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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

The world's largest aircraft in the hands of Iron Maiden singer

Airlander: the world's largest aircraft in the hands of Iron Maiden singer
This huge aircraft they see in the photograph is not a dream or a distant and unattainable project. It takes years behind the scenes, and you can definitely fly before the end of 2014. Your name: Airlander. Size: 92 meters long, 18 meters higher than the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8 (also bigger than the Antonov An-225, a plane that measured 84 meters, manufactured by the Soviet Union in the 80s). And, as icing, a surprise among investors of the project is  Bruce Dickinson, singer of Iron Maiden (say one of the best vocalists in the history of heavy metal), pilot and entrepreneur. The history of Airlander (known in his early days as HAV304) has some bizarre.Until recently it was owned by the United States Army , who envisioned it as a perfect and durable surveillance machine (can be on the air five days without fail).Program was part of the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV), but the vehicle was finally rejected after only a test flight conducted in August-2012 - due to budget cuts. The Pentagon has invested in the project about $ 300 million. Become military waste, which was sold for only $ 301,000. "We learned a lot of technology," explained an army spokesman. "In the end, it was decided not to proceed." The  Airlander, a mixture of air cargo airship, has returned to Cardington hangar, the largest in England, where it was assembled between 1929 and 1930, the R101 airship , manufactured by the Royal Airship Works for overseas travel. In Cardington working to give a new focus to use freight to areas where conventional aircraft would be difficult to access and humanitarian aid missions.The project also fits with the idea of the British Government to bet means quieter and less polluting transport. "is a 70% greener than a cargo plane, and only two people are needed to make it fly," he has told the BBC the lead singer of Iron Maiden. The renamed Airlander has a carbon fiber structure, and its balloon is filled with inert gas helium . It is designed to fly at 16,000 feet (4,800 meters), about 150 km / h, powered by four diesel 4 liter V8 engines. Moreover, lands on any reasonably flat surface (either land, snow, water, ice ...) and off almost vertically (as flexible as a helicopter).

A French satellite detected 122 possible wreckage disappeared Malaysia

A French satellite detected 122 possible wreckage disappeared Malaysia
New images taken by a French space satellite show up to 122 possible wreckage of Malaysia disappeared. In his daily appearance before the media, so announced Wednesday Malaysian Transport Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, who has stated that these pictures were taken last Sunday. They appear objects measuring between one and 23 meters floating in the Indian Ocean 2,557 miles southwest of Perth, near the area where you are looking for flight MH 370 from Malaysia Airlines lost on the 8th. "Some of these objects appear to be bright, possibly indicating that they are solid materials, "said the head of Malaysian Transport.Although he emphasized that "we can not tell if these are any traces of MH 370" yes insisted that it is "a new track that will help direct the search operations." Due to the size of the area, Malaysia is trying to limit tracing, involving airplanes and boats from six countries. So far, four satellite images ofAustralia , China and France have photographed in the waters of the Indian items that might belong to the MH flight 370, which was lost on radar while covering the route between Kuala Lumpur and Beijingwith 239 people on board. After cutting their communications and turn completely off course for reasons still unknown, the plane flew for hours until he lost track satellites in the middle of the Indian Ocean, where he probably fell into the sea after running out of fuel. Currently, all assumptions are open and investigators shuffled from mechanical failure to a kidnapping happening even suicide pilots. To clarify the causes of this mystery, one hundred of his relatives and friends have already been questioned by the police. While the search continues, the families of the 153 Chinese passengers eagerly await a Beijing hotel confirmation that the remains belong to flight MH 370, anguish and suffering since 18 days dotted with all kinds of rumors do.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Obama and Crimea | is the leader of the West a pushover?

