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Bird Feathers, Blood Found In Both Engines Of Crashed South Korean Jeju Air Plane That Killed 179

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The airplane, on the way from Bangkok to Muan Province, tummy arrived at the provincial air terminal, overshooting the runway prior to blasting into flares after crashing into a bank. Examiners have found bird plumes and blood in the two motors of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 that crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 individuals, a source acquainted with the examination revealed on Friday. The airplane, on the way from Bangkok to Muan Province, gut arrived at the territorial air terminal, overshooting the runway prior to blasting into flares after crashing into a bank. Notwithstanding, just two group individuals situated at the back of the airplane made due. Four minutes preceding the accident, one of the pilots revealed a bird strike and pronounced a crisis, South Korean flying specialists affirmed. The pilot endeavored a circumvent move and meant to arrive on the far edge of the runway however unfortunately fizzled. In the mean time, two minutes before the pilot's Mayday...
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Udeze Emerges Speaker Of Anambra Assembly

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The member representing Ogbaru II Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Somtochukwu Udeze, has emerged as the Speaker of the state assembly.

Udeze emerged as the Speaker on Monday, after he was unanimously elected by the 30 members of the eighth Assembly at the State House of Assembly Complex in Awka, the Anambra State capital.

He is a third-term member of the Assembly, who first became a member of the house on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in 2015, but later decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, under which he won re-election to the house in 2019.

He also won the March 2023 House of Assembly elections under the PDP, which made him become a three-term member, but thereafter decamped back to APGA, a few days before the inauguration of the state Assembly.

Udeze was nominated for the position by the member representing Ekwusigo Constituency, Ikenna Ofodeme, and seconded by the member representing Awka North, Chimezie Ikwunne.

During the event, which also had in attendance, the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the member representing the Awka South II Constituency, Chukwuma Okoye, emerged as the deputy speaker of the house, following a voice vote by the lawmakers.

Both of them were sworn in by the acting clerk of the House, Esther Aneto, who also decorated the new Speaker to succeed the outgone Speaker, Uchenna Okafor.

Speaking during the ceremony, Soludo described the legislature as a crucial partner in the quest for good governance and delivering dividends of democracy.

Soludo said, “I congratulate our newly inaugurated legislators. Irrespective of your different party affiliations, you have been employed by the people to ensure that Anambra blossoms.

“The executive, the legislature and the judiciary must work in a collaboratively, coordinated and cooperative way to achieve project Anambra by making the state liveable and prosperous.

“If you all act fully in accordance with the oath of office and allegiance you have taken, I am sure that Anambra will have the most productive legislature in the country.

“It is a new productive partnership and as the head of the executive arm of government, I am ready so that we can achieve our common goal which is a greater Anambra.

“It is a new productive partnership, and as the head of the executive arm of government, I am ready so that we can achieve our common goal, which is a greater Anambra.”

The new speaker, in his acceptance speech, promised to improve the welfare and security of the people through developmental-oriented bills and motions as well as serve as an effective watchdog of the state’s commonwealth.

“I am grateful to my colleagues for electing me as the Speaker. The 8th Assembly under my watch will foster a relationship with the executive and the judiciary based on cooperation and mutual respect.

“I sincerely look forward to a relationship of healthy interdependence where each arm approaches one another as a responsible partner in governance.

“We shall ensure the development of appropriate legislative templates for addressing the numerous challenges in our state,” he added.

He also read the letter from the ruling APGA on the nominees for principal officers after which he said the letter would be considered at the next adjourned date on July 11.

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