कृष्णानन्द भट्ट : यूएसए ,अमेरिकाको क्यालिफोर्नियाको लस एन्जल्स शहरमा ‘नेपाल महोत्सव’ भव्य रुपमा सम्पन्न भएको छ । आयोजक संस्था ‘हामी नेपाली ग्लोवल’का अनुसार लस एन्जल्स शहरमा बसोवास गर्ने नेपाली समुदायले भव्य कार्यक्रमको आयोजना गरी नेपाल महोत्सव सम्पन्न गरेको हाे ।
लस एन्जल्स, क्यालिफोर्निया प्रवासमा नेपाल र नेपाली संस्कृतिलाई चिनाउने उद्देश्यले आयोजना गएिको सो कार्यक्रममा उल्लेख्यरूपमा प्रवासी नेपालीहरुको सहभागिता रहेको थियो ।
नेपाली पहिचान झल्किने गरी विविध भेषभुषा तथा संस्कृति झल्किने पोशाकमा १९ माइल परेड गरिएको आयोजक संस्था हामी नेपाली ग्लोबलका उपाध्यक्ष टेक वाइवा लामाले जानकारी दिनुभयो । उपाध्यक्ष लामाका अनुसार नेपाल डे परेड कार्यक्रममा लोक तथा पञ्चे बाजा, कुमारी, राधाकृष्ण, पञ्चकन्या, लाखे तथा नेपाली परिकारको रुपमा म:म: तथा चाउमिन प्रमुख आकर्षणको रुपमा रहेका थिए ।
कार्यक्रममा लस एन्जल्स शहरका अतिरिक्त आसपासका क्षेत्रबाट पनि नेपाली समुदायको उल्लेख्य सहभागिता रहेको आयोजक संस्था हामी नेपाली ग्लोबलले जनाएको छ । कार्यक्रममा नेपालको ऐतिहासिक, धार्मिक तथा पर्यटकीय स्थल झल्किने विभिन्न फोटो पनि प्रर्दशन गरिएको थियो ।
यो अमेरिकामा नेपाल चिनाउने कार्यक्रम भएको र नेपाल महोत्सव कार्यक्रमपछि नेपालको पर्यटन प्रवर्द्धन भई नेपाली उत्पादनको विश्व बजारिकरण गर्नमा टेवा पुग्ने क्यालिफोर्निया स्थित नेपाली समुदायले अपेक्षा गरेको छ।
नेपाली ग्लोबल संस्थालाई नेपाल सरकारले स्वीकृति दिएको हुनाले विभिन्न देशमा नेपाल फेस्टिजभल आयोजना गर्न लागेको संस्थाका उपाध्यक्ष लामाले भनाइ छ ।
Kathmandu : Dharahara also called Bhimsen Tower, is a nine story (50.2m) tall tower at the center of Kathmandu. It was built in 1832 A.D. by the Prime Minister of the time, Bhimsen Thapa of Nepal. Thapa built the tower under the orders of Queen Lalit Tripura Sundari.The tower has a spiral staircase inside containing 113 steps or none because there is an elevator. The 8th floor holds a circular balcony for observers that provides a panoramic view of the whole Kathmandu valley. The tower has a 5.2m bronze mast on the roof. The tower has been open for the general public since 2005 for a small fee.
Dharahara is actually the second such tower made by Bhimsen Thapa. The original Bhimsen Tower was built in 1824 and was 11 stories high, 2 stories taller than Dharahara. Dharahara was built for queen Lalit Tripura Sundari, who was the niece of Bhimsen Thapa. She wanted a tower of her own next to Bhimshen’s Dharahara.Dharahara: The Pride of Kathmandu Valley
During the earthquake of 1834, both the towers survived, but Bhimsen’s tower suffered severe damage. 110 years later, on January 15, 1934, another earthquake caused Bhimsen’s tower to be completely destroyed.Only 2 of the 11 stories on the second tower remained. The prime minister of the time, Juddha Shumsher, renovated Dharahara to its previous form. While the original Bhimsen Tower was obliterated, queen Lalit Tripura Sundari’s tower got its name, ‘Bhimsen Stambha’.
The designs were prepared by Cage Consult Pvt. Ltd and JV Associates. According to the Dharahara reconstruction plan, the new Dharahara would be 245 ft. tall with 11-storeys. However, according to Architect Bishnu Panthi, it would be of 21-storeyed from the inside.
