Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said Flight SJ182 was delayed for an hour before it took off at 2:36 p.m. It disappeared from radar four minutes later, after the pilot contacted air traffic control to ascend to an altitude of 29,000 feet (8,839 meters), he said.

There were 62 people on board, including seven children and three babies.

Global coronavirus caseload top 88.8 mn, toll at 1.91 mn: Johns Hopkins

Jan 10, 2021

The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 21,857,293 and 368,736, respectively, according to the CSSE.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 10,413,417, while the country’s death toll soared to 150,570.

WhatsApp updates terms as moves to monetize app

Jan 10, 2021

Facebook aims to monetise WhatsApp by allowing businesses to contact their clients via the platform, even sell them products directly using the service as they already do in India.”Privacy policy and terms updates are common in the industry and we’re providing users with ample notice to review the changes, which go into effect on February 8th,” a Facebook spokesperson said.
Federal and state regulators in US have accused Facebook of using its acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram to squelch competition and filed antitrust lawsuits last month that aim to force the company to divest them.

Why is Indonesia prone to plane crashes

Jan 10, 2021

Why did the latest crash happen?

It’s too soon to tell. Experts said there could be several reasons, including human error, the plane’s condition and poor weather in Jakarta, where the plane departed from.

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