Tutankhamun mask damaged, tourist may lose interest

The famous blue and gold braided beard, burial mask of Tutankhamun was damaged when the relic was being cleaned in the Egyptian museum where it lays. The bearded was knocked by a conservationist.

The mask among a few other contents is the top exhibit of the museum. It is a highly visited tourist site but not completely kept in full maintenance. Relic as important as the 3,300 year old Tutankhamun mask should be kept in great care feet expert conservationists.

The conservators from the museum have varied opinions on what actually happened with beard. They say that the mask was knocked off by accident while the mask’s case was being cleaned or removed when it was loose.

The beard was fixed quickly with inappropriate adhesive and irreversible material, epoxy which has a high property for attaching and is generally used on metal, stone but was in every way inappropriate for Tutankhamen’s golden mask.

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Indonesian Transport Minister confirms thunderstorm as the cause of AirAsia mishap

Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 climbed at least five times its capability before it stalled and plummeted into the Java Sea killing all 162 aboard.
Yesterday, Indonesia’s Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan citing radar tapes, told media that, “the A320 suddenly went up at a speed (6000ft/minute) above the normal limit that it was able to climb to. Then it stalled.”

According to an A320 check captain the plane, at that altitude, “is only capable of climbing at 1000ft a minute.”
“The crew could only have been caught in a massive updraft associated with a severe thunderstorm.”
“the question is how on earth did they find themselves in the middle of a severe thunderstorm,” said the check captain.

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Routes Events witnessed a record year in 2014

 

2014 was another record year for Routes, part of UBM EMEA, with more delegates than ever before attending its World Routes and Regional Route Development Forums.

A record number of 6,116 delegates representing 144 countries attended the six events that Routes organised around the globe in 2014. These forums, which focus entirely on air service development, have become the must attend events of the annual calendar recognised for shaping the world’s future air networks.

Katie Bland, Director Routes for UBM Live commented: “The record attendance from airlines, airports and an increasing number of representatives from tourism authorities and other aviation stakeholders at our 2014 events highlights the importance of air service development and its economic impact on national and regional economies. With 27,300 face-to-face meetings taking place at our 2014 events, we offer the most efficient forum for everyone involved in negotiating and creating new air links.”

In total, 630 airlines and 1,500 airports were represented at the events, which took place in six countries in 2014. Five successful Routes Regional events took place during the year to foster air links within the world’s key regional aviation markets with the 7th Routes Americas in San Salvador, El Salvador, the 12th Routes Asia in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, the 9th Routes Europe in Marseille, France, the 9th Routes Africa in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and the first ever Routes Silk Road in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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