113 Inmates Escape Indonesian Prison During Prayer Time
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison in western Indonesia after overpowering a guard during prayer time, police said...
Vietnam Sentences 9 to Death for Heroin Trafficking
HANOI — A court in northern Vietnam has sentenced nine people including three women to death after finding them guilty of heroin trading and...
US Pilots Want More Training on Boeing Jet After Lion Air Crash
DALLAS, Texas — Southwest Airlines says its pilots will get more instruction on an automated anti-stall system on certain new Boeing jets, and American Airlines...
Indonesian Investigators Say Doomed Lion Air Jet ‘Airworthy’
JAKARTA — Investigators of the Oct. 29 crash of a Lion Air flight into the Java Sea say the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft was...
Report Faults Safety Failures, Defects in Lion Air Crash
JAKARTA — Pilots fought against an automated system that pitched a Boeing jetliner's nose down repeatedly because of a faulty sensor until they finally...
FIFA Ethics Judge Resigns While Suspected of Corruption
ZURICH — FIFA says one of its ethics committee judges resigned after he was investigated for alleged corruption in Malaysia.
Sundra Rajoo was appointed one...
Finnish Christian Missionaries Held in Malaysia Return Home
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Four Finnish tourists who were arrested in Malaysia last week for distributing Christian materials in public places on a resort island...
Boeing Cites Airline Error in Indonesian Crash
JAKARTA — The Boeing Co. has reassured travelers and airlines that its 737 MAX aircraft are as safe as any other airplane following a report...
Disney Says ‘No Merit’ to Malaysia Resort Company Lawsuit
KUALA LUMPUR — Resort developer Genting Malaysia's lawsuit seeking USD$1 billion in damages from Walt Disney Co. and Fox Entertainment Group for alleged breach...
Pilots Struggled to Control Plane That Crashed in Indonesia
Lion Air pilots struggled to maintain control of a Boeing jet as its automatic safety system repeatedly pushed the plane's nose down, according to...