The estimated cost of the project is three Billion rupees and will be constructed in three years. According to Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Ananda Pokharel, many private organisations and Nepal Telecom have expressed their interest in financing the project. Also, Rs20 million has been collected from the campaign ‘I will build my Dharahara’, Minister Pokharel said.
The government has allocated 42 Ropanis land for the reconstruction of the Dharahara. Department of Archaeology had been seeking additional land from government citing that reconstructing new Dharahara in existing five Ropanis would look dull. The required additional land will be supplemented by acquiring the land of General Post Office and Taksar Department in Sundhara and the decision to this effect has been made by Cabinet, according Minister Ananda Pokharel.
Minsiter Pokharel claimed the new Dharahara would be earthquake resistant and could sustain up to 8 magnitude earthquake.
According to engineer Panthi, a Sundhara Garden will be built at the premises where a three-storeyed parking hall will be constructed. It will also house a water fountain, gift shop, a theater and a museum. The Dharahara area will be disabled-friendly, it is learnt.
The historic Dharahara, a popular landmark of Kathmandu, was destroyed by the April 25 earthquake last year. The original Dharahara, or also known as Bhimsen Tower, was 11-storeyed before 1934 earthquake reduced it to just nine storeys.
The old Dharahara wrecked by the earthquake will be kept intact while a new one with similar design will be built at the premise, it was announced in the programme.
At the completion of the 61st year of the Revolution, Havana celebrated its glorious 5th century of life. The hashtag “500” recalled this year in every corner of the city.
The event was witnessed by an audience of diplomats and government representatives who came from Russia, France, the Gulf countries, and Spain with their ruler S.A.R. Felipe VI and his wife Letizia Ortiz. The event was held in front of the capitol returned to its former glory and which is today the seat of the National Assembly of Cuba.
Havana, defined city of Peace and Dignity, has highlighted its pride in the eyes of the world and its people, which has always been indomitable in the face of attempts to destabilize it. As evidence of its resistance are the cannons placed in a defensive position around the perimeter walls of the Castillo de Los Tres Reyes del Morro. This is a mammoth fortification in front of the Bay of Havana designed by the Italian Ing. Battista Antonelli. It was built in the 16th century to defend the city from invasions. Today, cannons – symbols of defense – are still scattered in the streets and squares of its historic center.
Let the ceremony begin
The ceremony was presided over by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba; President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez; and Second Party Secretary, Josè Ramòn Machado Ventura.
Addressing the guests and the thousands of citizens and tourists who crowded the borders of a large cordoned area, the President of the Republic recalled at the end of his speech, “Havana, beautiful and sensitive, hospitable and safe for its residents and its visitors, is the city of science, dance, cinema, literature, sporting events, [an] example of resistance before neoliberalism and imperialism.”
The guests of honor, Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko, President of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation; Abulahaewab A. Al Bader, Gen. Director of the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development; and Dr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa, General Director of the Organization Fund of the Petroleum Exporting Countries for International Development were received by Gen. Raul Castro Ruz and the President of the Republic privately for possible economic agreements, as reported by the local press.
The occurrence of the forecast will be able to revive the economic fortunes of Cuba subjected to strict restrictions due to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America.
A recognition to the architect of renewal
At the historic city of Havana, Eusebio Leal was awarded the Honorary Doctorate in Juridical Sciences – History of Law by the Pontifical Lateran University of Havana. The academic act took place in the presence of the highest local religious and diplomatic authorities in addition to Jorge Quesata and José Carlos Rodríguez, Cuban ambassadors to the Holy See (Vatican City). Dr E. Leal has strongly contributed to the restoration project of over 1,000 buildings in the historic center and to the restoration of the capitol and monument work with the financial contribution of the Federation of Russia.
The pride of the Cuban people
Reinaldo Garcia Sapada, President of the provincial assembly of popular power in the capital, said, “Havana has been able to preserve the architectural heritage of its colonial past, the one that the traveler loves to admire and that its inhabitants live in worship.”
The largely-restored historical, architectural, and cultural heritage has transformed the city into an increasingly important tourist site. Its historic center, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982, is one of the best preserved in Latin America. Among its most representative monuments are the Cathedral of Havana, Plaza de Armas, the Castle of the Morro, the Museum of the Revolution, the National Museum of Fine Arts, the Grand Theatre of Havana, the Capitol, the Plaza of the Revolution, and the Malecón (waterfront) being perhaps the most internationally-recognized symbol of the city.
