Mumbai-bound flight suffers 'tyre burst', none injured, say officials
Chennai, Apr 26 (PTI): A Mumbai-bound private carrier suffered a delay of about two hours on Saturday following a "tyre burst," when it was preparing for take-off, officials at the airport here said.
One tyre of the flight "burst" when it was on the runway, preparing for take-off around 4.40 pm. The flight with 156 passengers subsequently returned following this and all persons onboard were safe, they said.
The tyre was replaced and the flight later proceeded for its onward journey following a delay of about two hours, officials added.
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Trump confronts South African president over killing of white farmers
Washington, May 21 (AP): President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers.
“People are fleeing South Africa for their own safety," said Trump, who at one point dimmed the lights in the Oval Office to play a video of a communist politician playing a controversial anti-apartheid song that includes lyrics about killing a farmer. "Their land is being confiscated and in many cases they're being killed."
Ramaphosa pushed back against Trump's accusation. The South African leader had sought to use the meeting to set the record straight and salvage his country's relationship with the United States. The bilateral relationship is at its lowest point since South Africa enforced its apartheid system of racial segregation, which ended in 1994.
“We are completely opposed to that,” Ramaphosa said of the behaviour alleged by Trump in their exchange.
Experts in South Africa say there is no evidence of whites being targeted, although farmers of all races are victims of violent home invasions in a country that suffers from a very high crime rate.
