Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida 19 Sep 2013. ATR 82 beroperasi Jabatan hanya besar-besaran program sasaran udara Pertahanan. QF -16 akan menyediakan perwakilan pejuang generasi yang ke-4 ancaman DUNIA sebenar. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Javier Cruz – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Air Force’s unmanned F-16 fighter jet completes first flight

The US Air Force and the Boeing aerospace and defense corporation announced they have successfully converted a retired F-16 into a drone. It is now possible for fighter jets to fly supersonic speeds, land, and operate normally without a pilot on board.

Boeing announced Tuesday that modified versions of the F-16 Fighting Falcon will operate as a QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target for use in Air Force training practices. Last week, two Air Force pilots controlled the first successful flight from the ground station at Florida’s Tydall Air Force Base. 

The maiden flight departed from the runway as normal and completed a series of simulated maneuvers in the air over the Gulf of Mexico, surpassing the speed of sound and landing safely.

“It was a little different to see it without anyone in it, but it was a great flight all the way around,” said US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Inman, the commander of the 82nd Aerial targets Squadron. “It’s a replication of current, real world situations and aircraft platforms they can shoot as a target. Now we have a 9G capable, highly sustainable aerial target.”

The Air Force has maintained that QF-16s will only be used in training exercises when pilots are completing dogfight simulations in the air. The planes remain capable of being flown by an on board pilot though, and a bomb will be placed on board in the event that an unmanned plane needs to be destroyed.

While only six QF-16s have been developed, the revamped F-16s will replace the Q-4 drones currently used in training exercises after a number of those crashed in Florida.

“Currently, the majority of aircraft parts for the QF-4 are no longer being manufactured,” Inman told the Panama City News Herald. “The QF-16 provides a complete supply chain that is still active and will maintain replacement part availability for our entire aerial target fleet.”


Pakistan: Lebih 200 yang terbunuh dalam Gempa bumi kuat 7.7



SitiWanMahani - Pakistan: Lebih 200 yang terbunuh dalam gempa bumi kuat 7.7. Satu gempa bumi berukuran 7.7 telah membunuh lebih 200 orang di Pakistan. Ia melanda dengan kesan yang amat buruk di kawasan terpencil di barat daya negara itu.

“Kami telah memulakan untuk yang mengebumikan mati,” timbalan pesuruhjaya daerah Awaran memberitahu satu outlet media. Gegaran dirasai di seluruh Asia Selatan.

Pekerja pejabat di Karachi 400 kilometer dari pusat bergegas untuk mengosongkan bangunan apabila gempa bumi itu melanda sebelum 16.30 waktu tempatan.

Satu usaha menyelamat yang besar telah dipasang di wilayah yang paling teruk terjejas Balochistan dan darurat diisytiharkan.

Seorang pegawai berkata, “kita telah sibuk sepanjang malam dengan usaha menyelamat dan ketakutant kami akan pulihkan banyak lagi mayat daripada runtuhan di siang hari.”

Pakistan: More than 200 killed in powerful 7.7 earthquake. An earthquake measuring 7.7 has killed over 200 people in Pakistan.It struck with devastating effect in a remote area in the south-west of the country.

"We have started to bury our dead," the deputy commissioner of Awaran district told one media outlet. The tremors were felt across South Asia.

Office workers in Karachi four hundred kilometres from the epicentre rushed to evacuate their buildings when the quake struck just before 16.30 local time.

A huge rescue effort has been mounted in the worst affected province of Balochistan and a state of emergency declared.

One official said, "we have been busy throughout the night with the rescue effort and fear we will recover more bodies from the rubble in daylight."

45 terbunuh gempa bumi 7.8 gempa bumi menyerang barat daya Pakistan, gegaran dirasai di New Delhi . . .

Pejalan kaki Pakistan dan pekerja pejabat meninggalkan bangunan pejabat selepas gempa bumi di Karachi pada 24 September, 2013. (Pakistani pedestrians and office workers leave an office building after an earthquake in Karachi on September 24, 2013. (AFP Photo/Rizwan Tabassum – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

SitiWanMahani - 45 terbunuh gempa bumi 7.8 melanda Pakistan, gegaran dirasai di New Delhi. Sekurang-kurangnya 45 orang telah terbunuh dalam gempa bumi berukuran 7.8 yang melanda barat daya Pakistan pada Selasa. Gegaran dirasai di seluruh rantau ini dan sejauh New Delhi, dengan bencana mewujudkan ‘pulau baru’ di belakangnya.

Timbalan Pesuruhjaya tempatan Awaran, Abdul Rasheed Gogazai, dan jurucakap Pakistan yang Frontier Corps terlibat dalam usaha menyelamat memberitahu Reuters bahawa sekurang-kurangnya 45 orang telah terbunuh.

