Friday, June 5, 2009

Did AF 447 crash over the Bermuda Triangle?

While the Brazilian and French authorities have expressed pessimism over finding any survivors, latest news reports say that the debris that were found by the Brazilian Air France on Thursday, Jun 4 is not that of the crashed Air France Flight AF 447.


With the ongoing search for answers as to what led to the mysterious crash of the AF 447 seem to be turning into a big nothing, people's imagination seems to be running wild spewing out varying theories and speculations.


While some contend that it is technically impossible for a plane to go out of the radar coverage unless it was an alien abduction, others believe that it is perfectly normal for an aircraft flying over the oceans to be outside of radar coverage and air traffic control range.

However, one very interesting enquiry about the plane crash seems to be connection between the AF 447 crash and Bermuda Triangle.

Bermuda Triangle or the Devil's triangle is a region that covers the Northern part of the Atlantic Ocean. Flying or Sailing over this area of the ocean many aircrafts and sea vessels have allegedly disappeared in mysterious circumstances which fall beyond the boundaries of human error, piracy, equipment failure, or natural disasters.

AF 447 reportedly disappeared some where near the Bermuda Triangle. Apart from the fact that there are no debris of the plane found, the plane interestingly faced an 'electronic' failure. The flight AF 447 was equipped with a back up system that could send out messages if the plane's electronic system died out.

With so many questions unanswered and no left overs of the crash found in spite of rigorous searching for days now, did the plane really fall prey to the 'Bermuda Triangle Phenomenon' or abducted by aliens will be other questions added to the mystery.

India to resume talks with Pakistan only if they dismantle terror infrastructure

New Delhi, June 5 (ANI): Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna on Friday said India will resume dialogue with Pakistan only if they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks.

Talking to reporters here, Krishna said, "There will not be any talks between India and Pakistan unless they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from Pakistan aimed against India. Pakistan is not serious about fighting against terrorism."
Meanwhile, Pakistan''''s Foreign Office has said that New Delhi''''s pre-conditions for resumption of dialogue with Islamabad are untenable.

Reacting to remarks made by Krishna, spokesman Abdul Basit said the two countries were using diplomatic channels to see how the dialogue process could be resumed.

The spokesman said that it is through dialogue that the two countries understand each other and can get down to the business of resolving issues facing the region.

Basit said it was important for India and Pakistan to get the dialogue process back on track as quickly as possible and without pre-conditions.

He said Pakistan believed that a fair and just resolution of the long-standing Kashmir dispute was absolutely essential for viable and lasting peace in the region. (ANI)

President stresses on "zero-tolerance" towards terrorism

New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Thursday said internal security will remain the thrust area of the government with "zero-tolerance" towards terrorism and will tackle it in a "time-bound" manner.

"The Government has already prepared a detailed plan to address internal security challenges to be implemented in a time-bound manner," she said.

To deal with security issues, she said a National Counter-Terrorism Centre would be set up to take pro-active measures to combat the menace.

"Special Forces and Quick Response Teams will be raised and deployed in vulnerable areas," she added.

The President said, the Multi-Agency Centre will be strengthened to ensure effective intelligence sharing and processing and Subsidiary Multi-Agency Centres will be activated in all States.

To handle terror-related offences, she said, "The National Investigation Agency has become operational and will be empowered."

She said that Central and State police forces and intelligence agencies will be expanded and fully equipped with the best technology, adding that enhanced information and intelligence sharing on a real time basis, would be made possible by the creation of a net-centric information command structure.

"My Government will actively pursue police reform and in order to ensure the active participation of the citizenry in internal security, community policing will be promoted," she said.

The President said the Government would continue to constructively engage with all groups that abjure violence in the Northeast, Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country.

"Stern measures to handle insurgency and left wing extremism will be taken," she added. (ANI)