Friday, 21 August 2015

Netherlands: Urk fisherman identified after more than 47 years

August 21

[Translated from Dutch] More than 47 years after the Urk fishing vessel UK 91 with five crew on board perished, one of the passengers has been identified as 28-year-old Albert Zwaan. He remained...

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Indonesia concludes crashed plane recovery efforts

August 21

Indonesia’s search and rescue agency has concluded operations involving a plane that crashed in the mountains of eastern Papua, following the recovery of the 54 victims on board and the black box. The...

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Bihar: 13 feared drowned as boat capsizes in Rohtas

August 21

Thirteen persons including four women were feared drowned after a boat capsized in river Sone near Dehri-on-Sone, about 145 kms south-west of Patna. Of the 17 persons travelling on the boat, mostly...

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MH17: Bones buried two-feet deep in crash site

August 21

The impact of fire and fall during the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 tragedy had caused some of the bones of the victims to be buried as deep as two feet underground, said D13 (Bank Data/DNA) chief...

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Police DVI team identifies four bodies

August 21

The National Police Disaster Victims Identification (DVI) team has identified four victims from the Trigana Air plane that crashed in Pegunungan Bintang regency, Papua, on Sunday. During a press...

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