Singapore investigators in Jakarta to assist with Sriwijaya Air crash January 17, 2021
Navy rescuers find a part of the Sriwijaya Air plane wreckage Saturday. A team from Singapore s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau is assisting with the probe into the crash. courtesy Twitter
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA A team from Singapore s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau is assisting with the probe into the Sriwijaya Air plane crash, said Singapore s Ministry of Transport on Sunday.
The two investigators arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday after Indonesia s National Transportation Safety Committee accepted Singapore s offer to help with the investigation.
Flight SJ182 lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Jakarta during heavy rain on Jan 9. The Boeing 737-500 crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 62 people on board.
Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project terminated (Xinhua) 13:22, January 01, 2021 The Malaysia-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project has been terminated due to both parties being unable to reach an agreement, a joint statement said on Friday. According to a joint press statement from the Prime Minister s Office of Malaysia and the Prime Minister s Office of Singapore, the HSR agreement had lapsed on Dec. 31, 2020. According to the statement, the Malaysian government had proposed several changes to the HSR project in light of the impact of COVID-19 on its economy. The governments of both sides had conducted several discussions with regard to these changes and had not been able to reach an agreement, it said.
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KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) The Malaysia-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project has been terminated due to both parties being unable to reach an agreement, a joint statement said on Friday.
According to a joint press statement from the Prime Minister s Office of Malaysia and the Prime Minister s Office of Singapore, the HSR agreement had lapsed on Dec. 31, 2020.
According to the statement, the Malaysian government had proposed several changes to the HSR project in light of the impact of COVID-19 on its economy. The governments of both sides had conducted several discussions with regard to these changes and had not been able to reach an agreement, it said.