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Malaysia Airlines MH17 incident: A Flashback to Previous Commercial Airliners Shot Down

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The world is surely shocked after hearing the news of another passenger civilian airliner being shot down by possibly military(?) or rebel(?) personnels, in form of the incident which involved the Malaysia Airlines 17 which is bound to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia coming from Amsterdam, Netherlands. These type of shot-down incidents is not new in aviation history. Here, we take a look back to previous related incidents before the shot down of Malaysia Airlines 17.</div>
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<li><b>Siberian Airlines 1812 (October 4, 2001)</b><br />The flight is bound from Tel Aviv, Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia on October 4, 2001. The aircraft, which is a Tupolev Tu-154 was reportedly shot down by a Ukranian surface-to-air missile, leaving all 78 passengers, composed of 66 passengers and 12 flight crew on-board, dead. Ukraine paid an amount of $15 million to the surviving family members of those who died on the incident.</li>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The September 21 incident involved a Tupolev  Tu-134 aircraft belonging to Transair Georgia bound from Sochi to Abkhazia. As it was going on approach to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport in Abkhazia, it was reported to be hit by a rebel surface-to-air missile and crashed immediately at Black Sea, killing all the 5 crew members and 22 passengers. The September 22 incident involved a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft belonging to the same airline company (Also, it was reported that it carried Georgian soldiers on-board) bound from Tbilisi to Abkhazia. As it approaches the Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport, it was shot down once again by rebels and crashed immediately on the airport's runway, killing 108 of 132 passengers and crew on-board.</span></div>
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This incident involves an Airbus A300 passenger aircraft owned by Iran Air and is bound from Tehran to Dubai and was shot down by the United States Navy cruiser USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988. According to the investigation, it was shot down by the cruiser for mistaking that it is an Iranian F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft. The incident left 290 fatalities composed of 290 passengers and 16 flight crew. This incident is considered to be the seventh deadliest aviation disaster in aviation history (Excluding the 9/11 attacks).</li>
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<li><b>Korean Airlines 007 (September 1, 1983)</b><br />This incident is probably one of the most notorious in the Cold War time between the USSR and the United States. The incident involves a Boeing 747 owned by Korean Airlines bound from New York City to Seoul, with a stop over in Anchorage, Alaska. As the aircraft is approaching near the Soviet airspace, it was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 fighter aircraft, leaving 269 passengers and crew on-board dead, including Lawrence McDonald which was the congressman of the state of Georgia at that time. The USSR denied the involvement at the incident at first but later admitted to shot down the plane, believing it was carrying American spies. This incident had sparked the usage of GPS to civilian use and especially, to passenger aviation.</li>
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<li><b>Air Rhodesia 825 and 827 (September 3, 1978 and February 12, 1979)</b><br />The incident involves two different aircraft from Air Rhodesia in which both are shot down by the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) during the Rhodesian Bush War. The Flight 825 incident, which happened on September 3, 1978 involves a Vickers Viscount aircraft bound from Victoria Falls to Salisbury, both cities are from Rhodesia. The ZIPRA shot down the aircraft using a surface-to-air missile crashing it immediately leaving 48 of 56 people on-board dead. Investigations however, said that 38 died immediately in the crash and the 10 were massacred by ZIPRA immediately after the crash.<br />Five months later on February 12, 1979, Another Air Rhodesia flight was shot down by the ZIPRA once again. The incident involved again a Vickers Viscount aircraft, bound from Kariba to Salisbury, Rhodesia, was shot down by ZIPRA using a shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missile which crashed the aircraft immediately. The second incident left all 59 people on-board dead.</li>
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<li><b>Libyan Arab Airlines 114 (February 21, 1973)</b><br />This incident in February 21, 1973 involved a Boeing 727 aircraft, bound from Tripoli, Libya to Cairo, Egypt via Benghazi, Libya. The aircraft got lost contact because of the combined bad weather conditions and equipment failure over the northern areas of Egypt. The aircraft entered the Sinai Peninsula (Which is a part of Israeli airspace) without communication and was intercepted by two Israeli Air Force F-4 Phantoms. After the fighter pilots had thoughts that the civilian aircraft's pilot refuse to cooperate with their commands, they shot the aircraft, crashing it and leaving 105 of 113 people on-board dead. Due to the error of the incident, Israel paid compensations to the families' victims.</li>
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<li><b>Cathay Pacific C-54 (July 23, 1954)</b><br />This incident happened on July 23, 1954 which involved a Cathay Pacific C-54 Skymaster aircraft bound from Bangkok, Thailand to Hong Kong. The plane was shot down by China's PLAAF LA-11 fighter planes, causing it to crash to the sea, killing 10 of 19 passengers on board. China then claimed responsibility to the crash and made compensation to Cathay Pacific and to the survivors. It is rumored as well that the Chinese government had executed the pilots who shot down the said aircraft.</li>
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Malaysia Airlines MH17 incident: A Flashback to Previous Commercial Airliners Shot Down

