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How A British Airways Flight To Jakarta Survived Volcanic Ash And Failure Of All Four Engines
In 1982, British Airways Flight 9 lost all four engines mid-flight, and Captain Eric Moody still managed to land it safely, saving 263 lives
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Global Projects Aim to Save Sinking Cities From Rising Seas and Climate Change
From Jakarta to Virginia, cities are adopting innovative ways to fight land sinking — from China’s sponge city initiative to the U.S. SWIFT program and European wet farming — offering real hope that urban landscapes can rise again and restore natural balance.
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Video: Drunk Passenger Bites Flight Attendant's Finger
In a shocking incident, a Turkish Airlines flight to the Indonesian capital Jakarta was forced to make an emergency landing after an intoxicated passenger got into a fight with flight attendants.
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Indonesia Building New Capital As Jakarta Sinks Into Sea: 10 Facts
Megacity Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate. Home to more than 1 crore people, the Indonesian capital sits on a swampy land with parts of it sinking by as much as 25 cm every year. If the current rate of sinking continues, one third of Jakarta could be submerged by 2050, suggest reports. For this reason, Indonesia plans to shift its capital bas...
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PM Narendra Modi On 5-Day ASEAN Tour Highlights: "India, Indonesia Proud Of Democratic Ethos," Says PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off his three-nation tour on Tuesday to boost India's ties with the southeastern nations - Indonesia, Singapore and Malyasia. As he landed in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on Tuesday evening, he tweeted both in English and Indonesian. "Landed in Jakarta. India and Indonesia are friendly maritime neighbours wit...
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Indonesia To Resume Work On 'Giant Sea Wall' To Save Sinking Jakarta
Indonesia will resume land reclamation that will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, a cabinet minister said, five months after work was suspended due to regulatory and environmental concerns.
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Joko Widodo, Former Furniture Salesman, Sworn in as Indonesian President
Joko Widodo was inaugurated as Indonesia's new president on Monday, facing the challenges of rebooting a slowing economy and working with a potentially hostile opposition that has already landed some early blows against his administration.
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Indonesia Seeks Ways to Tame Hunger for Food Imports
Indonesia's two presidential candidates have pledged to increase the amount of farm land to improve self sufficiency, although previous such plans by Asia's top importer of wheat and a major buyer of other grains and edibles have often stumbled.
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Plane skids off runway after hitting cow
An Indonesian passenger jet crashed into a cow and skidded off the runway as it came into land at an airport in the centre of the archipelago, officials said on Wednesday.
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How A British Airways Flight To Jakarta Survived Volcanic Ash And Failure Of All Four Engines
In 1982, British Airways Flight 9 lost all four engines mid-flight, and Captain Eric Moody still managed to land it safely, saving 263 lives
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Global Projects Aim to Save Sinking Cities From Rising Seas and Climate Change
From Jakarta to Virginia, cities are adopting innovative ways to fight land sinking — from China’s sponge city initiative to the U.S. SWIFT program and European wet farming — offering real hope that urban landscapes can rise again and restore natural balance.
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Video: Drunk Passenger Bites Flight Attendant's Finger
In a shocking incident, a Turkish Airlines flight to the Indonesian capital Jakarta was forced to make an emergency landing after an intoxicated passenger got into a fight with flight attendants.
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Indonesia Building New Capital As Jakarta Sinks Into Sea: 10 Facts
Megacity Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate. Home to more than 1 crore people, the Indonesian capital sits on a swampy land with parts of it sinking by as much as 25 cm every year. If the current rate of sinking continues, one third of Jakarta could be submerged by 2050, suggest reports. For this reason, Indonesia plans to shift its capital bas...
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PM Narendra Modi On 5-Day ASEAN Tour Highlights: "India, Indonesia Proud Of Democratic Ethos," Says PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off his three-nation tour on Tuesday to boost India's ties with the southeastern nations - Indonesia, Singapore and Malyasia. As he landed in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on Tuesday evening, he tweeted both in English and Indonesian. "Landed in Jakarta. India and Indonesia are friendly maritime neighbours wit...
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Indonesia To Resume Work On 'Giant Sea Wall' To Save Sinking Jakarta
Indonesia will resume land reclamation that will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, a cabinet minister said, five months after work was suspended due to regulatory and environmental concerns.
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Joko Widodo, Former Furniture Salesman, Sworn in as Indonesian President
Joko Widodo was inaugurated as Indonesia's new president on Monday, facing the challenges of rebooting a slowing economy and working with a potentially hostile opposition that has already landed some early blows against his administration.
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Indonesia Seeks Ways to Tame Hunger for Food Imports
Indonesia's two presidential candidates have pledged to increase the amount of farm land to improve self sufficiency, although previous such plans by Asia's top importer of wheat and a major buyer of other grains and edibles have often stumbled.
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Plane skids off runway after hitting cow
An Indonesian passenger jet crashed into a cow and skidded off the runway as it came into land at an airport in the centre of the archipelago, officials said on Wednesday.
