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    Li Ren : From the Changi Airport MRT Station, follow the signs that point you to Terminal 3. Once in Terminal 3, go to level 1 (which is the ground level). At this point, you will need to proceed to the opposite end of the terminal building and there you will find the exit that leads to the coach stands. This is where you could catch the shuttle bus to the airshow site. Be prepared to face a huge crowd.

     

    KC Sim

     

    Thanks you for the info,KC Sim..I have planned to be at Changi MRT before 8am to avoid the crowd :lol:

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    Ethiopian jet crash deaths rise as 34 bodies found (Updated)

     

    BEIRUT (AP): An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut early Monday, setting off a frantic search as passenger seats, baby sandals and other debris washed ashore. At least 34 bodies were recovered.

     

    The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Lebanon has seen stormy weather since Sunday night, with crackling thunder, lightning and pouring rain.

     

    Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said terrorism was not suspected in the crash of Flight 409, which was headed for the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

     

    "Sabotage is ruled out as of now," he said. Weeping relatives streamed into Beirut's airport to wait for news on their loved ones. One woman dropped to her knees in tears; another cried out, "Where is my son?" Andree Qusayfi said his 35-year-old brother, Ziadh, was traveling to Ethiopia for his job at a computer company, but was planning to return to Lebanon for good soon.

     

    "We begged him to postpone his flight because of the storm," Qusayfi said, his eyes red from crying. "But he insisted on going because he had work appointments." Zeinab Seklawi said her 24-year-old son Yasser called her as he was boarding.

     

    "I told him, 'God be with you,' and I went to sleep," Seklawi said. "Please find my son. I know he's alive and wouldn't leave me."

     

    The dead include several children, according to a Lebanese defense official who asked that his name not be used because he is not authorized to speak to publicly.

     

    The Boeing 737-800 took off around 2:30 a.m. (7:30 p.m. EST) and went down 2 miles (3.5 kilometers) off the coast, said Ghazi Aridi, the public works and transportation minister. The Lebanese army said in a statement the plane was "on fire shortly after takeoff."

     

    "The weather undoubtedly was very bad," Aridi told reporters at the airport.

     

    Pieces of the plane and debris were washing ashore in the hours after the crash, including passenger seats, a baby sandal, a fire extinguisher and bottles of medicine.

     

    The wife of Denis Pietton, the French ambassador to Lebanon, was on the plane, according to the French embassy.

     

    Helicopters and naval ships were scrambled for a rescue effort as huge waves slammed into the shore. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced a day of mourning and closed schools and government offices.

     

    A statement from the defense ministry in Cyprus, which sent reinforcements to help in the search, said 34 bodies have been recovered so far.

     

    Ethiopian Airlines' CEO Girma Wake told journalists in Addis Ababa that he had no information on the fate of those on board or about the cause of the crash. He said the aircraft had been serviced on Dec. 25 and passed inspection.

     

    He also said the plane had been leased in September from CIT Aerospace. Calls to CIT Aerospace were not immediately returned Monday.

     

    The plane was carrying 90 people, including 83 passengers and 7 crew, Lebanese officials said. Aridi, the transportation minister, identified the passengers as 54 Lebanese, 22 Ethiopians, one Iraqi, one Syrian, one Canadian of Lebanese origin, one Russian of Lebanese origin, a French woman and two Britons of Lebanese origin.

     

    Ethiopian Airlines reported that there were 82 passengers and eight crew; the discrepancy could not immediately be explained.

     

    The Boeing 737 is considered one of the safest planes in airline service. The jet was first introduced in the 1960s, and today is the workhorse on many short- and medium-range routes.

     

    Still, over the past 15 years it was involved in a series of incidents and crashes linked to a valve in the rudder assembly. This reportedly would malfunction and cause the rudder to turn independently of the pilot's commands.

     

    The problem was considered resolved after operators of older Boeing 737s were ordered to carry out inspections and upgrades of the critical rudder control systems.