The 500th anniversary of Havana seems to have aroused the interest of tourists from Asian countries, Europe, Central and South America, and from the USA despite the travel restrictions in force. And with surprise we note the presence of Millennials prevailing over those of the third age. All share a common goal: to enter into symbiosis with the character of the Cubans, to share their carefree mood, and be open to dialogue and availability.
The presence of the historic center
One guitar and two voices in every corner of the historic center and in all the meeting points enchant tourists as much as the vision of vintage cars left over from an era of Amistad with the USA and the stimulating phrases extolling the Freedom and the Revolution signed with the image of his heroes on the walls of houses.
All sympathizers with people that live with situations that are different from the luckier ones in the west but with great dignity and pride for their country. It took little to have this confirmation.
The day of the 500th anniversary closing celebrations cheered the people of Havana with music and shows organized in various areas of the city. Fireworks drew usual shapes and never-seen-before geometric shapes in the sky – the same ones that illuminated Italia Avenue (alias Galiano Street) for a few nights. A light show depicting “constellations” was a gift from the city of Turin (Italy) for this multi-centennial celebration.
More visitors, more direct dollars infused into Philadelphia’s economy. That’s the synopsis of a new report from the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) and Tourism Economics. In 2018, 697,000 overseas visitors — a 7.5% year-on-year (YoY) increase — came to the Greater Philadelphia region, marking the fourth consecutive year of growth. Overseas visitors also contributed $723 million in direct visitor spending, generating $1.2 billion in economic impact, both modern-day records.
“Hospitality is one of the largest and fastest growing employment sectors in Philadelphia because we continue to see visitation rise across all sectors. Overseas visitors are incredibly important as they account for 57% of all international visitation and 79% of all international visitor spending,” said PHLCVB President and CEO Julie Coker Graham. “Every day our team is focused on telling Philadelphia’s story globally. In 2018 our team hosted 96 influential global media and 334 travel trade professionals in-market. By doing so, we’re able to reinforce positive perceptions of the city and encourage and inspire future visitation.”
The PHLCVB also works in concert with local industry partners like the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association, Visit Philadelphia and the Philadelphia International Airport. The destination’s collective message is resonating: the American experience should begin in the city where the country was founded. In 2018, nine of Philadelphia’s ‘top 10’ overseas markets grew year-on-year (YOY). Philadelphia’s top five markets include the United Kingdom, China, Germany, India, and France, respectively. Some of the notable highlights include:
• The United Kingdom delivered the highest number of overseas visitors to Philadelphia at 112,000 (a 3.1% YoY increase).
• China led all markets with $136 million in overall visitor spending (15.6% YoY increase), represented by 82,000 visitors, a 20% increase from 2017. Source : eturbo news
Running right through the 23rd General Assembly in St Petersburg has been the topic of film and tourism. Building on this, UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili will take part in Cineposium, a leading international event around the world of cinema and visual production taking place back to back to the General Assembly. At the start of the Assembly, Spanish entrepreneur and President of Atlético de Madrid football cub Enrique Cerezo joined fellow experts to discuss the film industry’s close links with tourism and its shared values and benefits, including bringing people together and creating jobs and opportunities for all.
Deepak Neupane, Kathmandu : News Source of International News website, Humans are one of the greatest creations of God. They have been living close to nature since their creation. They have a special love for nature and have always been trying to discover nature. In this try, they have discovered many wonderful places across the world. There are many worth visiting places in the world. Some of these places are a miracle of God on the Earth and some are manmade. It is the desire of every man to see these places in their life. Following are the places that almost every man wants to see in their life.
1. Santorini, Greece
It is one of the most amazing places of the world in Greece. It is actually an island of Cyclades. It is said to be devastated in the 16th century and since then it is rebuilding and its beauties are increasing with every passing day. The most ideal period of the year to go to this miracle is from April to September. There are a lot of islands in this city and sunbathing around any of these would be an unforgettable experience. There is a natural pool which attracts the tourists from the world.
2. Capilano Suspension Bridge
Another very amazing place to visit in the world is Capilano suspension bridge. This bridge is located in Vancouver city of British Columbia, a province of Canada. Its beauty casts a spell on the visitors from all over the world. It is almost 140 meters long and about 70 meters above the river. It gives the visitors to visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park which is very beautiful and amazing.
3. Rome
Another beautiful place to visit in the world is the ancient city of Rome in Italy. It is also called the center of Western civilization. This city was discovered in 753 BC. The Colosseum which is the world’s most iconic monument is also in Rome. There is no one who wishes to return from Rome without seeing this monument. Moreover, The Pantheon and Piazza Navona are also worth visiting places in Rome.
