2014, a black year for commercial aviation

2014 will remain a black year for the airline industry. The series began on March 8 with the disappearance of MH370 flight Malaysia Airlines. Party of Kuala Lumpur, Beijing leadership, with 239 people on board the aircraft had issued its last signal above the Indian Ocean, seven hours after takeoff. Despite colossal research, the most important and most expensive in history, the aircraft remains found at this day.

Extremely rare, Malaysia Airlines will be mourning a second time on July 17, when another of its Boeing is shot down by a missile over Eastern Ukraine. 298 people, the majority of Dutch people, perished in the crash. The next day, the European authorities forbid overflights of the region.

A few days later, on 23 July, it is a ATR -72 TranAsia Airways which crashed during a second landing attempt on an island of Taiwan. The flight was delayed because of a typhoon. The propeller plane crashed in a residential area near the airport. Of the 58 passengers, ten survived the accident.

The next day, in Mali that crashed for reasons still unknown, the 5017 flight of Air Algeria. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, operated by Swiftair company, fell half an hour after takeoff from Ouagadougou. Bad weather conditions are advanced to explain this crash that made no survivor.

In 2014, aircraft accidents have killed more people than the annual average of the past five years. However, security continues to grow: the tests before the entry into service of new aircraft are very demanding and automatic navigation systems are becoming more sophisticated. Each accident is used to improve aviation safety. The tragedy of the Rio-Paris in 2009 has led Air France to extend from 30 to 90 days the transmission time tags black boxes. Moreover, its aircraft transmit their positions every ten minutes,

or even every minute, in the case of path deviation. Measures that are not yet mandatory.

Greece: SYRIZA welcomes early parliamentary

"" Today, the government Samaras thing of the past. ""

The prospect of early parliamentary Greece came increase uncertainty in the eurozone. Especially Alexis Tsipras, the Syriza left party is favored, did nothing to reassure. "Today, the government of Mr. Samaras, who plunders our company for two and a half years and had already decided to agree to new austerity measures, belongs to the past. With the people's will in a few days, the austerity programs also fall from the past, "he began.

The outgoing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras noted the defeat of its presidential candidate and set the tone of his campaign strategy: brandishing the specter of a return back. "We have accomplished much over the past two and a half years and we came to the brink of maturity. People will not let ourselves fall into crisis, in isolation, in deficits and forced loans. The people will not accept having sacrificed for nothing, "he said.

Outgoing President Karolos Papoulias will remain in office until March. -His Successor will be appointed by the new parliament from the polls.

Norman Atlantic: all passengers rescued by the Italian army.

All were saved: the helicopters of the Italian army managed to recover all the 422 passengers Norman Atlantic. It remains on board, some crew members to inspect the vessel.

Over the last photos published, the violence of the fire is visible, with a huge plume of smoke that escapes basements where were parked very many vehicles. In addition to helicopters, several merchant ships in the rescue of survivors and depositing in the port of Bari in Italy.

The fire broke out Sunday morning at dawn, while the passengers were sleeping. Today shocked they testify.

"The information that we had ... of a sudden everything is off. The only thing they have us say it was the fire in the fire, fire ... and we did not know why there was a fire. There was something that was burning, but there was not much time ... and we could not do much ... I had the impression that in a few minutes, the boat was going to burn. "Demir said to the descent of the merchant ship came to help him.

A judicial inquiry was launched in Italy to know all the circumstances of the tragedy. The balance is at least 5 dead, including a Greek passenger who fell during the rescue operation.

Ebola epidemic that marked 2014

In one year, the epidemic has claimed more than 7,700 deaths of nearly 20,000 cases recorded, mainly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Damage is also economically significant. According to the World Bank, growth was strongly impacted in the affected areas. Sierra Leone and Guinea could even plunge into recession in 2015, when both countries were promised a strong economic growth.

"People do not want to travel to West Africa for meetings or conferences. The whole region has suffered even though it would have been even worse if the epidemic had spread to countries like Nigeria, "said Daniel Richards, analyst at Business Monitor International.

While the fight against Ebola is not yet complete, the effect on the long term, difficult to assess, also announced devastating. The epidemic has left thousands of orphans. Many children have also been out of school for a year. Finally, it's the health system of the affected countries, which must be rectified.

Greece to early parliamentary

Greece heads for early parliamentary. They will be held at the earliest on 25 January. Stavros Dimas, the only candidate in the honorary position of Chairman drew only 168 votes in his name, as the second round. He would have needed 180 to be elected. Therefore: the parliament will be dissolved.

At the announcement of this result, the benchmark index of the Athens Stock Exchange took down more than 11%. Markets fear that early elections open the way to a victory Siriza, the party of the radical left.

Its leader, Alexis Tsipras promised the end of austerity policies and renegotiation of the Troika bailout. He particularly committed to cancel nearly two-thirds of the debt - which amounts to 175% of GDP at present - but also to raise the minimum wage and increase state spending.

Many popular promises in a country where unemployment still affects 25.7% of the workforce, but give chills to donors of Greece. The EU, ECB and IMF extended EUR 240 billion since 2010 to avoid bankruptcy the country and require new wage cuts and new tax increases to unlock a credit line of $ 7.2 billion euros.

According to a survey conducted this weekend, however, 44.1% of Greeks believe Antonis Samaras, the conservative incumbent Prime Minister, better able to run the country in the current circumstances.

Rescue operations still underway to evacuate passengers from the Atlantic Norman Italy.

The latest images of the ferry sinking off the coast of Italy, smoke still emerging from the sinking ship.

The hélitreuillages passengers, continue, led by the Italian Navy.

For now it remains on board, nearly 150 people to save.

329 people have already been evacuated.

If the fire has been mastered, the smoke that always emerge complicate the work of rescuers.

The ship, the Norman Atlantic, drift for the time off the Italian city of Brindisi, in the Adriatic.

many survivors were recovered by ships, including commercial, which landed them in the very near port of Bari.

These survivors are supported by Italian firefighters, who send them to the hospital on buses.

Several witnesses reported panic and anxiety passengers, stranded on board yesterday.

The fire would be triggered at the garage, where many vehicles were parked.

The most recent survey, 1 Greek passenger died.

The disappearance of Air Asia flight causes anxiety passengers from this company

The disappearance of QZ8501 theft is a blow for Air Asia so far leading low cost flights to Asia. This is the first serious accident for that company.

Its CEO, Tony Fernandes, said on Twitter: "Let's stay optimistic and brave", by recalling that the sécurtié flight was his priority, but that zero risk does not exist.

For its part the Indonesian Ministry announced new rules to improve aviation safety.

In Singapore Airport, Air Asia flights continue their daily rotations, but some anxiety wins the passengers.

"I wanted to cancel my flight today, but my father convinced me, he said go ahead, keep faith in God who will save us." Said Angela Via Koeswanto Okta, a passing of the company.

This fellow passenger says:

"We are very worried about everything that can happen, but for us it was too late to cancel our flight, so we have to make do."

An Indonesian family of ten miraculously escaped the tragedy: they arrived too late for the plane that disappeared.

Indonesian President, as the Pope Francis, have called to pray for the dead.