Russia is in a deep crisis!

Ok, I just have to write about a stupid man that goes by the name of Putin! Some people should be prevented from leading a country!

First, the man steels part of the Ukraine, takes it like it belonged to him in the first place. To make things worse, he orders Russian Separatists to take over the south part of the Ukraine (we all know that he wants it all). The government is furious and is sending its troops to chase the separatists back to Russia. To add insult to injury, Putin (stupid man as he is) points his finger at the Ukraine government, telling us and the world that they (Ukraine government) are the aggressors.

During the reign of Stalin's successor Khrushchev, (himself a Ukrainian) Crimea was transferred in 1954 to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, ostensibly as a gesture of friendship between the Russian and Ukrainian people.

So now my question is…could Putin be right, was he in his right to claim Crimea back from the Ukraine?

Let me say this, is today someone came into my garden and claims it for himself, I would kick his ass to kingdom come.

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Putin is looking for a way out of the crisis, caused by the Russian intervention in Ukraine. He is cornered by Western sanctions.

Putin is trying very carefully to bring the negotiations back on track looking Which output Putin, is still unclear.

Russia annexed Crimea early this year and the he intervened in the eastern Ukraine. Because of that, the United States and the European Union ordered various sanctions against the Kremlin.

Effect of sanctions

The sanctions slowly start to work. You see how the Russian economy has collapsed, the ruble crisis is addressed. Capital flees Russia and the Russian currency is worth less and less. Putin said earlier that external factors are the cause of these problems. Still the man doesn’t listen to anyone. He goes and keeps provoking other countries.

Early December Putin kept a press conference, telling everyone that there’s nothing to worry about and that in fact Russia is doing fine. Poor Russian people are fed lie after lie, it’s just so sad that most of them don’t really know what’s going on the world.

Fact: the Russian ruble has lost 90% of its value during 2014. This means that Russia is in huge trouble, the Russian economy is crumbling (fast).

Fact is, you don’t invade another country and simply claim it as yours, it’s just not done (except when your name is Putin) LOL

Charles and Diana documentary!

Prince Charles has ensured through lawyers that a documentary that looks back to the period after the death of Princess Diana (and his reaction to it), is not broadcast. Well not yet anyways. This shows us that Charles used a very PR team to get out the news as well as possible, and to restore its image. 

The reaction of the British royal family is scrutinized.

Charles and Diana were married in 1981 and together they had sons William and Harry. Their divorce was finalized in 1996. Diana was with her new love, Dodi Al-Fayed in a car crash in a tunnel in Paris where her life ended on August 31, 1997. This happened 8 months after my mom practically died in my arms of heart failure.

The first episode of “Reinventing the Royals” would be broadcast on January 4 on BBC 2. It seems that James Harding, director of BBC News, received a letter from the lawyers of Charles and Camilla. The broadcaster would have not been allowed to broadcast archive footage of the royals.

The broadcaster is planning to broadcast still the program later in the year. Ohhh I sure hope so!

Whatever Diana saw in Prince Charles is beyond me, really! I would call it the beauty and the beast. She was so beautiful, inside and out and she died much too soon.

What is it with airplanes this year?

Boeing in trouble landed safely at Gatwick airport London UK.

The Boeing 747 of British airline Virgin Atlantic has landed safely yesterday. It took three attempts for flight VS43 to land safely with approximately 400 passengers on board.

There were 20 ambulances ready as a precaution, this is a standard measure. Four fire engines to the plane, but they didn’t need to come into action, thank god for small favors!

It turned out that there were problems with the landing gear. A set of wheels would not be properly extended, and the right landing gear didn’t extent at all! Before they could do an emergency landing, the plane circled flying several laps over England as to burning fuel to lose some weight.

The aircraft was on-route from London Gatwick to Las Vegas, when it had to return to Gatwick airport. A witness saw the airplane above him, saying that the device 'shook'.

I’m just really happy that no one got hurt or killed in the process.

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Again an incident with Air Asia!

While the wreckage of Air Asia flight QZ8501 found in the Java Sea, the occupants of another extension of the company escaped a disaster.

Air Asia flight Z2272 had to make an emergency landing in the Philippines, but shot off the runway. The incident was confirmed by Aviation Safety Network, where all incidents are tracked by aircraft.

The passengers had to use the slide to get out of the plane, according to initial reports all passengers were unharmed. They are collected at the airport and there are medically checked.

They say that the bad landing at Kalibo Airport was allegedly caused by bad weather.

Fate, Destiny, Karma…

It doesn’t matter how you call it, but I believe in karma, and destiny and fate. Why does one get killed and the other survives the same accident? Think about the family of 10 (6 adults and 4 children) they missed flight QZ8501 to Singapore. There is a man who survived 2 yeas, 2 plane crashes. I myself survived a horrible accident in the Swiss Alps, I shouldn’t be alive today, but hey here I am. I could go on and on, but the fact is, if your time here on earth is up, then it’s up and you die. It’s not macabre, it’s a simply fact of life. 

