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cntraveller.com 2015 is a year of change for Germanwings, as it is expected to meld with the Eurowings brand in late autumn. As Eurowings, the airline will expand to select long-haul flights on leisure routes, such as from Germany to Phuket.
news.com.au The Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps was at the safest part of flight. Yet, something went horribly wrong.
nytimes.com As night fell in the area, officials said they had recovered one of the jet's so-called black boxes.
Phuket Update A 3.8-magnitude earthquake occurred early Wednesday off the east coast of Phuket. People in both Phuket and Phang Nga provinces said they felt the shake but there were no casualties and no damage reported.
AP Your seafood may come from slaves. The AP documented the journey of a single large shipment of slave-caught seafood from the Indonesian village, tracking it by satellite to a gritty Thai harbor.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b9e0fc7155014ba78e07f1a022d90389/ap-investigation-are-slaves-catching-fish-you-buy
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
PHUKET: The daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. Beware of inconsistent imitations.
Today's Top News Items
wsj.com Germany and Spain faced tragedy after a Germanwings passenger plane crashed in Southern France with what the airline said were 150 mainly German and Spanish nationals aboard. The 144 passengers, all of them presumed dead, included at least 67 Germans, the airline said.
smh.com.au For eight minutes the Germanwings Airbus A320 went into a steady and rapid descent from 38,000 feet until it hit a mountainside in the Alps halfway through its 90-minute journey from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. The pilots made no mayday call and did not indicate they were in distress, and appear to have been unable to do anything to correct the dive.
telegraoh.co.uk Britons were ''sadly likely'' on board the doomed flight that crashed in the French Alps, the Foreign Office said.
Human Trafficking in Thailand
bangkokpost.com An integral part of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha's drive to combat human trafficking is improvements in coordination and cooperation between police, prosecutors and the courts. Activists are taking a wait-and-see approach to the government's vow to combat human trafficking. The US downgraded Thailand to its lowest human trafficking rating - Tier 3 - in its annual global Trafficking in Persons report.
Phuket World of People
Phuket Update Officials in Sirinarth National Park have blocked off an area of sea covering after finding new corals reefs there. The officials have said there will be no boats or swimming allowed in the area, which covers about 10 rai.
bangkokpost.com The Criminal Court sentenced businessman Anandadvip ''Chai'' Jayankura na Ayuthaya to three years in jail and TV hosts Wuthithorn ''Woody'' Milinthajinda and Chalermpol ''Jack Fanchan'' Thikamporntheerawong to one year each for defamation. The case revolves around a bitter dispute following the controversial Sydictive New Year Party in Patong at the end of 2012. All three will appeal.
travel.aol.co.uk A man who went for a simple night out at a pub in Middlesborough found himself on a holiday in Thailand by the next morning. Phillip Boyle, 33, had gone for a few ''quiet'' drinks with his friend Jamie Blyth, but after pulling an all-nighter ended up in Thailand the next day.
theguardian.com Angelina Jolie has revealed she has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to prevent her from developing ovarian cancer, the illness that killed her mother at the age of 56.
theguardian.com Russia has failed in a bid to stop the United Nations extending staff benefits to all same-sex couples after a UN general assembly budget committee voted 80-43 against the proposal.
bangkokpost.com Seven people were killed and two injured after a Chiang Mai-bound train hit their truck in Saraphi district. A heavy downpour for more than one hour around noon in inner Bangkok caused floods on several roads and traffic jams.
Phuket World of Sport
theage.com.au Grant Elliott hits a six from the penultimate ball to secure a first ever World Cup final berth for New Zealand.
smh.com.au After victory over South Africa in four dramatic acts, New Zealand are in the World Cup final for the first time. For the Kiwis, it is exorcism after six losing semi-finals, for the poor old South Africans further haunting.
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
April 11-19 Phuket Bike Week
April 13-15 Songkran Festival
May 4 Additional public holiday scheduled
June 20-21 Baba wedding at Old Phuket Town
July 15-19 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek
