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China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-24 07:38

UNITED STATES

11 killed in Hawaii plane crash, official says

A light aircraft crashed in northern Hawaii, killing all 11 people aboard, authorities said on Saturday. The twin engine King Air plane went down Friday evening near an airfield on Oahu Island's North Shore, according to Hawaii's Department of Transportation. "Authorities have confirmed there were 11 people on board the plane that went down soon after takeoff from Dillingham Airfield with no survivors," the department said on Twitter, after initially reporting nine deaths. Federal inspectors were investigating the accident. The Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles confirmed on Saturday that no Chinese citizen was onboard the aircraft, according to Xinhua News Agency.

INDONESIA

Police arrest factory owner after deadly fire

Indonesian police have arrested the owner and two managers of an unregulated factory in North Sumatra that was engulfed by fire, killing 30 people. North Sumatra province police spokesman Tatan Dirsan Atmaja said on Sunday that the three suspects could each face five years in prison if found guilty of negligence leading to deaths. The business was operating from a house in the North Sumatra district of Langkat and reportedly made matchsticks and lighters. Its female employees were trapped in Friday's blaze by a locked door. Three children died in the inferno and four people escaped. Atmaja said the suspects were arrested in the provincial capital Medan on Saturday.

LIBYA

199 migrants rescued off western coast

The Libyan Navy said on Saturday that it rescued 199 migrants off the country's western coast in the past three days. Navy spokesman Ayob Qassem said the navy carried out five rescue operations and the migrants are of various African and Asian nationalities. The would-be immigrants were provided with humanitarian and medical assistance and taken to reception centers in several cities, the spokesman added. Migrant flows from western Libya toward Europe have increased significantly recently because of the improved weather conditions. Libya is a preferred point of departure for migrants who want to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.

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