Obama and Crimea: is the leader of the West a pushover?
In moments of high tension when facing a conflict, the philosophy of the U.S. President has been consistent and has been characterized by caution and seek consensus of all parties involved. Cases like Syria have shown how the war option has always been the last resort for Barack Obama, which has always aroused criticism of his management. What happened in Crimea has risen voices in the past called for "more firm answers" in previous international crises. Obama's detractors believe reading is clear: the loss of leadership of a country used to hold the reins"Obama is creating a climate of permissiveness that encourages" putines "the world to challenge U.S. and West, "" Obama has made ​​America look weak "or "The price of failed leadership" are some of the most critical headlines that have circulated in Washington before and after Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a decision without unprecedented since the end of World War II: the annexation of Crimea.
"From Crimea to North Korea, from Syria to Egypt, and from Iraq to Afghanistan, the United States apparently has no good options.Crimea and Russia has all we can do is punish (...). Iran is following the path of nuclear North Korea, but it seems that we can only ask them to sign a form of agreement that will surely have the same result as the North Korean. Our tough talk on a 'red line' in Syria was caused Putin to take the reins. We say that Bashar Al Assad must go, but the alignment with the opposition, which in turn supports Al Qaida is an unacceptable option (...) Why in the world are so tied U.S. hands ? "sentence" The Wall Street Journal "means a hard opinion piece that was Republican candidate in 2012, Mitt Romney.
For his part, Senator and former Republican presidential candidate John McCain says that "Obama has made ​​America look weak" in " The New York Times. " McCain does not skimp when it comes to blame the U.S. president of the steps taken by his Russian counterpart:" Para hesitation Mr. Putin invites aggression . His world is a brutally cynical place where power is worshiped and weakness is despised. View the fall of the Soviet Union as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. Not agree that Russia's neighbors, let alone Ukraine are independent countries. To him they are areas that have to be returned to Moscow domain anyway. "

Obama's strategy

This tense situation is not new for Obama. Management of the crises in Libya, Iran and most recently Syria, were already triggers complaints from those who claimed even unilateral action if they could not be obtained international support that both appreciates President when acting in field alien. Their goal has always been clear and in this case the fact remains: underline differences with his predecessor, George Bush, and his acting.
In September 2013, after the attack with chemical weapons in Syria, the "red line" that he had traced him to the regime of Assad, Obama declined to give a military response alone. searched the support of Congress and not used his presidential powers,something which in that case was entitled. His was an image at odds with the ten years before Bush had to be wrapped in a flamboyant martial paraphernalia to undertake the invasion of Iraq. Finally, Russia took the initiative and got the agreement that Assad vowed to destroy its chemical arsenal.Again, most critical to the president, who stepped out in an interview which he claimed that he was concerned about "less style" and more "get to do the right policy." However, the main headline was not that and yes that Putin had won the game in diplomacy .
Returning to this March, the reality is that Putin is experiencing one of the moments of greatest strength in the context of Russian domestic politics and seem to care little or nothing the sanctions and appeals that come from the outsideFor Obama to be seen how it will affect this new front, as already shown by the above cases, will take its toll in U.S.American opposition, with his eyes on and lessons of 2016, is seizing the moment to go campaigning, but what would your response be if they who govern?
Meanwhile, the spokesman for the White House has clear things and on Tuesday strongly defended the actions of Obama: "Bush had a reputation based on the use of military force, however, failed to prevent the invasion of Putin in Georgia in 2008 ."

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Malaysia confirms that the disappearance of the aircraft was intentionally