The world is surely shocked after hearing the news of another passenger civilian airliner being shot down by possibly military(?) or rebel(...

List of Nationwide Holidays for 2015

<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Mark your Calendars and plan your vacations for next year as P-Noy issued the Proclamation  no. 831 , s. 2014 enumerating nationwide holidays 2015 including at least nine long-weekends.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Proclamation 655 also states that all holidays except those religious nature will be moved to the nearest Monday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the complete list of all Regular Holidays, Special Non-Working Holidays and Special Holiday (All-Schools) for next year (2015)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">January 1, 2015, Thursday – New Year’s Day (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">January 2, 2015, Friday - Additional special non-working day (Special non-working day)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">February 19, 2015, Thursday – Chinese New Year (Special non-working day)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">February 25, 2015, Wednesday – EDSA Revolution anniversary (Special holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April 2, 2015, Thursday – Maundy Thursday (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April 3, 2015, Friday – Good Friday (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April 4, 2015, Saturday – Black Saturday (Special non-working day)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April 9, 2015, Thursday – Araw ng Kagitingan (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">May 1, 2015, Friday – Labor Day (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">June 12, 2015, Friday – Independence Day (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">August 21, 2015, Friday – Ninoy Aquino Day (Special non-working day)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">August 31, 2015, last Monday of August – National Heroes Day (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">November 1, 2015, Sunday – All Saints Day (Special non-working day)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">November 30, 2015, Monday – Bonifacio Day (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">December 24, 2015, Thursday - Additional special non-working day (Special non-working day)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">December 25, 2015, Friday – Christmas Day (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">December 30, 2015, Wednesday – Rizal Day (Regular holiday)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">December 31, 2015, Thursday – Last day of the year (Special non-working day)</span></div>
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List of Nationwide Holidays for 2015

Mark your Calendars and plan your vacations for next year as P-Noy issued the Proclamation no. 831 , s. 2014 enumerating nationwide holiday...

Air Algerie Plane Has Crashed in Mali

<p>A plane operated by Air Algerie has crashed in Mali early Thursday, July 24 2014  on its way to Algiers after taking off a few minutes in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Officials said that the Plane have 116 passengers and 6 crew members onboard.<br />
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A Diplomat in the Malian Capital, Bamako said that the northern part of the country was struck by a powerful sandstorm where the plane's flight path likely lies.<br />
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The Aircraft took off from Burkina Faso and was supposed to land in Algiers but failed to reach its destination.<br />
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Air Navigation services loses track of the plane after takeoff and report said that the plane is missing for hours before the news was made. </div>
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An Air Algerie representative in Burkina Faso released the list of passengers on the plane included 50 french, 24 Burkinabe, 8 Lebanese,  4 Algerians, 2 from Luxembourg, 1 from Belgium, one Swiss, one from Nigeria, one Cameroonian, one Ukrainian and one Romanian in a press conference later that day. all 6 crew members are Spanish<br />
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According to CNN, the Fligh AH017 left Ougadogou, Capital of Burkina Faso at 12:45 AM local time on Thursday and expected to arrive at Algiers' Houari Boumediene Airport at 5:40 Am Local Time.</div>
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Air Algerie Plane Has Crashed in Mali

A plane operated by Air Algerie has crashed in Mali early Thursday, July 24 2014 on its way to Algiers after taking off a few minutes in Ou...

