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Tuesday #sgroundup: Malaysia releases transcript of MH370 radio log

Jeanette Tan

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Malaysia releases transcript of MH370 radio log

A copy of the full transcript from the conversation between flight MH370 and Malaysian Air Traffic Control, provided by Malaysia Airlines. (Click for larger version)
A copy of the full transcript from the conversation between flight MH370 and Malaysian Air Traffic Control, provided by Malaysia Airlines. (Click for larger version)

Malaysia released the full transcript of communications recorded between the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and local air traffic controllers on Tuesday, noting that there was no indication of anything abnormal in the words that were spoken.

While MAS had initially said the person who spoke the last words from the cockpit, "Goodnight, Malaysian three seven zero" was co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, police have yet to confirm via forensic examination that it was him.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/malaysia-releases-transcript-mh370-radio-log-093700376.html

Man arrested for kicking, punching SBS bus

Screengrabs from a video showing a 51-year-old man kicking up a fuss after being denied access to an SBS bus that had already left a bus stop in Serangoon. (Screengrabs from video)
Screengrabs from a video showing a 51-year-old man kicking up a fuss after being denied access to an SBS bus that had already left a bus stop in Serangoon. (Screengrabs from video)

A 51-year-old man was arrested on Saturday afternoon after kicking and punching the windscreen of an SBS bus.

In the process, he damaged the bus's ride side mirror as well as one of its front wipers.

The video of the incident moved quickly on social media, however, getting 3,000 shares from a local content aggregation Facebook page by Tuesday.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/man-arrested-for-kicking--punching-sbs-bus-092830510.html

MH370 shows need for better aircraft thinking: IATA

Chief Executive and Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Tony Tyler, right, talks to Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation Director General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman after Azharuddin stopped his speech halfway and requested journalists to leave the conference room during the IATA Ops Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Malaysia's missing jet tragedy shows the need to improve in-flight tracking of passenger aircraft, said the International Air Travel Association on Tuesday, which said, "We cannot let another aircraft simply vanish."

"In a world where our every move seems to be tracked, there is disbelief both that an aircraft could simply disappear and that the flight data and cockpit voice recorders are so difficult to recover," said IATA head Tony Tyler in a statement.

Aviation experts say the mystery of MH370 could prompt major change in the industry, especially in improvements to tracking of aircraft even if they should slip off civilian radar and their automated signalling systems are disabled.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/mh370-shows-better-aircraft-tracking-iata-071900603.html

Thai protester killed, 4 wounded in shooting at anti-govt march

Protesters in Bangkok on 2 March 2014. (Getty Images file photo)
Protesters in Bangkok on 2 March 2014. (Getty Images file photo)

One Thai anti-government demonstrator was shot dead, with four others injured, on Tuesday, when unidentified gunmen fired on a Bangkok protest march.

This was the first fatality in Thailand's political conflict in several weeks, taking the death toll to 24, with scores more wounded, since November.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/thai-protester-killed-4-wounded-shooting-anti-govt-094005806.html

OCBC Cycle rider in critical condition after crash

OCBC Cycle Singapore, currently in its fifth year, is Singapore's largest mass cycling event. (Photo from OCBC Facebook page)
OCBC Cycle Singapore, currently in its fifth year, is Singapore's largest mass cycling event. (Photo from OCBC Facebook page)

A full-time National Serviceman underwent 13 hours of brain surgery in hospital and is still in critical condition after fracturing his skull between 15 and 20 minutes into the OCBC Cycle Singapore race over the weekend.

Participants took to OCBC's Facebook page in protest over the lengthy emergency response time in several instances where accidents occurred, with others voicing concern about safety measures taken at the event, currently in its fifth edition.

https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/ocbc-cycle-rider-critical-condition-234648033.html