Media tempatan diletakkan jumlah kematian yang lebih tinggi. Sekurang-kurangnya 150 orang terbunuh akibat gempa bumi, Timbalan Speaker Dewan Balochistan Pakistan, Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, berkata pada malam Selasa, menurut laporan dari Pakistan, English-language daily, The Express Tribune.

Kajian Geologi Amerika Syarikat telah mengukur gempa bumi 7.8 magnitud selepas ia melanda Balochistan, hanya 69 km utara- timur laut Awaran, bandar terdekat. A “RED” amaran telah dikeluarkan oleh agensi makna kematian dianggarkan lebih 1,000 dan kerosakan bernilai lebih $ 1 bilion.

Sekurang-kurangnya 30% peratus daripada rumah-rumah di daerah Awaran yang miskin telah dimusnahkan, Abdul Qadoos, timbalan speaker Dewan Undangan Baluchistan, kepada Reuters.

Bumbung 2 buah sekolah telah runtuh di Awaran, menurut The Express Tribune. Akhbar itu berkata bahawa rumah-rumah telah rosak di seluruh wilayah manakala yang cedera berada dalam proses menjadi diiringi ke hospital berdekatan. Ini belum disahkan secara rasmi.

Gempa bumi itu juga mencipta sebuah pulau baru di luar pantai Gwadar Pakistan, menurut akhbar tempatan Express News. Pulau baru berdiri kira-kira setengah batu ke dalam laut. Sekumpulan kaget dilaporkan berkumpul untuk melihat fenomena pulau baru, yang nampaknya mempunyai kawasan pergunungan .

Pusat gempa ialah di kawasan terpencil di negara ini pada kedalaman hanya 15 km (9.3mi ), tetapi dirasai sejauh jiran India. Pakistan, Geo TV berkata bahawa gempa bumi yang melanda pada 16:29 waktu tempatan, berlangsung selama kira-kira dua minit.

Pakistan pegawai pejabat Met mengatakan bahawa kerosakan besar dan kehilangan nyawa telah dielakkan kerana lokasi gempa bumi di mana-mana kawasan yang jauh. Walau bagaimanapun, mereka juga telah meramalkan akan berlaku gempa susulan sehingga 5 dalam magnitud pada skala Richter.

Di India di New Delhi, bangunan berjabat menghantar orang berlari ke jalan-jalan, kata saksi Reuters.

Walau bagaimanapun, terdapat 337.980 orang dalam 100km dari pusat yang berpotensi boleh terjejas, menurut Alert Bencana Global dan Sistem penyelarasan (GDACS ).

Pada April tahun ini gempa bumi magnitud 7.9 melanda sempadan Iran- Pakistan membunuh 46 orang dan mencederakan kira-kira 180 orang lain. Rumah runtuh dalam bencana itu, menyebabkan orang ramai untuk melarikan diri ke jalan-jalan kerana takut.

45 killed as 7.8 earthquake strikes Pakistan, shaking 
felt in New Delhi

At least 45 people have been killed in an earthquake measuring 7.8 which struck southwest Pakistan on Tuesday. Tremors were felt across the region and as far as New Delhi, with the disaster creating a 'new island' in its wake.

The local deputy commissioner in Awaran, Abdul Rasheed Gogazai, and the spokesman of Pakistan's Frontier Corps involved in the rescue efforts told Reuters that at least 45 people have been killed.

Local media placed the death toll much higher. At least 150 people were killed as a result of the earthquake, the Deputy Speaker of Pakistan’s Balochistan Assembly, Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo,  said on Tuesday evening, according to reports from Pakistan’s English-language daily, The Express Tribune.

The US Geological Survey has measured the quake at 7.8 magnitude after it struck Balochistan, just 69 km north-northeast of Awaran, the nearest city. A “RED” alert was issued by the agency meaning estimated fatalities of over 1,000 and damages costing over $1 billion.

At least 30 percent of houses in the impoverished Awaran district have been destroyed, Abdul Qadoos, deputy speaker of the Baluchistan assembly, told Reuters.

Roofs of two schools have collapsed in Awaran, according to The Express Tribune. The paper said that houses have been damaged across the province while the injured are in the process of being escorted to nearby hospitals. This is yet to be officially confirmed.  

The earthquake also created a new island off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline, according to local paper Express News. The new island stands approximately half a mile into the sea. A bemused crowd reportedly gathered to observe the phenomenon of the new island, which apparently has a mountainous terrain.

The quake's epicenter was in a remote area of the country at a depth of just 15km (9.3mi), but was felt as far away as neighboring India. Pakistan's Geo TV said that the earthquake, which struck at 4:29 pm local time, lasted for about two minutes.

Pakistani Met office officials say that major damage and loss of life has been averted because of the earthquake’s location in such a remote area. However, they have also forecast impending aftershocks of up to 5 in magnitude on the Richter scale.

In India's New Delhi, buildings shook sending people running into the streets, Reuters witnesses said.

However, there are 337,980 people within 100km of the epicenter who could potentially be affected, according to the Global Disaster Alert and coordination System (GDACS).