Bodies recovered from wreckage QZ8501

I just got home from work, and I just have to share the (good?) news.

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of forty occupants of the Air Asia plane that crashed in the sea between the islands of Sumatra and Borneo crashed on Sunday December 30. The Indonesian navy announced Tuesday. Earlier in the day there were parts of the plane were found in the sea.

The debris and the deceased were floating in the sea between the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Indonesian media on television showed images of two large objects with orange, white and gray pieces. Also, there were photos taken were you can see things that resemble life jackets, emergency slide and a plane door. 

The Indonesian also showed TV images from the corpses floating in the sea.

Part of the wreckage has been recovered. The authorities showed some objects during a press conference that was broadcast by the Indonesian television.

Even though it was expected, it was a bombshell for the relatives who were waiting on news, any kind of news regarding the missing plane. Terrible and I feel for all those who lost loved ones.

As I said before, I’m really glad they found the missing plane. 

Even though it must be devastating for the family and friends (survivors) but it’s better to know what happened with flight QZ8501. Now they can bring everyone home and say goodbye one last time.

I’m curious though as what happened, because no airplane falls from the sky just like that. According to Niki Lauda, who owns an airline company, the pilots of flight QZ8501 were experienced.

I had my lunch and I’ll be off now, walking the dog , doing last grocery shopping, then clean the house, kook dinner and...after all that, I’m gonna blog some more (when I still have the energy LOL) Because there is news about the Prince of Wales ;) 

The Norman Atlantic

The death toll from the fire on the ferry “Norman Atlantic” between Greece and Italy has risen to ten, but it is feared that many more people have been killed.

As of right now, all passengers have left the ship. The captain left along with some people from the Italian Navy left at 14.50 pm, they were investigating a possible cause of the fire. Dozens of people are still missing, and it’s unclear where they are. Media in Southern European countries mentions least 38 missing.

Strong winds, rain and hefty smoke hampered the rescue operation. The fire is under control.

Little is known about the cause of the fire. The ferry was traveling from Patras in Greece to Ancona in Italy.

Now get this…

The ferry "Norman Atlantic" media reports indicate that massive security flaws have been discovered by an inspection over a week ago. Defective fire doors, and defects in lifesaving systems, are among the security flaws. I saw the list and there’s more, much more!

Update follows!

A miracle?

This is so cool, I just read this and I have to share this amazing story with you. A family, 6 adults and 4 children missed flight QZ8501. They are still alive because they missed their flight, this is really amazing.  The family wanted to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Singapore, so they booked a flight at Asia Air. 

This family must have a really good guardian angel, I don’t have another explanation. The family had therefore actually booked Air Asia tickets at 07.30 AM, for a flight on Sunday morning. But the airline booked the flight over to 05.30 AM. 

The airline had called the family twice and because they couldn’t reach anyone, they emailed to let them know that the scheduled time had changed. But somehow, the family never got the message that the airline had changed the time of their flight.

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Two days into the search for missing flight QZ8501 and they still haven’t found any clue what-so-ever. Tuesday they will continue the search, on land! They will search in the west of the province of Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo.

I truly hope that they at least will find some clues that lets us know what happened to flight QZ8501 so relatives can get closure.

Michael Schumacher

Time goes so fast, today, exactly one year ago, Michael Schumacher was in a serious skiing accident that almost cost him his life and left him in a coma for nearly 6 months.

Michael is getting treatment in Switzerland where he lives near Lake Lausanne. He has suffered amnesia and it seems that he can’t walk or talk. Michael communicated by blinking with his eyes. Will he ever be the same again? No, I don’t think so; the man suffered a major brain trauma. Michael is a fighter and right now, he’s in for the fight of his life.

Michael’s spokeswoman lets us know that he’s responding well and that Michael can communicate. That at least let us know that he’s aware of his surroundings, and that he recognizes people and that’s a good thing! Also Michael is working hard to be able to sit upright again, the man is simply amazing.

Did you know that, even it’s been a year since the accident; Michael’s sponsors are still faithful? That’s so great.

The search goes on...

Mystery in the sky…

Is history repeating itself? I sure hope not, but I’m afraid it’s doing just that, repeating itself. After flight MH370 disappeared from the radar, without as much as a trace, well 8 months later it happens to Asia Air. Flight QZ8501 went off the radar, and no one knows why. The plane simply disappeared, that’s it.

They found objects in the Java Sea, but the objects were not from the missing aircraft. The objects floated southwest of the island Pangkalan Bun, about 1100 kilometers from the last known location of the passenger plane. As there was the hope that it was debris from the missing device, but sadly that wasn’t the case.