Assassin's Creed Unity Meets Parkour in Real Life

<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone want's to be Assassin? But what if you see one in the real life? It is when the famous stealth game Assassin's Creed meet Parkour. The viral video was uploaded by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwgURKfUA7e0Z7_qE3TvBFQ">devinsupertramp</a> on Youtube last July 22, 2014. It's about the new game of Ubisoft, Assassin Creead: Unity, which will take place on Paris, in time of revolution.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the game you play as a master Assassin in the French Revolution, and for the first time you can play with your friends in 4-player co-op missions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;">Set amidst the chaos of 18th Century France, Assassin's Creed Unity tells the story of Arno and the Brotherhood of Assassins as they struggle to uncover the dark forces manipulating the French Revolution.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><br />Take to the streets, the rooftops, and the catacombs beneath the city alone or with up to three friends in the brand new co-op mode to make history and leave your mark on the French Revolution. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Assassin's Creed Unity</b> is an upcoming historical action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is set to release on October 28, 2014 in North America for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is the seventh major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and the successor to 2013's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Set within Paris during the French Revolution, the single-player story follows Arno Dorian in his efforts to expose the true powers behind the Revolution.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The game retains the series' third-person open world exploration as well as familiar melee combat and stealth system. Assassin's Creed Unity introduces cooperative multiplayer to the Assassin's Creed series, letting up to four players explore and engage in narrative-driven missions.</span></span></div>
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TransAsia Airways Crashed on Taiwan

<p>A TransAsia Airways passenger plane crashed into a residential building in Penghu Islands, Taiwan.<br />
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The Plane is making its second attempt to land in a stormy weather after it crashed and killed over 40 people. <br />
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Report from a British newspaper, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/taiwan/10985887/Taiwan-jet-tragedy-latest.html">The Telegraph</a>, said that the 72-seater passenger plane was carrying 50 adults and 4 children.<br />
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Photo from plane wreckage of TransAsia Airways Flight <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GE222?src=hash">#GE222</a> in Taiwan: <a href="http://t.co/tf26dIQeLQ">pic.twitter.com/tf26dIQeLQ</a><br />
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According to CNN, Typhoon Matmo which battered Taiwan last Tuesday had just left the area around the islands and there was a poor visibility as the plane was trying to land.<br />
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Gilas Last Home Stand Game cancelled at the last minute

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Filipino basketball fans were excited knowing this event of an exhibition game between Gilas Pilipinas and certain NBA Superstars like DeMar Derozan, Kyle Lowry, Tyson Chandler, Brandon Jennings, Damian Lilard and James Harden but all of the great expectations of basketball fans who swarmed to Araneta Coliseum last night, was turned into disappointments and anger as the event was cancelled by organizers in the last minute.</div>
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According to the organizers, as well as to the management of the NBA players, they we're not allowed to play because it will break their contract to the famous basketball association and thus, will get themselves suspended if they try continuing to play on the said exhibition game. The event started last night with basketball drills between the NBA superstars and the Gilas Pilipinas players. However, the drills had sparked confusion to the basketball fans who are waiting to the "must-see" exhibition game. In the end, the Gilas coach Chot Reyes explained everything to the fans that a practice drill will be shown, instead of the expected exhibition game.</div>
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Knowing this change in the event, the crowd began booing to the people in the court, somewhat disappointed about the information that there will be no exhibition game that will happen that night. Others had requested a refund since it was known that the tickets ranged from prices P750 up to P23000. Then when the event is wrapping up, disappointed fans swarm the exits of Araneta Coliseum, full of disappointments. Despite the epic-fail event, fans still looked up at the merchandise sold outside the venue. It was also extended to their information that the event on the next day, July 23, is cancelled as well.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PLDT Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan (Center) apologizes for the cancelled event.<br />
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Meanwhile, Manny V. Pangilinan and the rest of the management PLDT send their sincerest apologies to the fans regarding the cancelled event and offers a refund to all of the fans who bought tickets.</div>
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Gilas Last Home Stand Game cancelled at the last minute

The event's promotional advertisement Filipino basketball fans were excited knowing this event of an exhibition game between Gilas ...