     

    Sidney Dekker, a professor of flight safety at the School of Aviation at Lund University in Sweden, said the rudder problem has been corrected by the manufacturer and that he'd be "hugely surprised" if it had anything to do with the crash.

     

    Board to assist Lebanese authorities in the investigation. Dekker, himself a 737 pilot, said that if reports of an engine fire proved to be correct, the accident could have possibly resulted from a loss of control at relatively low altitude.

     

    He noted that the 737's engines were overpowered in order to fulfill single-engine takeoff performance requirements. "This tends to produce a turning movement toward the dead engine in the case of the loss of a powerplant at takeoff," he said.

     

    Poor visibility in low cloud combined high winds may have contributed to the problem faced by the pilots, he said.

     

    In February 2009, a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane crashed short of the runway at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, killing nine passengers and crew. Dutch investigators say the plane crashed because of a false reading from a faulty altimeter.

     

    The state-owned Ethiopian Airlines announced last week that it signed an agreement with Boeing to buy 10 more of the 737-800s at an estimated $767 million. The order will expand the airline's fleet from the 36 aircraft it has now - not including the 737-800 that crashed Monday.

     

    Aviation safety analyst Chris Yates said it was far too early to say what caused the crash, but he noted that modern aircraft are built to withstand all but the foulest weather conditions.

     

    "One wouldn't have thought that a nasty squall in and of itself would be the prime cause of an accident like this," said Yates, an analyst based in Manchester, England. He note that reports of fire could suggest "some cataclysmic failure of one of the engines" or that something had been sucked into the engine, such as a bird or debris.

     

    Ethiopian Airlines has long had a reputation for high-quality service compared to other African airlines, with two notable crashes in more than 20 years.

     

    A hijacked Ethiopian Airlines jet crash-landed off the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean when it ran out of fuel in November 1996, killing 126 of the 175 people aboard. In September 1988, an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed shortly after taking off when it ran into a flock of birds, killing 31 of the 104 people on board.

     

    Boeing said it is coordinating with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to assist Lebanese authorities in the investigation.

     

    It was a B738.. :(

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    Strong 6.1 earthquake rattles Haiti

     

    Posted 4 hours 6 minutes ago

    Updated 42 minutes ago

     

    A new earthquake has shaken the devastated Haitian capital, creating panic among survivors of last week's quake who were camped out in the streets.

     

    The powerful 6.1-magnitude aftershock at daybreak sent shrieking Haitians running away from buildings and walls in the shattered city, fearing a repeat of the magnitude 7.0 quake that killed at least 75,000 people.

     

    There are no immediate signs of damage or casualties, but crashing sounds have been heard suggesting that already-damaged buildings may have collapsed.

     

    "It felt really strong. Each aftershock is frightening. We feel it right [in the stomach], because after last Tuesday you never know how strong it is going to be," said Lenis Batiste, who was camped out on with his two children.

     

    The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the latest tremor was centered 60 kilometres south west of Port-au-Prince.

     

    Desperate and hungry residents of the capital have been sleeping outdoors since the January 12 quake because their homes were destroyed or from fear of aftershocks.

     

    "Things started shaking. We were really afraid. People came out into the street," said Victor Jean Rossiny, a 24-year-old law student, living in the street in the Petionville suburb.

     

    "We have nothing here, not even water."

     

    Fears of violence and looting have eased as US troops provide security for water and food aid deliveries, and thousands of displaced Haitians have heeded the government's advice to seek shelter outside Port-au-Prince.

     

    As a result, entire neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince have emptied, said International Organisation for Migration (IOM) chief of mission Vincent Houver.

     

    "The poorest of the poor have stayed in the city but many people have left Port-au-Prince, mainly to other towns where they have relatives or friends," he said.

     

    Medical care, handling of corpses, shelter, water, food and sanitation remain the priorities for a international relief operation, UN officials said.

     

    Around 370,000 people are said to be living in improvised shelter throughout Port-au-Prince.