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A week after his disappearance, it will clear the mystery surrounding the flight MH 370 Malaysian AirlineThe prime minister of this country, Najib Razak, has confirmed on Saturday that the plane was intentionally diverted its route between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing and, with an opposite direction, flew for more than seven hours until finally lost his touch. "Near the border between Malaysia and control of Vietnamese air traffic communications were cut," said the Prime Minister, who also said that instead of flying to the northeast towards Beijing, turned westward without notifying the control tower, as is required. But he continued an indefinite career as if he had lost. First headed back to the Malay Peninsula and then took to the northwest, where the flight MH 370 was detected by military radar"These movements correspond to the deliberate action of someone in the unit," analyzed the premier. After a week full of confusion investigations, researchers have concluded that the plane was flying until 8:11 am on Saturday when stopped sending data automatically to special satellites. Although no one knows exactly where he finally disappeared, the Malaysian prime minister said that the aircraft was cruising in an air corridor connecting Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, in northern Thailand, or another that heads south to the Indian Ocean. A puzzling discovery that opens the door to the hypothesis of a kidnapping . But Najib Razak neither confirmed nor denied this possibility. "Despite reports that the plane had been hijacked, I want to be very clear: we are investigating all possibilities to find out why the flight MH 370 deviated from its route," he said. In view of these developments, the Malaysian authorities are investigating the passengers and crew and have concluded the search appliance in the waters of the South China Sea where it had begun.Crashed or not, the plane is definitely elsewhere.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Unknowns of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Families of passengers on Flight MH370 Malaysia Airlines expressed their shock after meeting in Beijing International Airport, which was the final destination of the Boeing 777 with 239 occupants.  | AP
The Disappearance of Flight MH370 departed early Saturday in Kuala Lumpur has become one of the biggest mysteries in recent aviation history . These are the main questions about the case:

What route covering flight MH370 ?
The flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur ( capital of Malaysia ) promptly at 00.41 local time on Saturday March 8 ( 16.41 GMT Friday , 17.41 to mainland Spain ) and its destination was Beijing ( capital of China) , where he was due to arrive about six hours later. This route is covered daily by Malaysia Airlines.

How is the plane?
The apparatus disappeared is a Boeing 777-200 in the series, which began manufacturing in the U.S. in the 90s. According to the Wall Street Journal, only two Boeing 777 suffered serious accidents , the last last year in San Francisco.

In particular, the Malaysia Airlines plane had nearly 12 years. According to the Network of Civil Aviation Security ( Aviation Safety Network) , a website that collects all information about plane crashes , the device - with registration 9M- MRO - had suffered a setback in 2012 when he played with other aircraft in the Shanghai - Pudong airport .

How is the airline ?
The company, Malaysia Airlines, owned by Malaysian state opearar began four decades ago and has a fleet of over a hundred aircraft. His latest injury accident dates back to 1995 .

Who boarded the plane?
According to the official list of the airline, embarked 227 passengers, two of whom were minors , and 12 crew , ie , a total of 239 people , of which nearly two-thirds were of Chinese origin. This computation by nationality :

153 Chinese
50 Malaysians (including 12 crew )
12 Indonesian
6 Australian
4 Americans
3 French
2 NZ
2 Ukrainians
2 Canadian
2 Iranians
1 Russian
1 Taiwan
1 Dutch
The two Iranians have been identified retrospectively because, according to authorities in Malaysia, embarked on false passports , but without any link to terrorism. Both had ticket to continue travel to Europe , where apparently wanted to enter clandestinely .

Also part of this list a delegation of 19 Chinese artists who had attended a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.

The pilot is a Malaysian 53 years old and with 18,365 hours of flight experience , which joined Malaysia Airlines in 1981 , according to the company.

Where the device is lost ?
The craft took off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia crossed the peninsula and was admitted as planned in the Gulf of Thailand, which had to cross toward the Indochina peninsula ( southeastern Asia ) to stay on the South China Sea and cross eastern China from south to north . However, disappeared from radar civil aviation 01.30 local time on Saturday , 49 minutes after takeoff , when he was already in the cruise phase (about 35,000 feet altitude , just under 12,000 meters) above Gulf of Thailand.

