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Zawya
a day ago
- General
- Zawya
Oman Air flight to Bangkok turned around due to technical issue
Muscat: An Oman Air flight bound for Bangkok in Thailand, was turned around due to a technical glitch and landed in Muscat, the airline confirmed on Saturday. In a statement, the airline said, "Oman Air flight WY815, flying from Muscat to Bangkok on 31 May 2025, experienced a technical issue shortly after take-off and in accordance with safety and operational protocols, had to return to Muscat International Airport." The aircraft landed safely at Muscat without incident according to the airline. "Our guests were disembarked and taken back to the terminal. All guests were accommodated on a replacement flight shortly after. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. As always, the safety of our guests and crew remains our top priority." © Muscat Media Group Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Times of Oman
3 days ago
- General
- Times of Oman
Oman Air flight to Bangkok turned around due to technical issue
Muscat: An Oman Air flight bound for Bangkok in Thailand, was turned around due to a technical glitch and landed in Muscat, the airline confirmed on Saturday. In a statement, the airline said, "Oman Air flight WY815, flying from Muscat to Bangkok on 31 May 2025, experienced a technical issue shortly after take-off and in accordance with safety and operational protocols, had to return to Muscat International Airport." The aircraft landed safely at Muscat without incident according to the airline. "Our guests were disembarked and taken back to the terminal. All guests were accommodated on a replacement flight shortly after. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. As always, the safety of our guests and crew remains our top priority."
The Independent
21-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Rachel Reeves's interview disrupted by on-air audio glitch as Chancellor's voice turns high pitched
A interview was stopped mid-air due to a technical glitch that resulted in her voice sounding extremely high pitched. Discussing recent inflation data from the Office of National Statistics in a squeaky voice, the Chancellor was cut short mid-sentence by Sky News. Presenter Wilfred Frost had to apologise for the technical blunder: "I think we've got a problem there with the sound, again," he explained. Inflation rose to 3.5 per cent last month – the largest month-on-month rise in two and a half years.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Jamb 2025: Nigeria's exam body admits 'glitch' amid low pass rate
Nigeria's national examination body has admitted to a "technical glitch" which compromised some results of this year's university-entrance exams, after nearly 80% of students got low have complained about not being able to log in to the computers, questions not showing up and power cuts making it impossible to take the low pass rate has sparked widespread outrage, especially after one candidate took her own Opesusi Timileyin, 19, who was aspiring to study microbiology at university, died after swallowing poison, her family said. Her father and elder sister told the BBC that she had sat the exam for the second time and got 146 marks out of 400, lower than the 193 she had last year."The pain made her take her own life," her father, Oluwafemi Opesusi, told BBC 200 or above out of 400 is enough to get a place in 400,000 of the 1.9 million students achieved that mark, one of the worst performances in recent student, Favour Eke, told BBC Igbo that 10 of the 165 questions didn't appear on the screen - all she could see was the multiple choice options for the answers."We were told to omit the blank questions and continue the exam but it was very hard to concentrate after that," she has also experienced technical problems getting her results, meaning she is very unlikely to get into university this year - the third time she has taken the sat the test in the capital, Abuja, which is not one of the centres where students can retake their exams, leaving her completely exams body has apologised for the "painful damage" and "the trauma that it has subjected affected Nigerians".In a press conference, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (Jamb) registrar Ishaq Oloyede broke down in tears as he announced that almost 380,000 candidates in 157 affected centres from a total of 887, would be able to retake their exams starting from zones that are most affected are Lagos and several states in the blamed a failure of the computer system to upload exam responses by candidates in these areas during the first days of the said an "unusual level of public concerns and loud complaints" had "prompted us to do an immediate audit or review". Ordinarily, this would have happened in June, it national exam, known as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), is a computer-based test that is a requirement for those joining universities and other tertiary 2025 test, which was conducted in March, was marred by disruptions due to power outages in some head of the exams body earlier this week defended the poor results, saying they reflected the "true academic abilities" of the students and were because of a clampdown on Nigerians on social media have been calling for accountability, with some seeking Oloyede's figure Peter Obi said that while the admission of fault was commendable, the issue raised "a very concerning issue on glitches and the grave havoc" in critical activist Rinu Oduala said it was "incompetence. It's educational sabotage. He should be arrested immediately."Additional reporting by Chukwunaeme Obiejesi, Andrew Gift and Marvelous Obomanu in Nigeria You may also be interested in: 'I screamed': Nigerian Doctor Who fan thrilled show is coming to LagosHusband of late Nigerian gospel singer sentenced to deathNigerians fear savings lost as investment app freezes them outNigerian bandit kingpin and 100 followers killed Go to for more news from the African us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica
