Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Not the goalkeeper – a peace-keeper.


Not the goalkeeper – a peace-keeper. (… Tragedy averted as Kingfisher plane skids off runway, all 42 passengers safe. by ANI on NOVEMBER 10, 2009. in NATIONAL. Mumbai, Nov.10 (ANI): A major tragedy was averted on Tuesday evening when a Mumbai-bound Kingfisher aircraft IT-4124 carrying 42 passengers from Bhavnagar,Gujarat, skid off the runway while landing here at the airport. Only half of the runway was being used due to repair. The plane landed on shortened runway. It landed nose deep in mud. Though none of the onboard 42 passengers was hurt in the incident, the pilot was reportedly slightly hurt, said a Star News report. The aircraft made the landing at the Mumbai airport reportedly despite DGCA warning. The incident is stated to have happened due to poor visibility and wet conditions. The DGCA had earlier warned all airlines not to operate in adverse conditions. Kingfisher, as per reports, has de-rosterd both the pilots of the aircraft, pending investigation. (ANI). Police say a bomb near a crowded market in Pakistan kills 20, wounds 55 NOVEMBER 10, 2009 A suspected car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 20 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border…)

Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke dies at age 32. By STARCEVIC. (AP). A goalkeeper expected to play for Germany at the World Cup died after being hit by a train in what police suspect is a suicide. He was 32. FILE - Picture taken July 8, 2009 shows Robert Enke, goalkeeper of the German first division Bundesliga soccer club Hannover 96 during the official photo opportunity in Hanover, Germany. The 32-years-old goalkeeper of the German national soccer team has died, his club confirmed Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Axel Heimken,File) AP. Robert Enke played for the German club Hannover. Team president Martin Kind confirmed his death, and German police later released a statement saying a man had been fatally injured after being struck by a train Tuesday night. The statement said the victim was "apparently national team goalkeeper Robert Enke" and "first police indications are that it was a suicide." "You expect many things, but not something like that," Kind said. "I do not know how and why it happened, but I do not think that it had anything to do with football." Enke had been diagnosed with a bacterial stomach ailment and missed nine weeks before returning 11 days ago and playing two Bundesliga games. He had not been selected for Germany's exhibition games against Chile on Saturday and Ivory Coast on Wednesday. But coach Joachim Loew had said Enke remained the leading candidate to be Germany's goalie at next year's World Cup in South Africa. "We are speechless," German soccer federation president Theo Zwanziger said. Enke and his wife lost their 2-year-old daughter to a heart ailment in 2006. The couple adopted a girl in May, who is now 8 months old. National team manager Oliver Bierhoff said: "We are all shocked. We can't find the words." Enke played eight matches for Germany, making his debut in a 1-0 loss to Denmark in 2007. His last international game was a 2-0 win over Azerbaijan on Aug. 12. Enke made 196 Bundesliga appearances and also played for Borussia Moenchengladbach after starting his career in East Germany at Jena. His career included several foreign clubs, among them CD Teneriffa, Fenerbahce, Barcelona and Benfica.

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