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+ Follow AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION Tag
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                    [ArticleID] => 1587849
                    [Title] => Small WWII-era plane crashes in Hudson River; body recovered
                    [Summary] => 

A small World War II vintage plane taking part in celebrations of its 75th anniversary flew a partial loop while smoke spewed from it and then crashed in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey on Friday, and divers recovered a body from its sunken wreckage, police and witnesses said.

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Manila — After three long days, finally Transportation Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas made the official announcement that Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo’s remains and those of his two pilots, Capt. Jessup Bahinting and Nepalese co-pilot Kshitiz Chand have been found some 800 meters from the shore at a depth of 180 feet under the sea.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 775005 [Title] => Automation Damnation [Summary] =>

As an avid watcher of cable television show, Air Crash Investigation, I find it hard to believe that majority of crashes that happened, happened because of simple human error – specifically, a conflict between man and a piece of technology (that was supposed to keep him safe) which he didn’t understand.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133602 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097687 [AuthorName] => Ulysses Ang [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 761782 [Title] => Natural and man-made disasters [Summary] =>

The much higher death toll and wider extent of “Sendong” damage to lives and properties eclipsed an equally tragic incident that took place in Metro Manila two weeks earlier.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 712852 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Marina must be watching too much TV [Summary] =>

Do you know what the suspension of the entire fleet of Trans-Asia Shipping looks like following the sinking of one of its ships, the Asia-Malaysia? Somebody at the Maritime Industry Authority must be watching too much television.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 603445 [Title] => National Geographic's 'Live curious' drive [Summary] =>

National Geographic Channel’s (NGC) Live curious campaign challenges viewers to be inquisitive about anything and everything in the world.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 396815 [Title] => EDITORIAL — No probe should wrap up in a day [Summary] => Investigators looking into the crash of an Air Force helicopter in Lapulapu City in which nine people were killed and several others were injured have reportedly determined initially that the probable cause of the accident may have been a kite string made of nylon. [DatePublished] => 2007-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 322129 [Title] => Subdivisions are a threat to our airports [Summary] => Former Armed Forces chief Benjamin Defensor who is now the chairman of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) anti-terrorism task force has revealed something quite scary. He said most of our airports are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Shoulder-fired missiles (i.e. rocket propelled grenade) can hit airliners flying in and out of our airports. Whether we like it or not this is true in most of our airports and even in the United States.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 322013 [Title] => Giving terrorism a serious thought! [Summary] => Good Lord, did Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo really say that she pinned the blame on Feb.4, 2006 stampede at the PhilSport Arena a.k.a. Ultra to the organizers of "Wowowee"? We know that there is no love lost between Pres. Arroyo and ABS-CBN, but just because she's President, she shouldn't have pre-empted the results of the ongoing investigation. Of course, ABS-CBN CEO Eugenio Lopez has bewailed the President's statement and is firing broadsides against the President. If you ask me, someone is turning what was clearly an accident into something political in nature. [DatePublished] => 2006-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION
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                    [ArticleID] => 1587849
                    [Title] => Small WWII-era plane crashes in Hudson River; body recovered
                    [Summary] => 

A small World War II vintage plane taking part in celebrations of its 75th anniversary flew a partial loop while smoke spewed from it and then crashed in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey on Friday, and divers recovered a body from its sunken wreckage, police and witnesses said.

[DatePublished] => 2016-05-28 14:05:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 840869 [Title] => DILG Sec. Robredo recovered [Summary] =>

Manila — After three long days, finally Transportation Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas made the official announcement that Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo’s remains and those of his two pilots, Capt. Jessup Bahinting and Nepalese co-pilot Kshitiz Chand have been found some 800 meters from the shore at a depth of 180 feet under the sea.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 775005 [Title] => Automation Damnation [Summary] =>

As an avid watcher of cable television show, Air Crash Investigation, I find it hard to believe that majority of crashes that happened, happened because of simple human error – specifically, a conflict between man and a piece of technology (that was supposed to keep him safe) which he didn’t understand.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133602 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097687 [AuthorName] => Ulysses Ang [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 761782 [Title] => Natural and man-made disasters [Summary] =>

The much higher death toll and wider extent of “Sendong” damage to lives and properties eclipsed an equally tragic incident that took place in Metro Manila two weeks earlier.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 712852 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Marina must be watching too much TV [Summary] =>

Do you know what the suspension of the entire fleet of Trans-Asia Shipping looks like following the sinking of one of its ships, the Asia-Malaysia? Somebody at the Maritime Industry Authority must be watching too much television.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 603445 [Title] => National Geographic's 'Live curious' drive [Summary] =>

National Geographic Channel’s (NGC) Live curious campaign challenges viewers to be inquisitive about anything and everything in the world.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 396815 [Title] => EDITORIAL — No probe should wrap up in a day [Summary] => Investigators looking into the crash of an Air Force helicopter in Lapulapu City in which nine people were killed and several others were injured have reportedly determined initially that the probable cause of the accident may have been a kite string made of nylon. [DatePublished] => 2007-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 322129 [Title] => Subdivisions are a threat to our airports [Summary] => Former Armed Forces chief Benjamin Defensor who is now the chairman of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) anti-terrorism task force has revealed something quite scary. He said most of our airports are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Shoulder-fired missiles (i.e. rocket propelled grenade) can hit airliners flying in and out of our airports. Whether we like it or not this is true in most of our airports and even in the United States.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 322013 [Title] => Giving terrorism a serious thought! [Summary] => Good Lord, did Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo really say that she pinned the blame on Feb.4, 2006 stampede at the PhilSport Arena a.k.a. Ultra to the organizers of "Wowowee"? We know that there is no love lost between Pres. Arroyo and ABS-CBN, but just because she's President, she shouldn't have pre-empted the results of the ongoing investigation. Of course, ABS-CBN CEO Eugenio Lopez has bewailed the President's statement and is firing broadsides against the President. If you ask me, someone is turning what was clearly an accident into something political in nature. [DatePublished] => 2006-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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