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Indonesian plane feared to have crashed with 62 aboard

JAKARTA / WAM/Reuters A Sriwijaya Air plane with 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight on Saturday and rescuers said suspected debris had been found in the sea off the city, Reuters reported. The Boeing 737-500, en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan, disappeared from radar screens after taking off …

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India’s oil usage declines for first time in 21 years

Bloomberg India’s petroleum consumption fell for the first time in more than two decades in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses and factories, hurting demand from one of the world’s largest users of the fuel. Total petroleum demand declined 10.8% last year from 2019, and was at a five-year low of 193.4 million tons, according to Bloomberg calculations of …

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Boeing reaches $2.5 billion 737 Max settlement with US

Bloomberg Boeing Co reached a $2.5 billion agreement to settle a criminal charge that it defrauded the US government by concealing information about the 737 Max, the ill-fated jet model involved in two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. The planemaker entered into a deferred prosecution agreement in the Northern District of Texas. In turn, the Justice Department will dismiss …

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