A crane carrying an Air India Airbus A320 snapped early Sunday morning, dropping the plane from about 60 feet in the air.
Airport staff were transporting the aircraft from Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad, India, to a nearby training academy when the cables supporting the 77-ton plane collapsed.
The aircraft had to be held up at 60 feet during the two-mile trek from airport hangar to academy to "avoid trees and electric poles on the road," police spokesperson Prakash Reddy told Times of India.
"René Angélil, 73, passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle against cancer," the statement to Usread. "The family requests that their privacy be respected at the moment; more details will be provided at a later time."
The Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner also released a separate statement to Us Weekly regarding Angélil's death. "Mr. Angélil, 73, died of throat cancer at his home in Henderson while under the care of a physician," Clark County coroner John Fudenberg said in a statement. "We have determined Mr. Angélil’s death was due to natural causes. No further investigation into his death is expected. Our condolences go out to Mr. Angélil’s family and friends during this difficult time for them."
Dion also confirmed the heartbreaking news via Twitter.
Angélil was born and raised in Montreal and embarked there on a music career in the 1960s. Eventually, he went into the artist management side of the business and became Dion's manager. The French-Canadian couple married in 1994, a few years before Dion cemented her legendary status with her biggest, most iconic song, "My Heart Will Go On,” which was featured in James Cameron's Oscar-winning flick, Titanic.
Dion and her husband share three kids: eldest son René-Charles, 14, and twin boys Nelson and Eddy, 5. The songstress, who took a hiatus from her residency in Las Vegas in August 2014, detailed her husband's health battle in an interview with Us Weekly last August.
"I’m trying really hard to show my children that sickness and things happen in life. You cannot be crying and be depressed and consistently talk about, ‘Oh my God,’" Dion, 47, told Us and other reporters during her return to the stage. "René-Charles is going to be 15 years old soon. He’s a wonderful young man. He’s entered his teenage years, and sometimes we can go really crazy, for some teenagers, but so far so good. I have tremendous respect for my oldest, René-Charles, because he’s showing strength to see his dad this way because he’s been his anchor. When he was younger he knew his dad was older but they bonded a lot. I’m sure it's hard for him."
She added: "Unfortunately there a lot of people struggling with battles. When you have family around I think it helps tremendously."
Dion told Us in that same interview that she was proud of her husband. "He doesn’t stop amazing me," she said of his strength. "I’m being heard through my interviews, through my songs. This is his time to be heard. This is his way. It’s going to be his way, and it’s going to be the way he wants it to be."
"I don't believe that anybody still questions Petr Cech today. He is an all-time great in goal and the record speaks for him."
That was Arsene Wenger's tribute to the Arsenal goalkeeper after the Gunners beat Aston Villa 2-0 and Cech recorded his 169th clean sheet, equalling the Premier League record held by David James.
At 33 years of age - relatively young in goalkeeper's terms - Cech has time on his side to eclipse the current record and set a total which will take some beating.
Arsenal have been drawn against Barcelona while PSG will face Chelsea in the Champions League last 16. The Gunners have been knocked out at the last 16 stage in the last five consecutive seasons and will have to overcome the holders, whom they lost to back in 2011 having held a 2-1 first-leg lead, if they are to break that trend. Chelsea's tie against runaway Ligue 1 leaders PSG is a repeat of the 2014-15 last 16 clash, with Laurent Blanc's side having come out on top over the two legs on away goals as they held the Blues to a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge.
Rafael Benitez's Real Madrid, meanwhile, will meet Serie A side Roma, with Cristiano Ronaldo looking to add to the record-breaking 11 goals he scored in the group stage of the competition.
Last year's beaten finalists Juventus have been handed a tricky test against Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, who topped Group F with 15 points, and Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City will take on Dynamo Kyiv.
Zenit, who boast the third highest scorer in the group phase in Artem Dzyuba, tackle Portuguese side Benfica, while Atletico Madrid have been drawn against PSV and Wolfsburg clash with Gent.
After lukewarm reception to 2014's Hood Billionaire, Rick Ross returns more forthright than before on eighth album Black Market, released Friday. With a stacked guest list featuring John Legend, Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige, his latest arrives at the tail-end of a trying year for the hip-hop mogul, who was jailed this summer on charges of kidnapping and assault, and whose on-and-off engagement to model Lira Galore became TMZ fodder.
Rozay called USA TODAY to chat about new music, the Drake and Meek Mill "beef," and why he shares our obsession with Adele:
What sets Market apart: "It's definitely a more personal album," Ross, 39, says. The music is inspired in part by his relationships, prison time and subsequent house arrest this past year. "All of those things came in a place where we created music and I just took advantage of the time that I had to myself." It also sounds more cohesive than past efforts, he says. "I love the way the music feels, just opening the album with Free Enterprise, and by the time you get to Silk Road, you appreciate the silky, soulful sound."
Most personal songs: "When I hear Free Enterprise, I think about when I wrote that record on a small piece of paper and a pen I wasn't supposed to have in county jail," Ross says. "That's followed by me sitting in the cell, pondering what means most to me, which is family, and the head of that is my mother. So I followed that with the record Smile, Mama, Smile. I tried to lay the records down in the same format that they came to me."
Throwing shade at Drake: On new single Color Money, the rapper appears to take a jab at Drake, who publicly feuded this summer with Meek Mill, an artist on Ross' Maybach Music Group label and Nicki Minaj's boyfriend. (The lyric: "My lil’ homie made a million on his girl tour / We back to back and down to whack a (expletive) unborn ... So run, Forrest, got some shooters and they dying, too / I got more money than that (expletive) that you’re signed to.”) Asked about speculation that he's dissing Drake, Ross says, "It's supposed to wake the streets up — it was never about me taking sides. I am (Maybach Music Group). I'm only on one side. Color Money is doing exactly what it's supposed to do: talk to the streets and the real G's."
Why ghostwriting can be OK: Mill's beef with Drake started when he accused the Toronto rapper of using ghostwriters, which has since reopened the conversation about MCs writing their own rhymes. It's a topic that Ross addresses on Market cutGhostwriter, in which he asserts his status as one of hip-hop's most prolific ghostwriters for other artists. "I feel, personally, at the end of the day, it's about the music — it's never been about credit of being a writer," Ross says. "The reasonGhostwriter was created was because it was such a right-now topic." As for rappers he's ghostwritten songs for, he won't name names. "I always just keep it real broad. I respect the artists that I work with and their privacy. I've never needed any validation or outside credit other than the artist just respecting me for coming up with some dope (expletive)."
He loves Adele, too: Shortly after Adele released comeback single Hello last month, Ross surprised hip-hop fans with his own remix of the scorching ballad.Since her 2011 album 21, "she gave me a lot of time to miss her voice, and when I heard Hello, I was like, 'This is a powerful record,' " Ross says. "I remember being in the studio that night and I said, 'Yo, let's pull it up,' and I jumped on it. I'm a huge fan and I love Adele music and I'm just sending love her way." Of course, Ross would be down to collaborate and "that was my way of reaching out. That's how the Boss reach out." As for her impressive sales of more than 4 million since Nov. 20, "it most definitely speaks volumes about her caliber as an artist and the role she plays and the crowd she entertains. She's a powerful figure with a beautiful voice and beautiful music."
Head Coach Sunday Oliseh has invited 23 players, including USA –based Obafemi Martins and six home –based professionals, for the Super Eagles’ 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture against Swaziland.
The two –legged fixture will take place over four days next month,November, with the first leg in Lobamba on Friday, November 13 and the return leg at the Adokiye Amiesiamaka Stadium in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, November 17.
Six home –based professionals, who all played notable roles in Nigeria’s qualification for the 4th African Nations Championship were also invited.
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Goalkeepers: Carl Ikeme (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Sunshine Stars); Dele Alampasu (Club de Sportivo Feirense, Portugal)
