Bodies, Wreckage Reveal Missing Airasia Jet's Fate
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SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2014 RABI ALAWWAL 9, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Owners of Gambia foils Go for the food: Dhoni quits wild animals coup bid, Gulf Arab tests after and dogs to attackers tradition India lose series be arrested6 killed 7 on14 a platter to18 Australia Bodies, wreckage reveal Min 07º Max 23º missing AirAsia jet’s fate High Tide 07:48 & 19:27 Low Tide Another AirAsia plane overshoots Philippine runway 01:29 & 13:16 40 PAGES NO: 16389 150 FILS PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia: The hunt for a missing AirAsia passenger plane appeared at an end yesterday as Kuwaiti jailed wreckage and bodies were spotted at sea off Indonesia, prompting raw scenes of emotion from sobbing relatives for abusing of the 162 people aboard. The Airbus A320-200 disap- peared en route from Indonesia’s second largest city Saudi Arabia Surabaya to Singapore during a storm early Sunday. All indications now are that it crashed in the Java Sea south- By B Izzak west of the island of Borneo, with debris including an exit door, a blue suitcase and bodies retrieved from the area. KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced An air force plane saw a “shadow” on the seabed Saleh Al-Saeed to four years in jail for abusing Saudi believed to be that of the missing Flight QZ8501, Arabia and its leaders in a television interview a few National Search and Rescue Agency chief Bambang months ago. Saeed, the brother of former MP Talal Soelistyo told a news conference in Jakarta. Relatives of Al-Saeed and the owner of private Scope satellite the missing hugged each other and burst into tears in channel Fajr Al-Saeed, had reportedly lashed out at Surabaya as they watched footage of one body floating Saudi Arabia and some of its leaders during an inter- in the sea on a television feed of Soelistyo’s press con- view with Syrian television while defending the ference. actions of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The pub- Later yesterday, the search chief said just three bod- lic prosecution charged Saeed of carrying out acts of ies had been recovered so far, after another official said aggression against Saudi Arabia and a number of 40 had been found. Navy spokesman Manahan Saudi princes as he defended the Syrian regime in his Simorangkir told AFP earlier that according to naval fight against a four-year rebellion believed to be radio a warship had recovered more than 40 bodies backed by Riyadh and other Gulf states. from the sea. But he later said that report was a mis- In another development, Shiite MP Faisal Al- communication by his staff. The search was called off for Duwaisan yesterday praised Kuwait’s policy after the night due to rough weather. allowing the reopening of the Syrian embassy to Initial news of the debris dimmed the faint hopes of Kuwait closed about two years ago in protest relatives. “If that news is true, what can I do? I cannot against the Syrian regime’s atrocities against the SURABAYA: Family members of passengers onboard the missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia Flight QZ8501 bring him back to life,” said Dwijanto, 60, whose son was Syrian people. react after watching news reports showing an unidentified body floating in the Java Sea at the crisis centre on the plane along with five colleagues. Continued on Page 13 set up at Juanda International Airport yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 13 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2014 LOCAL Arab leaders in a group photo during the Arab League Summit in Kuwait. Major local events in 2014 KUWAIT: There have been many events taking Sept 20: His Highness the Prime Minister Maatouq its highest badge of honor for his place in Kuwait: political, economic, social and arrived in New York and attended the 69th ses- humanitarian endeavors. sport, among many others. sion of the UN General Assembly. Sept 14: First Deputy Prime Minister and Sept 25: His Highness the Prime Minister Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- His Highness the Amir delivered a speech representing His Highness Hamad Al-Sabah arrived in Ramallah on an Jan 5: His Highness the Amir opened the the Amir at the 69 session of the UN General official visit. second international donors conference dur- Assembly. Sept 24: Kuwait and Egypt signed a bilateral ing which he donated $500 million to back the Sept 29: The Cabinet decided to strip 18 agreement in the military field as part of a pre- Syrians. citizens of their nationality. viously hammered out military training deal. Jan 6: His Highness the Amir accepted res- Oct 21: His Highness the Prime Minister Oct 12: A $200 million grant given by ignation of seven ministers as part of the Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Kuwait to rebuild Gaza was announced by First Cabinet reshuffle. visited Faisal Al-Duweesh at Farwaniya Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Jan 6: His Highness the Amir received new Hospital and wished him speedy recovery. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah at an inter- ministers after swearing in following Cabinet Oct 26: Decree issued appointing Dr Bader national donors’ conference, held in Cairo, on reshuffle. Al-Essa as Minister of Education and Minister of reconstructing Gaza. Jan 29: His Highness the Amir patronized Higher Education and Yaqoub Al-Sanea as Oct 19: First Deputy Prime Minister and opening of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Heritage Minister of Justice, Minister of Awqaf and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled visit- Village and the Fourth Popular Heritage Islamic Affairs. ed Iraq to show support in the battle against Festival. terrorism. Feb 5: His Highness the Amir donated $5 The National Assembly million to build a village for Syrian refugees at Jan 7: New MPs swore in during the second Internal Security Al-Zaatari camp in Jordan. regular session of the 14th legislative term. Jan 10: Fire broke out at the guests’ hall at Feb 12: His Highness the Amir and His Jan 9: The National Assembly approved a Bayan Palace, leaving some damage. Highness the Crown Prince inspected Sabah bill amending some provisions of the Law No. Jan 23: Fire erupted at the scrap yard at Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve in Al-Sabbiyah. 98 of 2013, with respect of establishing the Mina Abdullah and the blazes covered a space March 25: His Highness the Amir chaired National Fund for Small and Medium of 3,500 square meters. the regular session of the Arab League Council Enterprise, regularizing banking professions Jan 24: The fire department reported that at the Summit level, held in Kuwait for the first and changing the name of the bank, Kuwait an Arab resident and her three children died in time. Savings and Credit Bank, into the Housing a fire at the family’s apartment house in Al- March 26: The 25th Arab Summit conclud- Credit Bank. Jabriya. ed with issuance of Kuwait Declaration, under Jan 9: The Parliament approved a bill, trans- Feb 4: A gas explosion at a fast-food restau- the theme “bolstering Arab solidarity for full- forming Kuwait Airways into a private share- rant at the Avenues mall injured a number of scale Arab renaissance.” holding company. workers. April 7: The UN presented His Highness the Jan 22: The Parliament approved a bill Feb 5: Fire at a paints’ warehouse in Al- Amir with an honorary certificate for his role in granting a citizen who got a housing loan sub- Shuwaikh inflicted heavy damage. Three fire- humanitarian works. sidized construction materials, worth no more men suffered fractures and injuries. April 23: Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB) celebrat- than KD 30,000. Feb 19: A worker died and 11 others were ed the Golden Jubilee for its establishment, Jan 26: MP Adel Al-Kharafi requested inter- wounded in collapse of a minaret of a mosque under the patronage of His Highness the Amir pellation of Minister of Public Works Abdulaziz under construction in Al-Omariya. and the presence of His Highness the Prime Al-Ibrahim. April 3: Ministry of Interior seized 3.5 mil- Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Feb 2: The Parliamentary legal affairs com- lion narcotic pills. June 1: His Highness the Amir visited Iran mittee endorsed a law barring the riba (usury) May 15: Two Syrian children died in an where he met with President Hassan Rohani. interest. apartment fire in Hawally. June 8: His Highness the Amir arrived in Feb 4: The Parliament approved activation July 7: At least 70 public buses were Egypt to attend the inauguration of President of mega projects, assigning the Audit Bureau destroyed in a fire that erupted in one of the Abdelfatah Al-Sisi. to prepare reports on diesel Shell contract. Public Transport company’s garages in Ardhiya. June 25: His Highness the Amir gave his Feb 6: The parliamentary interior and July 12: Fire broke out in three warehouses Ramadan speech, noting the events that had defense committee approved a bill granting at Abdullah Port, south of the country, causing occurred in the country. nationality to 4,000 illegal residents. damage. Sept 9: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon March 11: The Parliament okayed the bill July 25: Criminal detectives confiscated held a ceremonial gathering on occasion of on compulsory teaching and agreed to amend counterfeited KD 1.134 million. naming His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah the laws for family and debts defaulters funds. July 27: Teams from six fire stations put out UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon awards His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as “humanitarian March 30: The parliamentary committee fire that erupted at a building under construc- Al-Sabah the ‘Humanitarian Leader’ certificate.