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Tag: Indian Ocean

Tag Archives: Indian Ocean

24Jan/16

Could this be from missing flight MH370?

January 24, 2016WorldAirlines, Australia, Aviation, Barnacle, Debris, In Australia, In China, In Malaysia, Indian Ocean, Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Thailand, Yiming Woosmbale

A large piece of metal has washed ashore in Thailand, promping speculation it might belong to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Yiming Woo reports.
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01Aug/15

Volcano erupts on island of suspected MH370 wreckage

August 1, 2015EnvironmentDisaster/Accident, Environment, Fournaise, France, Geology, Igneous petrology, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM BERHAD, Petrology, Piton de la Fournaise, Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Observatory, Reunion, Shield volcanoes, Volcanism, Volcano, Volcanoes, Volcanologysmbale

(REUTERS) – A volcano erupted on the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion, located east of Madagascar.

The island — officially a part of France — happens to be the site where beachcombers discovered debris from a plane wing, believed to have come from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
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14Apr/15

South Africa anti-foreigner violence spreads to centre of Durban

April 14, 2015WorldAfrica, Durban, Durban KwaZulu-Natal, EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, Geography of Africa, Geography of South Africa, Human rights in South Africa, Indian Ocean, Mass media, Natal, Police fire rubber bullets, Politics of South Africa, Senzo Mchunu, South Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation, War/Conflictsmbale

Police fire rubber bullets as a wave of anti-foreigner violence that has killed four people in and around the South African city of Durban in recent days spreads to the town centre.
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