Bird strike lands Ethipian Boeing in Malta

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 757-200 was forced to land in Malta yesterday following a bird strike while enroute to its destination in Ethiopia.
The Boeing with registration ET-ALZ, which left Rome Fiumicino Airport, in Italy, and was on its way to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, had 135 people on board. The crew decided to shut down the right engine when 140 nautical miles from Malta and decided to divert to Malta International Airport and requested emergency services to be on stand-by. Following repairs on the ground, flight ET-703 departed towards Addis Ababa reaching its destination with a delay of more than 10 hours.

Ethiopian immigrants protest at Safi Detention Center in Malta

A number of immigrants detained at Safi caused damage to the Detention Centre while protesting last night.
The incident occurred at 03:00h when a small group of irregular immigrants dislodged a number of stone slabs from a wall with the aim of escaping from their accommodation block. This activity was noted by an alert detention service officer who immediately raised the alarm and called for the assistance of his colleagues. The group of immigrants responded by throwing back broken stones, hot water and other objects at their disposal. The migrants were brought under control within a few minutes by the detention officers with the intervention of members of the police force from Zurrieq police station and the Rapid Intervention Unit. One detention service officer was slightly injured during this incident. The reason for the violent protest was not clear but the protesting migrants were mainly from Ethiopia. The incident is being investigated by the Police.