4. Taj Mahal
Another very fascinating and beautiful place in the world is Taj Mahal in the city of Agra in India. It is also called the monument of love. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan in love of his wife Mumtaz Mahal in 1932. It is located at the South bank of Yamuna River. Its ivory white color attracts the tourists from a distance. It is one of the miracles of Mughalia art of building.
5. Lake Saif-ul-Malook
One of the most beautiful and worth seeing lakes is the lake Saif-ul-Malook in the Northern areas of Pakistan. It is located in the north of Kaghan Valley near the town of Naran. It is at the height of 10,578 feet above the sea level and its water is drained into Kunhar river. It is the lake which is located near Malika Parbat, the highest peak in the valley.
6. Sydney
Another very enchanting place that every man would like to visit before death is the city of Sydney. It is the most populous city of New South Wales in Australia. Its Harbor bridge is the most famous tourist’s place in the world. Every year, the celebrations of new year take place at this bridge where millions of people gather from the world to welcome the new year.
7. Barcelona
Another beautiful place visited by many people every year is the city of Barcelona. The city is a good mixture of modern as well as ancient Roman civilization. It is also famous due to Olympic games that take place in it. It is much like a big village with streets for pedestrians. It is a worth seeing place and enjoyable in walking.
8. Istanbul
Another beautiful and fascinating place to visit in lifetime is the Turkish city of Istanbul. This city joins the Asia and Europe. It is a very good blend of Asian and European civilizations. It is also an old city with the old name of Constantinople. It is the cultural, economical, historical center of Turkey. It is also famous across the world for its mosques.
9. Victoria Falls
It is one of the most beautiful waterfalls of the world due to its height and width. It is located in South Africa near the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is also considered as one of the seven natural wonders on the world.
10. Great Wall of China
Another among the Seven Wonders of the World and beautiful place to see is the Great Wall of China. It was built of different material and the purpose was to protect China from invasions of Europe. It is about 21196 meters long and there come many worth seeing sights while travelling along it.
11. Antarctica
It is also the seventh continent of the world with no population and only snow. It is the most remote place on the world and its lowest temperature is recorded at -129 degree. The absence of population makes it a lonely place.
12. Nishinomaru Garden
Another worth visiting place on this planet is the Nishinomaru Garden in Japan. It is in the city of Osaka and is the world’s most popular place to see the blossom of cherries. There are more than 600 cherry trees and 95 kinds of apricot flowers in the garden.
13. Red Beach
Another worth visiting place in the world is Red Beach in China. Its beauty lies in the red plants of Suaeda Salsa. Its redness captures the mind and heart of the visitors and they are stunned at its beauty.
14. Hiller Lake (Pink Lake)
Another very beautiful and breathtaking place is the Hiller Lake which is also called Pink Lake in Western Australia. It is also very unique of its type. According to scientists, its pink color is due the algae found in the lake. It is also a salt lake.
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15. Bora Bora
Another very fascinating place to visit in life time is the Four Season Resort in Bora Bora. Bora Bora is an island of French Polynesia. It has been recently awarded the title of the best island of the world. It is the perfect place to live during vacations. It looks like small huts floating in the beautiful island.
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16. Glass Beach
Another very charming and captivating place in the world that should be seen once in life time is the Glass Beach in California, a state of U.S.A. There are a large number of glass pieces that gathered after years of throwing garbage into the sea. All the glasses are not allowed to remove and there is law not to remove any of the things and even the glass from its place.
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17. Glow Worm Cave
It is also very beautiful and worth visiting place in the world. As the name suggests, it is famous due to glow worms, and it is only one of its type in the world located in New Zealand. There is a visitor center in the cave to see its beauty.
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18. Pamukkale
Another of the world’s beauties is Pamukkale which is in Turkey. This city is famous due to its hot water springing over the rocks. UNESCO named it the world heritage sight in 1988. Its beauties also cast a spell on the viewers. It is also famous for its old heritage that it shares from Rome.
courtesy of: http://www.youramazingplaces.com
19. Ha Long Bay
It is also a worth seeing place of the world and is located in Vietnam. The color of its water is Emerald and large stones are standing at different places that make it look beautiful. There are also many boats for taking the visitors to far off places. This region is also famous for mountain hiking.
20. Westin Maui Resort
Another very beautiful place to visit in life time is the Westin Maui Resort in the American State of Hawaii. It is very charming place to spend holidays. All the rooms in this resort have very enchanting sights that impress the visitors a lot.