On Tuesday, a source of the Malaysian Armed Forces has told Reuters that a military radar detected a change trajectory that had not been reported until now . Specifically , this source has said turned west when plunged into the Gulf of Thailand , returning to the peninsula of Malaysia and going into the Straits of Malacca . Officially no one has confirmed this information. The local newspaper Berita Harian also quotes the head of the Malaysian Air Force Rodzali Daud , in which a military radar detected the plane at 2.40 near the island of Pulau Perak , northern Strait said , at an altitude of about 29,500 feet (9,000 meters). This is an hour and ten minutes after radar signal faded civil aviation

Where and how are you looking?
At first he was looking in the Gulf of Thailand, but with the passage of time has spread tracking to the Strait of Malacca to the west , and even Hong Kong , on the northeast. An international fleet of at least 40 ships and 24 aircraft covering an area of ​​500,000 square nautical miles (1.71 million square kilometers, about three times the Iberian Peninsula) , according to Efe . The operation involves teams from Australia , China, USA, Philippines , Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam. The Chinese Defense Ministry reported that ten relocated its satellites to help in the search.

Not picked up some of the electronics that are supposed to issue tickets in case of danger or accident signal. They have been sighted several times debris floating in the Gulf of Thailand from the air resembled aircraft parts , but closer inspection have proved false leads.

Can you lose track of a plane?
The planes are constantly monitored through different redundant methods when they have a problem and transmit emergency signals automatically. There are remote areas where it is not possible to have direct contact via radar, but the aircraft itself sends its position at regular intervals via satellite , as explained to TVE dean of the College of Pilots of Civil Aviation, Luis Lacasa , who summarizes what happened as " a very strange case." "It seems clear that there has been a catastrophic failure that has wasted all aircraft systems suddenly ," he adds . The expert explained that in recent years have always found the missing aircraft or its wreckage and have to go back to the 40s of last century , " the legend of the Bermuda Triangle " , to discuss outstanding.

What clues have been followed ?
Malaysian Police , working in conjunction with the intelligence agencies of other countries in this case , said that among the possible causes of the disappearance of Malaysia Airline tickets last Saturday with 239 people on board is kidnapping and sabotage, although it has not disclosed any evidence to strengthen this thesis. In fact , on Tuesday , Interpol said: " The more information we have , the more leads us to believe that it was not a terrorist attack ."

Nor is the possibility of psychological or personal problems between the passengers and the flight crew discarded. "It could be someone in the flight insurance was taken out by a large amount of money for his family to lightest . Or someone who owed ​​money . 're Investigating any possibility ," said the head of the Malaysian Police , Khalid Abu Bakar . " We have photographs and profiles of all passengers. We investigated the behavior in the videos of all the passengers ," he added.

Silence recalls in Japan earthquake and tsunami three years after

Japanese launched inflatable pigeons with messages in honor of the victims of the earthquake.
Japanese recalled Tuesday for victims of the earthquake , tsunami and the nuclear accident of March 11, 2011, that left 20,000 casualties and devastated the country's northeast. At 14h46 local ( 05h46 GMT) , the exact time at which there was a magnitude 9 earthquake off the coast of the northeast, the country fell silent , eyes turned to the ground and their hands entwined in commemoration of that fateful day. In Tokyo, the tribute was attended by Emperor Akihito and his wife and the prime minister, Shinzo Abe. The emperor expressed his condolences for the nearly 20,000 dead and missing the giant tsunami that devastated the coast of Miyagi , Iwate and Fukushima, where a nuclear complex stands whose name has become for many synonymous with nuclear disaster. "I pray for a return to times of serenity ," wanted Akihito. figures. According to official data, 15,884 people were killed and 2,633 are still owned listed as missing after the tsunami. "Our parents are still missing. Not think we can find them but I have come to participate in the search, because we wanted to do something to help ," said Miho Suzuki , one exhabitante Namie City , evacuated today. About 270,000 people have yet to return home , destroyed by the tsunami or uninhabitable because of radioactivity. More than 100,000 people in many more cases , still living in temporary prefabricated houses. Despite government promises , many victims will probably take years to have a new home. So far there have been only 3.5% built houses under the provinces of Iwate and Miyagi. "I am determined to accelerate the reconstruction," said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday in Parliament." The revitalization of Japan can not be done without setting foot again in the devastated regions ," he promised. "Unable to return" But many in Fukushina not return for fear of radioactive contamination. Although there was no direct victims by hydrogen explosions and radiation of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex , in the hours and days following the accident about 1,650 people falecieron because of stress and health complications. "It is impossible to return to this central side. Dismantling still take several years ," lamented Morihisa Kadoya, a former resident of Namie. Some refugees even oppose the lifting of the ban from most localities evacuated. The return would also mean the cessation of compensation. Local officials do not lose hope however that these municipalities can repopulate. "I want the citizens of Namie can return one day. This is our goal ," said Yusuke Watanabe, an employee of the council. By nightfall, 2,000 lit candles made ​​up the phrase "Fukushima 11/3 " in a park in the city. " We sincerely regret the accident and we face reconstruction with the difficulties the people of Fukushima have in mind ," said Naomi Hirose, the operating company responsible for the plant, Tokyo Electric Power ( TEPCO). According to a survey of public television NHK , 95 % of Japanese are still concerned about the situation of the Fukushima Daiichi and 80 % think that nuclear energy in the country must be reduced to a minimum.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Al Qaeda crucified on a soccer goal an accused spy

