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Italy earthquake: Rescuers dig for survivors as death toll climbs

Italy earthquake: Rescuers dig for survivors as death toll climbs

Thu, Aug 25th 2016, 02:03 PM

Rescue teams aided by sniffer dogs searched for survivors Thursday, more than 24 hours after a powerful earthquake reduced several central Italian towns to rubble and killed 250 people.

Helicopters buzzed overhead as crews used everything from heavy equipment to their bare hands to pick through collapsed buildings in search of anyone still alive in the ruins.


Rescuers work in Amatrice on Thursday. (Photo: Mistrulli/SIPA/REX/Shutterstock/Shutterstock)

Thousands of displaced residents slept overnight in tents or school gyms and officials said 365 others had been hospitalized — but the exact number of dead and missing in Wednesday's disaster remained unclear because the region's population was swelled by tourists.

One of the worst-hit towns, Amatrice, was full for this weekend's planned festival honoring its native bacon-and-tomato sauce dish — spaghetti all' amatriciana.

Five bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a hotel late Wednesday but rescue work was suspended when conditions became too dangerous. Among those killed was an 11-year-old boy who had initially shown signs of life.

Elsewhere in the town, onlookers clapped and cheered as a young child was pulled from the rubble in a moment captured by La Repubblica newspaper.

"Piano, piano, piano, piano," a woman could be heard ordering — "gently, gently, gently, gently" — as the child was hurried away on a stretcher.

Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said at least 460 aftershocks had shaken the region since the original quake. One of the biggest stuck early Thursday close to the epicenter of the original earthquake and was described by the U.S. Geological Survey as magnitude-4.7.

Immacolata Postiglione, director of emergencies at Italy's civil protection agency, said early Thursday that rescuers found "many bodies" hidden in the rubble overnight. The death toll reached 250 during the afternoon after it had earlier been revised down to 241, according to state news agency, ANSA.

More than 4,000 tents have been erected for homeless survivors, Postiglione said, and 1,060 firefighters, 1,000 police officers and 400 soldiers were working in the affected area. The Italian Red Cross said it had 462 volunteers and had set up two field tents with kitchens.

Also involved were nine helicopters, 200 emergency vehicles and 50 canine rescue squads.

In the damaged town of Pescara del Tronto, a 10-year-old girl was also pulled alive from the rubble, according to rescue posted by Sky TV. In the video two women can be seen running up the street yelling, "She's alive!"

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By Alastair Jamieson and Lucy Kafanov

NBC

An Airbus A350 makes a vertical take-off

An Airbus A350 makes a vertical take-off

Thu, Jul 14th 2016, 04:36 PM

The Airbus A350 can hold up to 366 passengers has a range of 8,100 nautical miles and a wing span of 212ft 5in Display of aerobatics was aimed at demonstrating the model's capabilities at Farnborough Air Show Aircraft performed a touch and go landing back at Farnborough after validation, then departed to Toulouse in France


The Airbus A350 pictured on the runway at the Farnborough Air Show as it gets ready for a take-off with a difference - vertically.

This is the moment an Airbus A350 makes a near-vertical take-off.

The incredible footage, captured at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, UK, shows the giant plane rise rapidly into the air seconds after taking off.

The display of aerobatics was aimed at demonstrating the new model's capabilities.


The incredible moment the plane took off vertically was captured by aviation enthusiast Colin Porteous, who lives in Farnborough. (Photo: Caters News Agency)

Aviation enthusiast, Colin Porteous, 63, from Farnborough, said: 'For passenger comfort the take off is normally much less steep with no dramatic turns.

'The aircraft performed a touch and go landing back at Farnborough after validation, but then departed to Toulouse in France.

'I suspect there would be a modest increase in G-force for the pilot.'

Colin shot the footage on July 6, as the Airbus plane took off from runway 24 during the major industry event.


Colin Porteous shot the footage on July 6, as the Airbus plane took off from runway 24 during the major industry event. (Photo: Caters News Agency)

AIRBUS A350 - THE TECH SPEC

There are three models of the Airbus A350 - the 800, 900 and 1000.

The A350-800 can carry 280 passengers, the 900 325 passengers and the 1000 366 passengers.

All three models have a wingspan of 212ft 5in and have Rolls Royce Trent XWB x2 engines.

Last month it was reported that Airbus faces a challenge to meet delivery targets for the A350 jet this year due to problems with suppliers, the head of the European planemaker said.

Airbus still has to deliver at least 41 of the new long-haul jets to reach a target of more than 50 for the whole year, after a slow start blamed partly on shortages of seats and lavatories.

'The target remains a challenge because some of our industrial partners are experiencing difficulties,' Fabrice Bregier, president and CEO of the planemaking division of Airbus Group told France's La Tribune daily in an interview.

Asked whether this meant problems and delays with cabin equipment from France's Zodiac Aerospace remained unresolved, Bregier said: 'The situation is improving, but not enough to allow us to meet all our commitments. Improvement plans have been launched, but too late.'

By John Hutchinson

Source: MailOnline/dailymail.co.uk

Breaking News: Charlie Sheen "I am in fact HIV positive"

Breaking News: Charlie Sheen "I am in fact HIV positive"

Tue, Nov 17th 2015, 12:00 AM

This morning on the Today Show Charlie Sheen dropped a bomb saying "I am in fact HIV positive." "It's a hard 3 letters to absorb," the veteran actor shared, saying he was diagnosed about 4 years ago after being hospitalized for cluster headaches and nightsweats, and what he thought may have been a brain tumor.

The often embattled actor said he's paid millions of dollars to blackmailers in order to keep his secret.  When asked if he's still paying those people he said, "Not after today I'm not."  We're proud of Charlie for coming to terms and sharing his reality rather than losing his children's inheritence just to ward of public shame.  For this reason, Charlie, you are still #WINNING.  Watch the highlights from Charlie's interview with Matt Lauer below.

 

Video courtesy of TMZ.com

Britney Spears EXPOSED on stage in Vegas

Britney Spears EXPOSED on stage in Vegas

Mon, Oct 19th 2015, 12:00 AM

The show must go on, something every true entertainer knows, including Britney Spears.  During a performance over the weekend in Las Vegas, Spears suffered a wardrobe malfunction that left her back downwards to her rump fully exposed.


As the zipper came down more and more, her dancers tried in vain to correct the problem while Spears kept singing and dancing hitting mark after mark, seemingly not missing a step.  Ultimately, the song ended before the problem was fixed and Spears exited assumingly for a very timely wardrobe change.  The incident was caught on camera by a fan.  Watch now.