Quote:Iran plane crash: 66 people killed on Aseman Airlines flight to Yasuj.

'A plane crash in southern Iran has killed all 66 people on board, according to a spokesman
for Aseman Airlines. The 24-year-old ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop, left Iranian capital Tehran
at around 8am local time and crashed about an hour later.



The plane went down near the remote mountain town of Semirom, about 390 miles south of Tehran.
It had been heading to the southern city of Yasuj, in Isfahan province.

Aseman Airlines spokesman Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai said there had been 60 passengers,
including one child, with six crew members on board.
He added: "After searches in the area, unfortunately we were informed that the plane crashed.
"Unfortunately, all our dear ones lost their lives in this incident."

The plane is thought to have crashed into Mount Dena, a sub-range of the Zagros Mountains.
According to Mehr News Agency, the plane appeared to be attempting an emergency landing
on farmland when it crashed.

Some local residents reportedly heard the crash, but state TV said nobody had yet reached the scene.
Fog is preventing helicopters from getting there and Iran's Red Crescent has deployed workers on foot.
Aseman is a semi-private airline that specialises in flights to remote airfields in Iran and also flies to
some international destinations.

The carrier, Iran's third largest, has 29 planes, including six ATR-72 aircraft, according to plane-tracking
website FlightRadar24. Iran's commercial air fleet has suffered during decades of international sanctions
that have made it difficult to buy newer aircraft, with planes being involved in a number of accidents.

After the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement loosened the restrictions, the country signed deals to buy
dozens of new passenger planes, including a $536m (£382m) deal with ATR last April for at least 20
aircraft...'
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(02-18-2018, 12:01 PM)BIAD Wrote: Connected...?

Quote:Iran plane crash: 66 people killed on Aseman Airlines flight to Yasuj.

'A plane crash in southern Iran has killed all 66 people on board, according to a spokesman
for Aseman Airlines. The 24-year-old ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop, left Iranian capital Tehran
at around 8am local time and crashed about an hour later.



The plane went down near the remote mountain town of Semirom, about 390 miles south of Tehran.
It had been heading to the southern city of Yasuj, in Isfahan province.

Aseman Airlines spokesman Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai said there had been 60 passengers,
including one child, with six crew members on board.
He added: "After searches in the area, unfortunately we were informed that the plane crashed.
"Unfortunately, all our dear ones lost their lives in this incident."


SOURCE:

Quote:'...Putin’s chef, a troll farm and Russia's plot to hijack US democracy.
Robert Mueller has revealed audacious meddling in the 2016 election. Can he link it to Trump?...'

Quote:'...The Secret Service said Monday it detained someone scheduled to drive a press van in
President Trump’s motorcade in Florida after agents discovered a personal firearm during
a security check. 

“All Secret Service security measures worked,” the agency said in a statement, stressing
that nobody under their protection was ever in any danger...'

(02-19-2018, 11:05 PM)BIAD Wrote:

Quote:'...The Secret Service said Monday it detained someone scheduled to drive a press van in
President Trump’s motorcade in Florida after agents discovered a personal firearm during
a security check. 

“All Secret Service security measures worked,” the agency said in a statement, stressing
that nobody under their protection was ever in any danger...'

 Read more here.    SOURCE:

(02-20-2018, 04:50 PM)BIAD Wrote: Here's a very old link that may help in understanding how the United States has been manipulated
for years. 

Luckily, someone had the sense to put Mae Brussell's many radio broadcasts from Carmel in California
onto YouTube and each episode shows that through the sixties, seventies and onward, the trickery
hasn't stopped.

Mae Brussell Videos.

Quote:Ex-Save the Children boss Justin Forsyth 'faced complaints'.

'A former chief executive of Save the Children faced three complaints of inappropriate behaviour
towards female staff before leaving the charity, the BBC has learned.


Justin Forsyth.

Justin Forsyth was accused of sending inappropriate texts and commenting on what young female
staff were wearing. Mr Forsyth said he had "apologised unreservedly" to the three workers.