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) executed one of its members, accusing him of spying for the United States, an ally of Yemen in the fight against extremist network, a security source reported. The defendant was executed to death and his body hung from the goal of a football stadium near Chehr, city Hadramut (southeast), added the same source. Beside the body was a black banner with the inscription "U.S. Spy in the Arabian Peninsula"and a banner of Al Qaeda. In a statement found in the place, Al Qaeda threatens to execute "any intruder who, for a few dirhams, place chips on cars " to be target drones shot by drones, the source added. United States is the only country that has drones in the region. These devices have been used intensively in the past year to support the struggle of the Yemeni authorities against AQAP , and killed dozens of people suspected of belonging to the extremist network. AQAP took advantage of the weakening of the government of Yemen in 2011 after the popular uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh to bolster its presence, especially in the south and east.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Russia launched 12-hour ultimatum to surrender in Ukraine Crimea

March 3, 2014.  The Russian President Vladmir Putin, accompanied by his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander of the Western Military District, Anatoly Sidorov, in St. Petersburg.
According slogan BBC the Russian government issued an ultimatum to Ukraine to stop the resistance in Crimeaafter intervention by the Kremlin last Saturday. The average British sources quoted Ukrainian defense ministry, who were warned by the commander of the Russian fleet , located on the Black Sea. The measure imposed by Russia take effect until 5:00 am. Tuesday (3.00 GMT) . If there were not a complete capitulation, the interim government of Ukraine will face a total assault, said the Russian commander Aleksandr Vitko to Kiev. However, there has been no official confirmation from the Russian authorities. CNN reports that the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Vladislav Seleznyov , said members of the Russian forces are directed to the local military base, in Crimea, demanding their surrender. During the early hours of Monday local Border Guard detected an increase in Russian troops deployed in the Crimea. Similar movements occurred in the port of Sevastopol , where it maintains its marine fleet the Russian government. Russian climbing in Ukraine deepened after taking the first floor of one of the buildings of the Administration in Donetsk , east of the country, by a hundred pro-Russian demonstrators.


Earlier, the Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev announced that Russia will carry out the project construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait, which separates the peninsula of Crimea Russian territory. Moscow comply well as Medvedv said, a match frimado deposed president, Viktor Yanukovich"We have taken decisions which are binding, in particular documents were signed in December last year that have not been modified or reported by anyone , "said the Russian prime minister, referring to the bridge over the Strait of Kerch, quoted by agencies Russian. In a meeting with the leadership of the Government on the outskirts of Moscow, Medvedev stressed that Ukraine "has been, is and will be a very important economic and trade partner Russia , and the government must address precisely these issues."