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UAE joins search for Malaysia Airlines plane
UAE joins search for Malaysia Airlines plane (Agencies) / 18 March 2014 The UAE Armed Forces are using two Search & Rescue aircraft in the search operations. The UAE Armed Forces are taking part in the search operations for the Malaysian Airlines passenger plane, which went missing10 days ago, a source at the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces has said. The UAE Armed Forces are using two Search & Rescue aircraft in the search operations, which cover a zone stretching south over the Indian Ocean to Australia and north over an area extending to the south and central Asia. Latest: No motive found to explain disappearance of Malaysian plane Meanwhile, the last words from the passenger jet were spoken by the co-pilot, the airline said on Monday, providing a new glimpse into the crucial period when the plane was deliberately diverted. The last message from the cockpit — “All right, good night” — came around the time that two of the plane’s crucial signalling systems were manually disabled. Read more: Planning could hold key to mystery of Malaysia flight For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Continue reading
Suspected ‘murder’ turns out to be a cat run over by vehicle
Suspected ‘murder’ turns out to be a cat run over by vehicle Staff Reporter / 18 March 2014 Concerned citizen calls police after seeing a woman burying some blood-stained object. A concerned Abu Dhabi citizen reported a suspected murder to the police after he witnessed a woman getting out of her car and burying something. He also saw bloodstains all over the place. The ‘murder’ victim later turned out to be a cat, which was run over by a vehicle. The citizen residing in Madinat Khalifa in Abu Dhabi notified the police’s Operations Room after he saw the woman “fleeing” when he approached the scene. He had seen the woman take out something wrapped in a jacket from the car and burying it. “There were blood stains all over the place,” he told the police. The police rushed medical examiners from the Crime Scene Department, a Criminal Investigations Department (CID) team and a police patrol to the spot. They dug out a cat, which died after it was apparently run over. Colonel Dr Rashid Mohammad Borshid, Head of the CID at the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, urged people to abstain from “suspicious or frightening behaviour” so that precious time of the security forces is not wasted. news@khaleejtimes.com For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Continue reading
More rains, low visibility forecast for today
More rains, low visibility forecast for today Haseeb Haider / 16 March 2014 Sharjah received even heavier rainfall, with the Sharjah International Airport recording 2.6mm rainfall. The UAE received heavy rainfall on Friday night and the early hours of Saturday, with more rainfall predicted in the eastern and northern parts of the country today. The wind will be moderate to fresh, reducing visibility over open land due to the blowing of dust and sand. A dip in temperature tempted the adventurous to take water bike rides at Al Mamzar beach on Saturday. — KT photo by Shihab According to the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS), the northwesterly winds, which is predicted to accelerate in the night over the western region on Saturday, will extend to the rest of the country, bringing the temperatures down by 5-7 degrees Celsius. On Friday, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah and its adjoining areas received sudden showers of rain. Some areas experienced hailstorms as well. Abu Dhabi’s Suwaihan got 34.6mm rainfall, followed by Ashab which got 30.8mm rainfall. Heavy rainfalls and hailstorm lashed Dubai, with the city’s airport recording 0.6mm rainfall. Sharjah received even heavier rainfall, with the Sharjah International Airport recording 2.6mm rainfall. Parts of Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Al Ain also received heavy rainfall in the early hours of Saturday. After a rainy Friday in the capital, residents woke up to a sunny Saturday. NCMS has predicted partly cloudy to cloudy skies, saying the amount of clouds will increase over scattered areas with different intensity of rainfall especially over northern and eastern areas of the country. Sea will be rough over the Arabian Gulf and sea of Oman. – haseeb@khaleejtimes.com 5 minutes of rain, 2,020 distress calls! Amira Agarib The sudden short spell of rain and hailstorm that lashed the city on Friday night saw 2,020 calls being made to the Dubai Police Operation Room within a span of three hours. The calls were made from 9pm to midnight. Comparatively, on Thursday the police received 1,100 calls during the same time. Brigadier Omer Mohammed Al Shamsi, director of the Command and Control Room of the Dubai Police, said the police also guided motorists through its Twitter account. He said the storm continued for just five minutes. No major accidents were reported from Dubai roads except for one collision between two cars that occurred at around 1.30am on Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road. The collision took place on Al Manama Bridge in which one of the cars overturned and caught fire, causing serious injury to the driver, an Emirati. Two bodies found in valley Al Shamsi said the police also responded to a distress call from an Omani driver (with Oman number plate) after his vehicle veered off the Hatta-Oman road and slipped into a valley filled with water. The police rushed to the spot but found only his damaged car. Later, on Saturday morning, the police found two bodies of a man and a woman from the accident site. The Dubai Police in coordination with the Oman Police are investigating whether the bodies found were of the occupants of the Omani car that fell into the valley. news@khaleejtimes.com For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Continue reading