In April this year a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Iran-Pakistan border killing 46 people and injuring some 180 others. Houses collapsed in the disaster, causing people to flee to the streets out of fear.

7.8 gempa bumi menyerang barat daya Pakistan . . .

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SitiWanMahani - 7.8 gempa bumi menyerang barat daya Pakistan. Satu gempa bumi berukuran 7.8 pada skala Richter telah melanda barat daya Pakistan, dengan gegaran dirasai di seluruh rantau ini dan sejauh Delhi. Gempa berlaku di Balochistan, hanya 69 km utara-timur laut Arawan, bandar terdekat.

Perkhidmatan Geologi Amerika Syarikat telah mengukur gempa bumi 7.8 magnitud.

Gempa bumi yang melanda kawasan pedalaman pada kedalaman hanya 15 km (9.3mi), tetapi dirasai sejauh jiran India. Satu amaran gempa bumi 'oren' telah dikeluarkan di tengah-tengah bencana alam.

Pakistan, Geo TV berkata gempa bumi ini berlangsung selama kira-kira 2 minit. Walaupun tiada kerosakan besar masih belum dilaporkan, media tempatan mengatakan bahawa pantai adalah lebih berkemungkinan akan terjejas.

Walau bagaimanapun, terdapat 337.980 orang dalam 100km dari pusat yang berpotensi boleh terjejas, menurut Alert Bencana Global dan Sistem penyelarasan (GDACS).

Pada April tahun ini gempa bumi magnitud 7.9 melanda sempadan Iran-Pakistan membunuh 46 orang dan mencederakan kira-kira 180 orang lain. Rumah runtuh dalam bencana itu, menyebabkan orang ramai untuk melarikan diri ke jalan-rata kerana ketakutan.

7.8 quake strikes southwestern Pakistan . . .

An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale has struck southwest Pakistan, with tremors felt across the region and as far as Delhi. The quake struck in Balochistan, just 69 km north-northeast of Arawan, the nearest city.

The US Geological Service has measured the quake at 7.8 magnitude.

The earthquake hit a remote area of the country at a depth of just 15km (9.3mi), but was felt as far away as neighboring India. An ‘orange’ earthquake alert was issued in the wake of the natural disaster.

Pakistan's Geo TV says the earthquake lasted for about two minutes. While no major damage has yet been reported, local media say that the coastline is more likely to be affected.

However, there are 337,980 people within 100km of the epicenter who could potentially be affected, according to the Global Disaster Alert and coordination System (GDACS).

In April this year a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Iran-Pakistan border killing 46 people and injuring some 180 others. Houses collapsed in the disaster, causing people to flee to the streets out of fear.


Pakistan dilanda gempa bumi 7.7 magnitud . . .


SitiWanMahani - Pakistan dilanda gempa bumi 7.7 magnitud. Pekerja pejabat di Karachi bergegas untuk mengosongkan bangunan mereka sebagai gempa bumi yang kuat melanda barat Pakistan.

7.7 magnitud gempa bumi telah membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 30 orang, menurut agensi bencana negara.

Ia melanda sebelum masa tempatan 04:30, dan berpusat kira-kira 100km dari Khuzdar, tetapi boleh dirasai 400km jauh di Karachi.

Mohammad Taimur, yang bekerja di bandar pada masa gempa bumi itu, berkata: “Saya telah bekerja pada komputer saya di pejabat Tiba-tiba saya merasakan gegaran, meja dan komputer saya mula berjabat saya fikir saya berasa pening tetapi tidak lama lagi dijumpai . . . daripada mereka gegaran. saya segera meninggalkan dan datang untuk keselamatan. "

Walaupun orang-orang di Karachi nampaknya telah melarikan diri tanpa cedera, seorang pegawai di Baluchistan mendakwa sekurang-kurangnya 30% peratus daripada rumah-rumah di daerah Awaran telah dikurangkan kepada debu.

Satu keadaan darurat telah diisytiharkan di kawasan ramai penduduknya. Sebagai perkhidmatan menyelamat bekerja terhadap jam, pegawai takut angka kematian akan meningkat.

Pakistan hit by 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Office workers in Karachi rushed to evacuate their buildings as a powerful earthquake struck south-western Pakistan.

The 7.7 magnitude quake has killed at least 30 people, according to the country's disaster agency.

It hit just before 4.30pm local time, and was centred about 100km from Khuzdar, but could be felt 400km away in Karachi.

Mohammad Taimur, who was working in the city at the time of the quake, said: "I was working on my computer in the office. Suddenly I felt tremors, my table and computer started shaking. I thought I am feeling dizzy but soon found out they were tremors. I immediately left and came down to safety."

Though those in Karachi appear to have escaped unscathed, an official in Baluchistan claims at least 30 percent of houses in the Awaran district have been reduced to dust.

A state of emergency has been declared in the sparsely populated area. As rescue services work against the clock, officials fear the death toll may climb . . .

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