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EasyJet cuts more flights to try to manage disruption, sees cost hit

The UK discount carrier will now operate at around 87% of pre-Covid capacity in three months ending June 30, increasing to about 90% for its fiscal fourth quarter through September, a statement said

EasyJet cuts more flights to try to manage disruption, sees cost hit
Updated On : 20 Jun 2022 | 4:24 PM IST

Brussels bomber identified as guard of foreign IS hostages

Laachraoui, 24, was one of 2 suicide bombers who struck the airport, while a third attacker blew himself up at on a metro train

Brussels bomber identified as guard of foreign IS hostages
Updated On : 22 Apr 2016 | 7:37 PM IST

Brussels bombers had planned to attack France again

The militant cell behind bombings in Brussels had been plotting to hit France again after carrying out the Paris attacks in November, but was forced to strike closer to home as police closed in, Belgian prosecutors said on Sunday.Investigations into the Islamic State attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people, showed that many of the perpetrators lived in Belgium, including surviving suspects who managed to evade police for more than four months.Prime suspect Salah Abdeslam was arrested on March 18 in the Belgian capital. Four days later, suicide bombers killed 32 people in Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train."Numerous elements in the investigation have shown that the terrorist group initially had the intention to strike in France again," Belgium's federal prosecutor said in a statement."Surprised by the speed of progress in the investigation, they took the decision to strike in Brussels."Belgian intelligence and security forces had been criticised abroad for not doing more to

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Updated On : 11 Apr 2016 | 12:30 AM IST

Brussels Airport reopens with three flights, tighter security

Partial resumption of services at the airport will start with the three flights to Faro, Athens and Turin

Brussels Airport reopens with three flights, tighter security
Updated On : 03 Apr 2016 | 10:37 AM IST

Brussel bombers used nails and nail varnish for explosives

An empty apartment block on a quiet street turned out to be the perfect place for the three suspected Brussels attackers to prepare the home-made nail bombs used in Tuesday's airport and metro attacks that killed at least 31 people.In a building undergoing renovation, there were no near neighbours to notice them taking in large quantities of strong-smelling household chemicals, as well as a suitcase of nails, to concoct an unstable white explosive powder known as TATP, or triacetone triperoxide, that they later used in their attacks.Having moved in two months ago, the Belgian brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui used the apartment in the largely middle class borough of Schaerbeek as a laboratory-cum hideout, from where Brahim and two other men took a taxi on Tuesday morning to the airport to commit their attacks.Their choice of low-cost explosives - among ingredients are drain cleaner and nail varnish remover - apparent knowledge of chemistry and ability to set up in an apartment 15

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Updated On : 26 Mar 2016 | 10:14 PM IST

'Belgian suicide attacker made Paris bombs'

The Belgian authorities also announced that three men had been arrested in Brussels on Friday

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Updated On : 26 Mar 2016 | 1:22 AM IST

Brussels afterburn: Hunt on for third man

EU and justice ministers were to hold emergency talks on a joint response to Tuesday's bombings in Brussels

Brussels afterburn: Hunt on for third man
Updated On : 25 Mar 2016 | 12:12 AM IST

All you need to know about Brussels attackers: el-Bakraoui brothers & Najim Laachraoui

A third name has emerged as a key suspect. Apart from the brothers el-Bakraoui

All you need to know about Brussels attackers: el-Bakraoui brothers & Najim Laachraoui
Updated On : 24 Mar 2016 | 3:53 PM IST

Infosys employee from Bengaluru missing in Brussels

The missing employee has been identified as Raghavendran Ganesh

Infosys employee from Bengaluru missing in Brussels
Updated On : 23 Mar 2016 | 8:10 PM IST

Govt. trying its best to locate missing Infosys employee: Sushma Swaraj

Raghavendra Ganeshan has been missing after the attacks in Belgium

Govt. trying its best to locate missing Infosys employee: Sushma Swaraj
Updated On : 23 Mar 2016 | 6:14 PM IST

Brussels airport suspect Najim Laachraoui held: Belgian media

Media reports say he was taken into custody in the Anderlecht district of Brussels

Brussels airport suspect Najim Laachraoui held: Belgian media
Updated On : 23 Mar 2016 | 5:45 PM IST

Two Jet Airways crew hurt in Brussels explosions

Airline receives threat call about bombs on domestic flights

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Updated On : 23 Mar 2016 | 12:43 AM IST

34 dead, over 200 injured as blasts rock Brussels

Islamic State group claims responsibility for the blasts at airport and a metro station

34 dead, over 200 injured as blasts rock Brussels
Updated On : 22 Mar 2016 | 9:17 PM IST

28 killed in Brussels as terror strikes Europe again

13 lives were snuffed out at the airport and 15 others at a metro station

28 killed in Brussels as terror strikes Europe again
Updated On : 22 Mar 2016 | 6:00 PM IST