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INDONESIAN STUDENT ARRESTED FOR BOMB THREAT AGAINST SIA

Indonesian police today announced that they had arrested a 21-year-old male student, Ilham, from a private university in Banten after he was traced for sending a bomb threat to Singapore Airlines (SIA). Ilham was arrested yesterday at his home in the Baleria housing complex in Tangerang, Banten. This comes less than a week after he sent the bomb threat to SIA on 1st July.

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S’PORE AIRLINES PENALIZING CUSTOMER FOR TRYING TO AVOID MERS-HIT SOUTH KOREA

Several months ago, my daughter bought an air ticket from Singapore Airlines (SIA) to travel to South Korea. However, with the increasing rate of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) infection and deaths in South Korea, she has rightly decided to postpone her travel. Imagine the shock and dismay when SIA gave her these options: Take a $285 refund out of the $800 she paid for the ticket to cancel the trip, or Pay an additional $889 on top of the $800 she already paid to postpone the trip.

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S’PORE AIRLINES SQ836 LOSES POWER TO BOTH ENGINES MID FLIGHT TO SHANGHAI

Over the weekend, Singapore Airlines Flight 836, flying from Singapore to Shanghai, lost power mid-flight on both of its Rolls-Royce engines. According to Flightradar 24, the Airbus A330-343 experienced the problem while cruising at 39,000 feet. The incident, which took place just south of Hong Kong, caused the airliner to descend 13,000 feet before the crew was able to restart the engines.

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SIA, PLEASE CHECK THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ALL YOUR FT PILOTS

I am a concerned citizen who read news that some Indian pilots used fake flying licenses to fly for Indian Airlines. According to news reports, 14 pilots were barred from flying recently and the Indian government is set to arrest even more pilots with fake qualifications. I hope you do not blame me for speaking the truth, but many loyal supporters of your airline like myself are worried. We fear for our safety now, especially in the wake of all these fake degree and fake license scams.

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