South Korea's acting leader has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operations, a day after 179 people were killed in the deadliest plane crash on its soil.
The Jeju Air plane burst into flames as it crash-landed in South Korea's Muan International Airport, killing everyone onboard save for two crew members. The ill-fated plane had skidded off the runway after touching down and crashed into a wall shortly after 09:00 local time.
A South Korean transport official had said that the plane had been attempting to land but was forced to hold off after air traffic control gave a bird strike warning.
Air traffic command later gave permission for the plane to land from the opposite direction, the official said.
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An automated system that helps train wheels grip the tracks failed on one of the trains that crashed head-on in mid-Wales on 21 October, investigators have revealed. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the westbound train involved in the collision in Talerddig, near Llanbrynmair, in Powys, was fitted with a system to discharge sand automatically on to the rails should the wheels slide when braking.
The system, however, did not appear to work in the crucial moments when the train was braking before the crash. The RAIB said an inspection of the train after the accident showed that the sanding hoses on the leading vehicle of the train were “blocked and apparently unable to discharge sand”.
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IT and security teams at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust worked around the clock following a major cyber incident, with services disrupted with initially, no timeline for resolution.
The cyber attack, which initially came to light on Monday 25 November, is believed to have affected all clinical activity at multiple sites including Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals. The Trust was forced to cancel surgical procedures and turn away outpatients, although emergency care remained up and running.
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Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report paints a horrifying picture of failures in the construction industry and officialdom – but justice is some way off. The report of the public inquiry into the causes of the Grenfell Tower fire has been published – and it forms a devastating verdict on the incompetence, dishonesty and greed that made possible a disaster in which 72 people died.
Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report chronicles failures in the construction industry, the council, regulators and central government. “The simple truth is the deaths that occurred were all avoidable,” Moore-Bick said at the report’s launch.
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More than 1,000 planned operations and over 3,000 outpatient appointments have been postponed amid disruption caused by a cyber attack that impacted London hospitals.
Synnovis, an agency which manages labs for NHS trusts and GPs in south-east London, was the victim of a data hack on 3rd June 2024.
New figures, external from NHS England show that since then, 3,396 appointments and 1,255 elective procedures have been postponed.
In a statement, the chief executives of two affected trusts said they were continuing to manage the attack as a "critical incident".
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