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In conclusion we can easily say that the world is full of miracles and all the miracles are worth watching. But, it is almost impossible for a common man to reach and see these beauties.
A graduation trip to the Dominican Republic for a group of 40 Oklahoma teenaged students from Deer Creek High School in Edmond went sour when earlier this month when they all became ill during their stay in the Caribbean country. One of the parents reported that they had traveled to the island nation on June 8 to stay at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana. Fortunately, although they became ill, everyone survived.
To date, 7 Americans have died this year while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, all of them in their hotel rooms. June of 2018, Mark Hulburt Sr. (62) from Arizona was found dead by his wife in their Punta Cana hotel room. His wife said when she woke up that morning, he had something green coming from his mouth. His cause of death was listed as a heart attack, but with all these recent deaths under odd and similar circumstances, the family now suspects something else caused him to die. Hulbert’s son said they now wish they had brought his body home for an autopsy.
Joseph Allen (55) from New Jersey died on June 13 at the Terra Linda resort in Sosua, Dominican Republic. His sister said he had not been feeling well earlier but after leaving the pool, he showered and went out that night. He was found dead the next morning by hotel staff when he didn’t show up to meet his friends. Leyla Cox (53) from New York City died in her hotel room on June 10 at the Excellence Resorts in Punta Cana. According to the hotel, a forensics report states the cause of death as a heart attack. Her son has doubts about the hotel’s statement about what she died from.
Nathaniel Holmes (63) and Cynthia Day (49) both died in their hotel room on May 30 at the Grand Bahia Principe in La Romana. Hotel staff found them, and authorities stated they had both died from internal bleeding and fluid in their lungs. Authorities are trying to say that Nathaniel had an enlarged heart and cirrhosis and that Cynthia also had fluid in her brain.
Miranda Schaup-Werner (41) from Whitehall township, Pennsylvania, died on May 25 while also staying at the Bahia Principe resort in La Romana. She and her husband Dan Werner were celebrating their wedding anniversary, and Miranda took a drink from the minibar then suddenly became ill and collapsed and died. The autopsy showed she died from a heart attack, pulmonary edema, and respiratory failure. John Corcoran (60) from New Jersey died at the end of April in his hotel room, which according to his sister, Shark Tank TV star Barbara Corcoran, was due to natural causes as he had an existing heart condition.
Visiting Hawaii and wanted to take your clothes off? Nude surfing and naked boogie boarding in Hawaii are popular on Little Beach. Little Beach on Maui has been voted the best nude beach in Hawaii and is among the 10 most popular clothing optional beaches in the world according to nudist experts and Instagram star Svetlana Remus. Freezing Iceland is the best place for naked photos.Little Beach is where tourists visiting Hawaii go to get naked with a bunch of other visitors and on a stunning beach on Maui.
Some might argue in favor of the black sand beach at Kehena, but our pick for the best clothing-optional beach in Hawaii is along the soft white sands of Maui in a hidden, woodsy cove with big Pacific waves breaking on a turquoise shoreline. It’s every bit the Hawaiian vacation fantasy, minus the bathing suits. It can get crowded, and many of those visiting Maui want to take a look. Visitors enjoy going naked boogie -boarding and nude surfing from this beach.
Additional wrongful death lawsuits in the crash of the Boeing 737-8 MAX, operated as Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, were filed in Chicago, IL, in the deaths of Virginia Chimenti, originally from Rome, Italy, and Ghislaine De Claremont, from Wallonia, Belgium. Chimenti and De Claremont were among the 157 people killed in the March 10, 2019 ET302 plane crash in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “We are seeking punitive damages because strong public policy in Illinois supports holding Boeing accountable for its intentional and grossly negligent conduct, in particular its refusal, even today, to admit that the grounded Boeing 737-8 MAX had any safety problems even while the plane is grounded and Boeing is being forced to finally fix the problem that has caused two aviation disasters in the short life of the airplane,” said Todd Smith, partner at Power Rogers & Smith L.L.P. “Boeing failed to properly brief its own test pilots regarding important details regarding MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System), including its authority to quickly push down the nose of Boeing 737-8 MAX, and, accordingly the test pilots did not perform an adequate safety review of the system.”
“Boeing sold the Boeing 737-8 MAX to airlines despite knowing that a safety feature, known as the angle of attack disagree light, designed to immediately inform pilots that one of the airplane’s angle of attack sensors had failed, was not working in the airplane.”
