British Royal Air Force training aircraft encounters incident
According to AFP, citing a local police announcement, two pilots were injured after a Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawk T2 training aircraft crashed in Wales on September 23.
The Hawk T2 took off from the RAF Valley base on Anglesey Island before crashing in the nearby Pencarnisiog area. The two pilots promptly jumped off their seats and escaped from the plane and are being treated for injuries that are considered not serious. Authorities have not recorded further information about other injuries or widespread damage.
Immediately after that, rescue, medical and ambulance units were dispatched to the scene. The Northern Wales Fire and Rescue Service said that the fire at the plane crash site was under control.
The British Royal Air Force then temporarily suspended the operation of Hawk T1 and Hawk T2 aircraft as a precautionary measure during the investigation of the cause.
British Defense Secretary Wess Streeting said that detailed information about the incident will be released in the near future.
Death toll from Typhoon Dujuan in Japan rises to 10
According to Xinhua news agency, as of September 23 (local time), the death toll from heavy rain related to Typhoon Dujuan in eastern Japan has increased to 10 people, while 4 people are still missing.
Among the victims, 7 people died in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. Japanese media reported that the latest case is a man over 70 years old, previously reported missing after a landslide in Kamogawa city.
The remaining three cases were recorded in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo.
Police and firefighters are still searching for the missing people.
Typhoon Dujuan approached the east coast of the Pacific Ocean in Japan on September 21 before moving further away. The typhoon caused record rainfall in Kanto and the Izu Islands, leading to many landslides, rising river water and flooding in areas near Tokyo. More than 630 houses in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures were destroyed, damaged, and flooded due to the typhoon's impact.
Houthi affirms transportation through Bab al-Mandab Strait is still normal
On September 23 (local time), Houthi forces in Yemen said that 408 merchant ships passed through the Bab al-Mandab Strait between September 11 and 21, of which 196 ships moved north, towards the Red Sea, and 212 ships went south, towards the Gulf of Aden.
Houthi said that on average, more than 40 ships pass through this vital maritime route every day, excluding Saudi Arabian ships, and affirmed that maritime operations are still taking place normally and safely.
The information was released in the context of developments surrounding the Bab al-Mandab Strait that are attracting the attention of the international maritime transport industry. Bab al-Mandab connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and is part of an important maritime route connecting Asia with Europe through the Suez Canal. Fighting in Yemen in recent weeks continues to take place near this sea route.
