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www.newsofbahrain.com www.facebook.com/nobonline newsofbahrain 38444680 nob_bh 200 Fils Sunday, August 13, 2017 Issue No. 7472 x Bahrain not affected by Kuwait oil spill Manama B ahrain’s regional waters are not affected by the oil spill near Kuwait’s shores, National Disaster Management Committee said yesterday. Chief of Public Security and head of the committee to deal with such accidents endorsed Bahrain is far from the oil spill, General Director of Civil Defence, Brigadier Abdulaziz Rashid Al Amer said. ‘Global Village’ proposed to revive tourism sector 8P 04 TO DT SUBSCRIBERS EXCLUSIVE WITH THIS PAPER WIN 3 CARS AND 300 GOLD COINS! Tel: 17228888 bfc.com.bh Harpreet Kaur [email protected] Manama A US F-18 fighter jet made an emergency landing at Bahrain International Airport yesterday after it developed an engine problem and its pilot ejected from the aircraft that ran off the runway. The pilot escaped unharmed. The crash disrupted flights to and from the airport. The airport was closed for operations for a few hours, while all the flights were diverted to the Dammam International airport. “An F/A-18E of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146 assigned to the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed the runway and the pilot ejected during an emergency landing at Bahrain International Airport on Aug. 12, 2017,” said a statement issued by US Navy’s Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain The F-18 Super Hornet took off from the USS Nimitz, an aircraft carrier now in the Gulf, said the statement. While in flight, the plane suffered an engine malfunction, forcing the pilot to divert, it said. The pilot initially tried to land at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, but instead had to divert to the island’s commercial airport, the statement said. “Due to the malfunction, the aircraft could not be stopped on the runway and the pilot ejected from the aircraft as it departed the runway,” the statement said. Images on social media showed the grey fighter jet’s nose tipped into the air but largely intact after what the US Navy described as an “uncontrollable” landing. Airport back to normal Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, said in a statement that it was a minor incident and flights resumed at the airport several hours later. “Flights to and from the airport are back to normal after the necessary safety procedures had been taken by competent authorities,” it said. The incident was handled in accordance with the BIA’s contingency plans, the Ministry added on its statement. “There was chaos as the operations were suspended at the runway and all the flights coming into the Kingdom were being diverted but the authorities took necessary steps swiftly. Now everything is under control and all operations are back to normal,” a source at the Bahrain International Airport told DT News. (See also Page 5) lands Sad farewell for Bolt 8P 24 A social media image of the F-18 fighter jet that crash landed at Bahrain International Airport yesterday F-18 crash in Airport
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200 FilsSunday, August 13, 2017 Issue No. 7472
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Bahrain not affected by Kuwait oil spillManama
Bahrain’s regional waters are not affected by
the oil spill near Kuwait’s shores, National Disaster Management Committee said yesterday. Chief of Public Security and head of the committee to deal with such accidents endorsed Bahrain is far from the oil spill, General Director of Civil Defence, Brigadier Abdulaziz Rashid Al Amer said.
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A US F-18 fighter jet made an emergency landing at
Bahrain International Airport yesterday after it developed an engine problem and its pilot ejected from the aircraft that ran off the runway. The pilot escaped unharmed.
The crash disrupted flights to and from the airport. The airport was closed for operations for a few hours, while all the flights were diverted to the Dammam International airport.
“An F/A-18E of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146 assigned to the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed the runway and the pilot ejected during an emergency landing at Bahrain International Airport on Aug. 12, 2017,” said a statement issued by US Navy’s Fifth Fleet based
in Bahrain The F-18 Super Hornet took off from the USS Nimitz, an aircraft carrier now in the Gulf, said the statement. While in flight, the plane suffered an engine malfunction, forcing the pilot to divert, it said.
The pilot initially tried to land at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, but instead had to divert to the island’s commercial airport, the statement said.
“Due to the malfunction, the aircraft could not be stopped on the runway and the pilot ejected from the aircraft as it departed the runway,” the statement said.
Images on social media showed the grey fighter jet’s nose tipped into the air but largely intact after what the US Navy described as an “uncontrollable” landing.
Airport back to normalMinistry of Transportation
and Telecommunications, said in a statement that it was a minor incident and flights resumed at the airport several hours later.
“Flights to and from the airport are back to normal after the necessary safety procedures had been taken by competent authorities,” it said.
The incident was handled in accordance with the BIA’s contingency plans, the Ministry added on its statement.
“There was chaos as the operations were suspended at the runway and all the flights coming into the Kingdom were being diverted but the authorities took necessary steps swiftly. Now everything is under control and all operations are back to normal,” a source at the Bahrain International Airport told DT News.
(See also Page 5)
landsSad farewell for Bolt
8P 24
A social media image of the F-18 fighter jet that crash landed at Bahrain International Airport yesterday
F-18crash
in Airport