“Boeing put its financial interests ahead of the safety of passengers and flight crews when it rushed the design, manufacture and certification of the Boeing 737-8 MAX, and when it misrepresented to the public, the FAA, and Boeing’s customers that the airplane was safe to fly, which Boeing shockingly continued to do even after the crash of ET302.”
“As a new feature, the design and functioning of MCAS was required to be reviewed and approved by the FAA, but a meaningful review of MCAS was not completed during the compliance activities that preceded the certification of the Boeing 737-8 MAX .
The lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by the New York-based law firm Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, along with co-counsels Chicago-based Power Rogers & Smith L.L.P., Fabrizio Arossa of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Rome (on behalf of the family of Virginia Chimenti), and Jean-Michel Fobe of Sybarius Avocats, Brussels, Belgium (on behalf of the family of Ghislaine De Claremont). The defendants in the case are Chicago-based Boeing Company and Rosemount Aerospace, Inc. of Minnesota.
Two lawsuits were previously filed on May 2 on behalf of the family of Carlo Spini and his wife Gabriella Viciani, of the Arezzo Province of Italy, a physician and nurse who were en route to a humanitarian mission in Kenya. Chimenti devoted her life to fighting world hunger, and at 26 years old, was a consultant for United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP). While pursuing her bachelor’s degree at Bocconi University in Milan, she began working for an NGO in Nairobi, Kenya that protects vulnerable children living in Dandora slums. She earned her master’s degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and began working at the UN’s Capital Development Fund and the Agricultural Development Fund, directing her work at facilitating sustainable models in breaking cycles of poverty and starvation. She is survived by her parents and sister.
Ghislaine De Claremont was a personal banker at ING Bank in Wallonia, Belgium. She was a single parent who raised two daughters, one of whom became a paraplegic after she, her sister and her mother were caught in the crossfire of a shootout between police and violent criminals in 1995, striking Melissa Mairesse, the younger daughter, in the center of her spinal cord at the age of 10. Melissa was left wheelchair-bound and Ghislaine De Claremont cared for and advocated for her daughter’s special needs. Melissa, and her older sister, Jessica Mairesse, organized an African safari trip as a 60th birthday present to their devoted mother. De Claremont was on this trip when she was killed aboard flight ET302.
Justin Green, a Kreindler & Kreindler LLP partner and a military-trained pilot, said, “Boeing told the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that the Boeing 737-8 MAX’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) could not cause a catastrophic event if it malfunctioned and the FAA permitted Boeing to review the safety of the system with little or no FAA oversight. But MCAS is a deadly defective system that has already caused two airline disasters. Boeing designed its MCAS to automatically push the airplane’s nose down toward the ground based on the information supplied by a single angle of attack sensor. Boeing designed the MCAS so that it did not consider whether the angle of attack information was accurate or even plausible and did not consider whether the altitude of the airplane was above the ground. Boeing designed the system so that it would repeatedly push the nose down and would fight against the efforts of pilots trying to save the airplane. Boeing’s MCAS design permitted the failure of a single angle of attack sensor to cause two aviation disasters and is the worst design in the history of modern commercial aviation.”
North America was the most popular market with new flights taking off to Nashville, Pittsburgh and Charleston helping to push up passenger numbers by 7.5% month-on-month. New routes to Durban, Marrakesh and the Seychelles led to a notable 12% increase in passengers traveling to Africa
Helping to boost links to more Asian markets, Heathrow announced a new Air China, thrice weekly service to Chengdu. Air China is set to transport 80,000 passengers and 3,744 tonnes of cargo between China and the UK each year
Improving regional connectivity, Heathrow welcomed Flybe’s route from Cornwall Airport Newquay, marking the start of a new year-round service operating four flights a day, seven days a week
Trade through Heathrow performed stronger than any other European hub, with cargo increasing in Latin American (+15.1%) and African (+11.4%) markets
The High Court delivered a ruling that all judicial review challenges to Heathrow expansion have been dismissed, as the airport prepares for statutory consultation on its proposals in June. The consultation represents a significant delivery milestone and important opportunity for local communities to help shape plans for a future Heathrow.
Heathrow recorded its busiest ever April as the Easter getaway sent passenger numbers soaring, securing the airport its 30th month of consecutive growth Figures reveal the UK’s busiest airport welcomed 6.79 million passengers last month (+3.3% on last April) averaging 226,600 daily passengers or the equivalent of the population of Aberdeen
