YANGON - An aircraft of the Myanmar air force with 104 passengers aboard went missing Wednesday afternoon, another follow-up release of the Office of the Commander-in-chief of the Defense Services confirmed. The 104 passengers include 90 army family members and 14 crew members. The aircraft was on its flight from southern Tanintharyi region's Myeik to Yangon, said the release. With a load of 2.4 tons of welfare goods, the aircraft took off from Myeik air base at 0106 p.m. local time for Yangon. But when the aircraft reached a height of 18,000 feet (5,400 meters) at about 0135 p.m.local time, it lost contact with the ground at a location 32 km west of Dawei and went missing. The aircraft was on a round trip transport mission in accordance with the route Yangon-Myeik-Botepyinn-Myeik-Yangon. Two aircrafts of the air force and four vessels of the navy have begun search and rescue operation since 2 pm local time on the day in the area where the aircraft went missing, the release said. event wristbands ukcheap rubber wristbandswide rubber bandscheap custom wristbands
Air pollution with a high level of PM2.5 forms a haze of smog at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong last year.Chan Longhei/ For China Daily A team of researchers in Hong Kong is working on an application that will draw on artificial intelligence and big data to guide people away from air pollution hot spots, as Sylvia Chang reports. With more than 1,700 deaths blamed on air pollution in the past year, Hong Kong is badly in need of help. It is on its way in the form of an air pollution map produced with artificial intelligence. However, it will take about five years for the application, designed by researchers at the University of Hong Kong, to emerge from the city's miasma of nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone. The map, capable of producing real-time readings or predictive analysis, will reveal where concentrations of toxic emissions are, and where they are likely to go. The app will not solve the pollution problem but it will allow people to see what they are getting into, and let them know if it would be better to change their plans. The readings will show the concentration of pollutants right down to the level of the street they are on. Badly polluted air can make outdoor exercise a health hazard, because tiny particles 30 times smaller than a human hair, known as PM2.5, can find their way deep into the lungs. The app will allow someone training for a marathon, children with physical education classes scheduled and people suffering from asthma to check PM2.5 levels and stay away from high concentrations, or even postpone training or going out that day. According to the Hedley Environmental Index designed by the School of Public Health at the university, known as HKU, air pollution was responsible for about 1,780 deaths in Hong Kong in the past year. Like a smartwatch, the system will be able to track a person's fitness and activity level. But, more important, it will also read the air quality and even forecast it for the next hour or next day. That means it will be able to advise individuals about suitable activities based on both air quality and their personal health and fitness. Researchers say it will provide estimates of PM2.5 concentrations for any geographical area in Hong Kong, down to the hectare level. It's like weather reporting, on a real-time basis, to the street level, said Victor Li On-kwok, chair professor of information engineering at the university's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, who is leading the team studying the system.
