Bangkok: A Thai bay that was made iconic by its appearance in the 2000 Hollywood film "The Beach" will remain closed until 2021 since a sharp rise in visitors had severely damaged the environment. Maya Bay, on the island of Phi Phi Leh, was temporarily closed last year, the media reported on Friday. Authorities have now extended the ban on visitors by two years to give more time for Maya Bay's ecology to recover. IANS
Pilot flies plane unconscious for 40 mins in Australia
Canberra: A trainee pilot flew unconscious for about 40 minutes through controlled airspace above Adelaide airport in Australia after he skipped breakfast on the morning of the flight. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released its report into the "serious incident", which took place on March 9 and involved an aircraft from flight school Flight Training Adelaide. The ATSB said that the trainee pilot hadn't slept much the night before the flight and had only consumed a chocolate bar, an energy drink and some water." IANS
Octogenarian Irish woman meets 103-year-old mum
London: An 81-year-old Irish woman has been reunited with her centinarian mother for the first time after searching for her for over 60 years, according to a media report on Friday. Eileen Macken grew up in a Bethany Home orphanage in Dublin and had never met her birth mother. She started searching when she was 19 and last year contacted Ireland's RTE's Liveline to appeal for help to find her mother. Earlier this year a genealogist called to say he had tracked her down in Scotland. PTI
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