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Boeing Loses Large Narrowbody Saudia Order To Airbus

The Saudia Airlines group agreed to buy 105 narrowbody aircraft from Airbus, after strong rumors that the deal had been set to go to Boeing.
On the face of it, this deal doesn’t look like a Boeing loss. Saudia (aka Saudi Arabian Airlines) has a fleet of Boeing widebodies. But its existing narrowbody fleet has been all-Airbus, since 2007, when it retired its last 737-200s.
Image: AirbusHowever, late last year Saudia was reportedly in talks with Boeing, for a large order for the 737 MAX. Saudia already had orders for (and taken delivery of) A320neo-family aircraft. But the airline has had a strategy of splitting its orders between the two manufacturers.
In any case, the Boeing order didn’t materialize. Saudia itself is getting 54 more Airbus A321neos. Its subsidiary Flyadeal will get 39 A321neos, plus 12 A320neos. This increases the Airbus order backlog of the Saudia Group to 144 A320neo-family aircraft.
A Saudia A320. Photo: Anna Zvereva, CC BY-SA 2.0Saudia Says No To Boeing..

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Sanjay Dutt Quits Akshay Kumar’s Welcome 3 Due To Health Issues: Report

Sanjay Dutt has reportedly quit Akshay Kumar’s Welcome 3 due to health issues. According to a Pinkvilla report, the actor had shot only one day for the film. Pinkvilla quoted a source stating, “The actor had shot for the film headlined by Akshay Kumar for only one day in Madh Island.” The souce added, “His character had a lot of action in the movie, and hence, he decided to walk out considering his health issues.” Sanjay Dutt joined the shoot of Welcome 3 last December.
Welcoming Sanjay Dutt onboard, Akshay Kumar shared a reel on his Instagram. In the reel, we can see Akshay Kumar riding on a horse while Sanjay Dutt follows him on a bike. Incidentally, the first film of the Welcome franchise, Welcome, completed 16 years on that very day. Mentioning that, Akshay Kumar wrote in the caption, “What a lovely coincidence that we celebrate 16 years of Welcome today while I am shooting for the franchise’s third part WelcomeToTheJungle. And it’s wonderful to welcome Sanju Baba in this one. What..

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Watch: Suhana, AbRam, Gambhir’s Wild Celebration As KKR Dismantle SRH

Mitchell Starc’s sheer pace and Varun Chakaravarthy’s craftsmanship with spin helped Kolkata Knight Riders bundle out Sunrisers Hyderabad on 159 in the Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 on Tuesday at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Starc made the Sunrisers regret on their decision to bat after winning the toss. SRH are known for their fearless high-scoring approach in the first six overs. But Starc’s pace left the Hyderabad batters rattled in the powerplay. KKR chased down the target in 13.4 Overs to enter IPl 2024 finl.
On the second delivery of the first over, with a bit of late outward movement, Starc castled Travis Head for a two-ball duck and drew the first blood.
In the next over, both openers were sitting back in the dugout. Vaibhav Arora took Abhishek Sharma by surprise as the ball didn’t come as quickly as the youngster would have expected.
Abhishek (3) miscued his shot and the ball fell into the safe hands of Andre Russell.
Starc rode high on his sheer pace and trapped Rahul Trip..

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“Am A Love Child”: Philippines Town Mayor Denies Being Chinese Spy

The mayor of a small Philippines town who has been accused of being a Chinese spy has rebutted the charges and clarified that she is a filipino. Alice Leal Guo, the mayor of Bamban town in Philippines, is being investigated for her alleged ties to China after she failed to give clear answers when asked about her family background during a senate hearing.
“I want to tell the public is that I am not a Chinese spy. I am a Filipino. I love my own country. I am not an asset,” said Alice Leal Guo in an interview to ABS-CBN news.
According to BBC, she has also said that she is a “love child” of her father who was Chinese and his Filipino maid and that her mother had abandoned her. “I am my father’s love child with a maid… It’s a very private matter. I can’t just tell anyone that my own mother had deserted me,” she said.
Ms Guo also said that during the hearing, her mind just “went blank”.
The clarification comes amid heat she has been facing for being an alleged “asset of China”.
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3 Indians Among 229 Aboard Singapore Airlines Flight Hit By ‘Turbulence’

There were at least three Indian nationals among the 229 people aboard the Singapore Airlines flight that encountered a “sudden extreme turbulence” over the Irrawaddy Basin at 37,000 feet, the flag carrier of Singapore said on Tuesday.
The traumatic incident in which the aircraft descended 6,000 feet in about three minutes, left a 73-year-old British man dead and more than two dozen other passengers injured.
The British man, who was not yet identified, “likely” died from a heart attack, the General Manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport Kittipong Kittikachorn said.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight SQ321, operating from London (Heathrow) to Singapore on May 20 encountered “sudden extreme turbulence over the Irrawaddy Basin at 37,000 feet about 10 hours after departure,” the carrier said.
The pilot declared a medical emergency and diverted the aircraft to Bangkok, and landed on May 21. “We can confirm that there were multiple injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft,” the..

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“Do Cops Have Evidence?” Pune Teen’s Lawyer On The Case Against Father

The lawyer of the teen involved in Pune’s horrific drink driving case, today scoffed at the arrest of the boy’s father. In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Prashant Patil said the most crucial bit in the matter will be evidence — whether police have proof that he had knowledge of his son’s activities.
The sections the police have charged him under, are anyway inapplicable, he added.
In one of the most horrific cases of drink driving in recent days, the teen was doing 250 kmph when he hit the bike carrying the two engineers from Madhya Pradesh, Both of them died on the spot.
A few months short of 18, the legal age for driving, he got bail within 15 hours. He has been asked to work with the traffic police of Yerawada for 15 days, and would undergo counselling. He has also been referred to an alcohol de-addiction centre.
The decision of the Juvenile Justice Board for quick bail, with its set of easy conditions, has sparked massive anger. The police have said they are trying to put the min..

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On Camera, Andhra MLA Flings VVPAT To Ground In Polling Booth

In an unprecedented development, CCTV footage has emerged showing an MLA from the ruling YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh picking up a voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machine and hurling it to the ground at a polling station. The Election Commission said the MLA vandalised electronic voting machines (EVMs) in seven polling centres and the state police chief has been asked to take strict action.
The police said the MLA has been named as an accused while the opposition Telugu Desam Party has claimed that the legislator and the YSRCP are indulging in such vandalism because they are fearing defeat.
The incident took place on May 13, when all 25 of Andhra Pradesh’s Lok Sabha constituencies and all 175 Assembly seats went to the polls. Violence was reported on the day of the election in many areas and sporadic incidents have taken place after that as well.
In the footage, YSRCP leader Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, who is the sitting MLA from the Macherla constituency and has w..

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