Earlier in the day, an alarm has been collected during the search, south of Borneo. The exact location, however, can’t be determined by the auxiliaries.

Also an Indonesian helicopter spotted oil slicks at sea, east of the island of Belitung. This location was very close the point where the aircraft had last contact with air traffic control. The oil samples were examined on to see if they were from the missing flight QZ8501. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.

Finding objects and oil slicks at sea…(turns out they are not from the missing aircraft).

Does this ring a bell? Yes it does, doesn’t it? Exactly, it all happened 8 months ago, when flight MH370 went off the radar and until today still hasn’t been found.

Presumably, the plane crashed into the Java Sea, no one knows for sure! The tension must be unbearable for the relatives of the passengers. Many of them were waiting for the Surabaya airport desperate for news of their loved ones. Also, Singapore has set up a center where relatives can come together.

My thoughts and prayers are for the relatives who still waiting for answers, and hopefully they will get them soon!

The search for Flight QZ8501

As I write this,  Flight QZ8501 is missing for almost 14 hours. It going to be a long, long night for the

The Indonesian authorities have suspended the search operation for missing aircraft Air Asia Sunday (local time) because it has become dark. The search will continue on Monday.

The plane with 162 passengers should have arrived in Singapore around 8.30 am local time, but about three minutes after it had taken off from Surabaya it disappeared without making any kind of contact. Since then, the plane is missing. Authorities presume that the plane has crashed in the Java Sea.

The airline spread Sunday for the second time, a new list of the nationalities of the passengers. In the most recent list of the passengers on board of flight QZ8501, 155 people from Indonesia, three from South Korea, one from Singapore, one from Malaysia, one from France and one from Britain.

This is a nightmare come to life. Think 8 months back, yes that right! 8 months ago MH370 disappeared from the radar, no distress call, no nothing! It’s like history is repeating itself. 

Air Asia Flight QZ8501

Yet another plane went missing.

Just like flight MH370: the plane went went off the radar without so much as a distress call.  

Just like flight MH370: despite knowing the coordinates, flight QZ8501 from Air Asia can’t be found!

An airliner from Air Asia with 155 passengers and seven crew members on board has disappeared from the radar. The plane flew from Surabaya (Indonesia) to Singapore. About half way on route, the Airbus 320-200 with flight number QZ8501, disappeared from the radar. The missing plane has probably been crashed, according to authorities. 

The plane should have landed in Singapore around 8:30 local time, but about three minutes after it had taken off from Surabaya it disappeared, without so much as contacting anyone, no SOS, no mayday, no nothing. At the time the plane went off the radar it presumably flew above the Java Sea. On board the aircraft were 156 people from Indonesia, three from South Korea, one from Singapore, one from Malaysia and one from France. There is a major search and rescue operation going on right this minute.

We still don't know much at this time, but what we do know is that the pilot wanted to change of route due to bad weather. He sought contact with air traffic control requesting to fly higher to avoid the thunderstorm. Not much later, it disappeared from the radar. The pilot gave no distress signal.

A crisis center already is arranged at Surabaya Juanda International Airport. Relatives of the missing travelers are there are waiting anxiously for news of flight QZ8501. This must be horrifying. 

According to the flight data, the missing plane crashed about 145 kilometers from the island of Billiton, which lies east of the island of Sumatra. A Boeing 737 of the Indonesian Air Force, six ships and three helicopters take part in the search and rescue operation.

Relatives are desperate when they search the list of passengers who were on board of the missing plane. It seems that about 23 people didn't check-in, so they didn't board the plane. I guess these people are celebrating their second birthday today. Talk about guardian angels…

Flight MH 370
Yes, we all remember, who could we not? There still isn’t any clue as what happened to flight MH 370. The missing plane could have landed somewhere on a deserted island for all we know. It doesn’t matter what we do or do not believe, the fact is that we simply don’t know what happened. 

I still feel for those who were left behind. Just imagine to lose a loved one is hard enough, but to lose a loved one and not knowing what happened to him or her must be devastating!

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Just like with the still missing MH 370, ships, helicopters and planes are on their way for the search and rescue mission. Right now they are searching where, according the coordinates, the plane must have crashed. Will they find anything? I sure hope so.

Its 8 months now since MH370 went missing, and still nothing. The search for missing flight MH 370 is still going on; private companies are funding most of the search missions. I hope they will find at least something that tells us what happened to flight MH370. 

It will be hard, but everything is better than not knowing, for me anyways. After all, when you know what happened, you can find closure, and in time you can give it a place in your heart, and you’ll be able to move on with your life.

I pray for their souls to safely reach where ever destiny is taking them!