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• Ethiopian crash hub: France accepts black box analysis

  Mar 14, 2019 by Admin / 477 Views

  

  On March 10, the world was hit by the news that a passenger aircraft operated by Africa’s top national carrier had crashed. The reference point for the information was solely the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

   

  
  It remained the most quoted source for hours before the flier, Ethiopian Airlines, confirmed with further details of the said incident.

   

  The focus of this article is to put as much information as possible on the crash, straddling the before, during and aftermath of what is one of the deadliest incidents Ethiopian has faced in recent years.

   

  You can read about the following areas below:
  Germany rejects, France accepts ‘black box analysis’

   

  US govt orders Boeing to ground all 737 MAX 9 and 9 jets
  Ethiopian Airlines CEO wants Boeing to ground 737 MAX planes
  Black boxes to be sent to Germany
  Airline CEO visits Bole International Airport
  Boeing team on ground in Addis Ababa
  Ethiopia appreciates global solidarity
  Black box retrieved from crash site
  PHOTOS: Search and rescue mission on site
  Who are the victims?
  Strong defense for Ethiopian’s safety record
  The Boeing 737 MAX8 – multi-pronged pressure
  PHOTOS: Memorial service in Addis Ababa
  Previous accidents by Ethiopian Airline
  The quality of information flow: govt and airline
  African, world leaders send condolences
  The departure and destination of ET302
  How long did the flight last, casualty list
  POEM: Travel gathered 157, death swooped
  About Ethiopian – Africa’s aviation leader

   

  France accepts to analyze black box
  France’s air accident investigation agency BEA will analyse black-box flight recorders from a Boeing 737 MAX 8 which crashed near Addis Ababa on Sunday, a spokesman said.

   

  Ethiopian Airlines said earlier it would send the two cockpit voice and data recorders abroad for analysis.

   

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  The French announcement resolved uncertainty over the fate of the two recorders after Germany’s BFU said it had declined a request to handle them because it could not process the new type of recorder used on the 737 MAX jets, in service since 2017

   

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• DRC president meets rights group, Kamerhe meets Kagame in Kigali

  Mar 14, 2019 by Admin / 552 Views

  

  Democratic Republic Of Congo
  Leadership of international rights group, the International Federation for Human Rights, FIDH, on Tuesday (March 12) met with Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, president Tshisekedi.

   

  The presidency said the FIDH team was led by Mr. Palu Sapu. Photos showed Sapu and his delegation members in exchanges with President Tshisekedi.

   

  
  The human rights situation in the country had deteriorated considerably at the time Tshisekedi took over from Joseph Kabila in January following presidential polls in December 2018.

   

  Human rights groups especially the FIDH had routinely called on Kinshasa to desist from using force to clampdown on protests.

   

  Under Kabila, police used tear gas and in some cases live bullets against anti-government rallies. Tshisekedi has since promised to right all wrongs that have long been publicised.

   

  
  
  

   

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• DRC: 260,000 children severely malnourished- UNICEF

  Mar 14, 2019 by Admin / 435 Views

  

  Democratic Republic Of Congo
  In the corridors of the Kasai nutritional centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mothers and their children wait for doctors to take care of them.

   

  
  Susan and her daughter, Rosette escaped conflict in the Kasai region to find shelter in Kikwit in the country’s southwest. But, like thousands of other displaced people, she is desperate for help to feed her child.

   

  “My daughter is malnourished and I have no money to feed her. She started to eat sand because she was so hungry. Now her belly is swollen. I can’t get my daughter medication and have no way of treating her. I’ve got nothing. I’m begging you to help me”, Susan said.

   

  
  I can't get my daughter medication and have no way of treating her. I've got nothing. I'm begging you to help me.

   

  Rosette passed away after this story was filmed.

   

  Baleka Mado came with her four-year-old son Kanu, who is one of 260,000 children who, according to UNICEF, suffer from severe malnutrition. Insecurity means families cannot farm crops or earn money to buy food in the region.

   

  “When we left the bush, it was because of hunger and suffering. When we found a village to rest in, I was told about this hospital where children could receive free medical care and food’‘, Mado said.

   

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• KIM KARDASHIAN PAYING 5 YEARS RENT For Man Released from Jail

  Mar 12, 2019 by Admin / 444 Views

  

  Kim Kardashian West is making sure one man recently released from jail will have a roof over his head for the next 5 years -- she's picking up his rent bills -- TMZ has confirmed.

   

  Matthew Charles -- who had served 20 of his 35-year sentence for a non-violent drug and weapons charges -- was the first to be released under new prison reform laws. Charles recently had his housing application denied because of his background.

   

  Sources familiar with the situation tell us Kardashian heard about Charles' story and wanted to do what she could to help ... so she's going to pay his rent for the next 5 years.

   

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  Kim first heard of Charles' story through an article posted on Twitter -- Charles was first granted early release in May 2016 by mistake -- and two years later was ordered to finish out the rest of his sentence. Charles was able to start to get back on his feet by purchasing a vehicle and staying with friends ... but had a hard time landing a place to live.

   

  We're told Kim reached out to Charles and his friend privately Sunday and generously offered to pay his rent and to help him find a stable place to live.

   

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• Ethiopian Airlines crash aftermath: Boeing to implement design changes on 737 MAX planes

  Mar 12, 2019 by Admin / 405 Views

  

  As investigations into the cause of the Ethiopian Airlines crash continue, the questions surrounding the safety of the Boeing Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts have triggered some reactions from airlines, aviation regulators and the world’s biggest plane maker itself.

   

  Since Monday several airlines including from Indonesia, China, Morocco, Singapore and Ethiopia have grounded their fleets of the Boeing 737 MAX planes.

   

  The United States aviation regulator on Monday said it would task Boeing to implement design changes by April.

   

  
  The FAA said the changes will “provide reduced reliance on procedures associated with required pilot memory items.”

   

  The FAA also said Boeing will “update training requirements and flight crew manuals to go with the design change” to an automated protection system called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System or MCAS. The changes also include MCAS activation and angle of attack signal enhancements.

   

  The FAA said in the notice made public that external reports are drawing similarities between the crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. “However, this investigation has just begun and to date we have not been provided data to draw any conclusions or take any actions,” according to the Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community for Boeing 737 MAX 8 operators.

   

  
  Boeing later confirmed the directive by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), saying it will deploy a software upgrade across the 737 MAX 8 fleet “in the coming weeks

   

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