Plane with Eight Aboard Crashes off North Carolina
INTERNATIONAL: The single-engine plane “was seen behaving erratically on radar and then has disappeared from the radar screen” on Sunday afternoon, according to the Coast Guard.
One person has been found dead after a plane with eight passengers has crashed near the coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck III has said during a press conference on Monday night ; "We have no indication anybody survived the crash.” Sheriff Buck said the debris field shifted around 24 kilomteres off the shore. He has added that there were three separate debris fields.
Authorities are continuing to search for the remaining passengers. The group was returning home from a duck hunting trip.
FlightAware has listed the plane's departure from the Hyde County Airport at 1:35 p.m. Sunday.The plane was reportedly last seen near Beaufort in Carteret County at 2:01 p.m.
Russian Warships Train Artillery Firing in Pacific
Russian Defence Ministry has released on Tuesday, February 15 , a footage of warships conducting artillery firing exercises in the Sea of Okhotsk.
One ship's group of corvettes has performed joint artillery firing at a group of surface targets, simulating enemies' detachment.
The second tactical group fired artillery at sea targets, conditionally performing the role of an enemy landing squad.
On Monday Russian defence ministry has reported on discovering an unknown submarine in its Far East waters.
Russia has amassed over 100,000 troops near Ukraine's borders, prompting fears of an invasion, especially as Moscow's Feb.10-20 joint drills with Belarus mean that Ukraine is almost encircled by the Russian military.
Police Detain Ex-Honduras President Hernandez as U.S. Seeks Extradition
Authorities have detained former president Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday ,February 15, after he left his house in the capital Tegucigalpa, in a dramatic fall from grace only weeks after leaving power.
Hernandez's detention comes after a Honduran judge on Tuesday has ordered the former right-wing leader's arrest amid an extradition request by the United States on drug-trafficking and weapons charges.
Hernandez must appear before the judge within 24 hours, the spokesperson has added.
Washington's request for extradition is in contrast to a period when the U.S. government saw Hernandez as a vital ally in volatile Central America during his eight years in power.
A U.S. Embassy document has said Hernandez was wanted on charges that he participated in a drug-trafficking scheme between 2004 and 2022.
Hernandez, who was replaced as president last month by leftist Xiomara Castro, has pledged to cooperate with national police.
Among the charges, Hernandez, 53, is accused of participating in an operation to receive in Honduras tonnes of cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela, the document has added. The cocaine was then to be shipped to the United States.
The embassy also said Hernandez - who was president from 2014 to 2022 - has received millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for protecting traffickers from investigation and prosecution. The firearms charges include carrying, using, or aiding and abetting the use of weapons, including machine guns.
The U.S. State Department has referred queries to the U.S. Justice Department, which declined to comment. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan declined to comment.
