August 21: Hong Kong Tiananmen Convictions and Sydney Search Error
In Australia New South Wales authorities are investigating a communication failure in the search for 18-year-old Lily Hooper, who had been missing for eight days in Nattai National Park. Her family and the public were told she had been found alive, including in an announcement by Premier Chris Minns, before search crews confirmed minutes later that she had died. Reports say an unverified coded message referring to “half a bottle of water” was wrongly understood and passed on as a rescue confirmation. In Alaska A charter plane carrying two pilots and six passengers crashed near a remote radar…
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