     

    "There are more than 300 of these settlements scattered throughout the city, with people living under improvised shelter and no access to water supplies," the IOM said in a statement.

     

    "Until tents can be provided, priority needs for those in these settlements include plastic sheeting, water containers, and water purification tablets," it added.

     

    Miracle baby

     

    The latest tremor jolted celebrations for miracle survivors of last week's quake, ranging from a three-week-old baby to an elderly woman who were hauled out after more than seven days under the rubble.

     

    Despite a series of large aftershocks over the past week, rescuers have kept up their search and have been elated by their success in recent days.

     

    Hoteline Losana, 25, was found in the wreckage of a supermarket late Tuesday (local time) only hours after Ena Zizi, 69, started singing as she was carried away from the ruins of Port-au-Prince cathedral.

     

    French rescuers, meanwhile, found the baby girl in a hollow beneath the ruins of a house in Jacmel, a town in the south of the island nation, after spending five hours trying the get through to her.

     

    The baby's uncle told a local radio station that the girl, Elisabeth, was 23 days old.

     

    The station reported she was in a healthy condition and did not appear wounded and had been taken to an American field hospital nearby.

     

    The United Nations says more than 120 people have been rescued by international teams from the debris of collapsed buildings since last week's quake.

     

    Switch in tactics

     

    But Major General Daniel Allyn, deputy commander of the military operation in Haiti, said US forces would soon switch the focus of their operation to recovering bodies rather than looking for survivors.

     

    The Haitian government gave a latest toll of 75,000 dead, with another 250,000 injured and more than one million left homeless.

     

    US troops fanned out across the ruined capital, where the pace of the relief operation has heightened street tensions.

     

    Camped out under makeshift tents among the rubble, survivors faced a desperate hunt for food and water. For many looting is the only way.

     

    "Look, when you are hungry and poor, nobody helps, you have to steal," a defiant young man named Vincent said, as people plunged into the ruins of a flattened supermarket.

     

    On Tuesday, US paratroopers secured the ruined presidential palace which is now surrounded by a squalid refugee camp.

     

    Oh no,another massive destruction .. :(

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    2) Pieter - 7th Feb (arr 3K0556 06feb SGN-SIN, dep 3K0555 08feb SIN-SGN)

    3) WaiPing -6th Feb (arr AK6273 05Feb BKI-SIN, dep AK6274 07Feb SIN-BKI)

    4) Vivek - 2nd & 3rd Feb (arr IT29 30Jan BOM-SIN, dep IT30 04Feb SIN-BOM)

    5) Vu Loc - 6th Feb (arr VN741 05feb SGN-SIN, dep VN740 07feb SIN-SGN)

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    9. Gavin - 3 - 5th Feb ( arr Transtar Solitaire 3Feb KUL-SIN, dep Transtar Solitaire SIN-KUL 5Feb ) *** If all goes well

    10) Nik Farid - 6th Feb (arr TR453 06feb -KUL-SIN, dep AK0722 06feb SIN-KUL

    11) LiRen-6th Feb (arr 05Feb MKZ-SIN, dep 07Feb SIN-MKZ) via PLUS Highway :D

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    It was back in September when I launched a competition on my personal Twitter and Facebook page. Simply tell me where and what route you would like AirAsia to fly to and you win free flights for a year. The response was overwhelming.

     

    I know it’s been a long time coming and most of you are probably wondering when the winner of the competition will be announced if at all. Today, I’m going to announce a date. 8 December 2009 to be exact. On that Tuesday, I’m going to call some of my media friends to come along as I unveil the winners to the world. Have been tinkering with technology a bit lately and we’re going to try to experiment with Cover It Live at the event itself. So mark your calendars as I unveil the winners of the first competition on Facebook and Twitter to a year of free flights.

     

    All I’m going to say is that one of the winners chose an Asian destination that we’ve been eyeing for a while now. Will see you on 8 December 2009. It’s all happening live. Let the drums roll.

     

    Good luck to M'Wingers who took part in this competition :drinks:

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