Environmental Disaster in Brazil – The Worst Environmental Disaster in its History – greenpeace.org

the guardian: Tunisia imposes curfew as unrest grows over lack of jobs

Interior ministry declares night-time curfew after youths clash with police and shops looted in protests over unemployment and inequality [mehr…]

faz.net: Flugzeug brach schon in der Luft auseinander

Nach dem Absturz eines russischen Passagierflugzeugs mit 224 Menschen an Bord in Ägypten häufen sich die Spekulationen über die Unglücksursache. Nun meldet Russland, das Flugzeug sei schon im Himmel zerbrochen. [mehr…]

sueddeutsche: Dramatischer Einsatz in Bukarest

Bei einem Brand in einer Diskothek in Bukarest sind mindestens 27 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Angehörige sind fassungslos angesichts der mangelnden Sicherheitsvorkehrungen. [mehr…]

sueddeutsche: Defekt soll russisches Flugzeug zum Absturz gebracht haben

Ein russisches Passagierflugzeug mit 224 Menschen an Bord ist auf der Sinai-Halbinsel in Ägypten abgestürzt. Die Maschine vom Typ A-321 der Fluggesellschaft Kogalymavia/Metrojet war am frühen Samstagmorgen im Urlaubsort Scharm el Scheich gestartet und nach St. Petersburg unterwegs. [mehr]

guardian: Russian passenger plane crashes in Egypt’s Sinai – latest

Follow the latest updates after a plane carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed 20 minutes after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh [more]

rt.com: Russian passenger aircraft with 220 onboard crashes over Egypt

A Russian plane carrying over 220 people from Egypt to Russia disappeared from radars, and crashed in central Sinai, according to Russian and Egyptian authorities. Kolavia Flight 7K9268, an Airbus A321, went off radar 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport, Sergey Izvolskiy told the media citing preliminary data. [mehr…]

nytimes: For Families of Germanwings Victims, Anger Simmers Through Grief

Weeks before he was supposed to fly to Barcelona, Spain, for a student exchange program with his 10th-grade Spanish class, Steffen Strang realized that he would miss a home game of the soccer team he followed religiously. Maybe, he told his mother, he should stay home. [more…]

new york times: Terrorism Unlikely in Germanwings Crash, French Officials Say

PARIS — Rescuers on Wednesday resumed the difficult task of searching for the 150 victims of a deadly plane crash in the French Alps, as France’s interior minister said that terrorism was not at the top of the list of potential causes. [more…]

4u9525 flight history – GermanWings Desaster

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