It comes as Oxfam and Save the Children have separately been quizzed by MPs about sexual
misconduct by workers. Although not accused of sexual misconduct, Mr Forsyth said he had "unsuitable
and thoughtless conversations" with staff and thought the issue had been closed "many years ago".

The concerns were handled through a process of mediation and no formal complaints were made, he added.
Mr Forsyth is currently deputy executive director at Unicef.
Save the Children said it had commissioned "a root and branch review of the organisational culture" at the charity
"addressing any behavioural challenges among senior leadership".

A Unicef spokesman said: "We welcome Mr Forsyth's decision to come forward and acknowledge past mistakes.
An investigation by BBC Radio 4's PM programme, found the complaints included women receiving a series of
inappropriate texts from Mr Forsyth, and commenting on how they looked, what they were wearing and how he
felt about them.

If they did not respond, Mr Forsyth would follow-up messages with an email, asking if they had seen the text.
If they still did not respond, he would ask someone to send them to him for a quick word.
A woman who complained at the time said the longer she was at the charity the more she was exposed to
"some of the bravado". "That is both at head office and in the field," she said.

"Other women tell you to watch out for certain senior people. You start to hear rumours about some of the directors
but of course until it happens to you - which it did - you don't really appreciate how hard it is to deal with."

She said it did not seem the complaints were being treated with the "appropriate degree of seriousness"
and it was "troubling" that the then chairman of the charity's board of trustees, Sir Alan Parker, became involved.
Sir Alan is the founder of the PR firm Brunswick.

Another former employee of Save The Children told the BBC: "The centre of this crisis was not in Haiti or Chad.
It was in London. "Young professional women at Save the Children felt unsafe. They felt that their careers could
depend on ensuring they responded to unwanted attention and to bullying."

'Matters closed'
Save The Children said concerns were raised about "inappropriate behaviour and comments" by Mr Forsyth 2015.
It said two trustees carried out separate investigations into a total of three complaints made by female employees.

"Both reviews resulted in unreserved apologies from the CEO. All the parties agreed to this and the former CEO
apologised to the women in question. At that time the matters were closed."

In a statement, Mr Forsyth said he had made "some personal mistakes during my time at Save the Children".
"I recognise that on a few occasions I had unsuitable and thoughtless conversations with colleagues, which I
now know caused offence and hurt.
"When this was brought to my attention on two separate occasions, I apologised unreservedly to the three
colleagues involved. "My apologies were accepted and I had thought the issue closed many years ago."

'Uncomfortable' atmosphere
The allegations come after Brendan Cox - the husband of murdered MP Jo Cox - quit two charities he set up
in memory of his wife amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

Responding to the allegations, Mr Cox said he "made mistakes" during his time at Save the Children.
Speaking to PM, Brie O'Keefe - who worked for Mr Cox between 2011 and 2013 - told PM there was an
"uncomfortable" atmosphere at the charity.

"I feel like the people who tried to speak directly to their line managers were put down, were told 'that's just the
way Brendan is, don't worry about it'." On Sunday, Kevin Watkins, the current chief executive of Save the Children,
confirmed he had commissioned a review of the organisational culture at the charity.

The review will report back in June 2018.
"We apologise for any pain these matters have caused and sincerely hope that complainants feel able to help us
with the review in coming weeks," a spokesman for the charity said...'

Quote:White House barrier hit by vehicle, Secret Service says.

'A vehicle has struck a barrier outside the White House and a woman has been held, the Secret Service says.
"An individual driving a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier near the White House at 17th & E", they tweeted.



The driver, an unknown female, was immediately taken into custody by the Secret Service.
Her vehicle did not breach the security barrier of the White House and no officials were injured, they said.
No shots were fired, the Secret Service says. President Trump was inside the White House at the time meeting
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

An image of the small white van, with a Tennessee number plate, showed that the windscreens in the back and
on the driver's side had been shattered.

According to reporters locked in the press room, Secret Services officers were seen running toward the residence.
The White House was placed on lock down and security officials are on high alert, reporters say...'