Year 2014 (MMXIV) falls under the third millennium.. February–ongoing – The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa begins, infecting over 20,000 people and killing at least 7,000 people, the most severe both in terms of numbers of infections and casualties.. March 8 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.. June 12 – July 13 – The 2014 FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil, and is won by Germany.. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes in eastern Ukraine after being shot down by a missile. All 298 people on board are killed.. July 24 – Air Algérie Flight 5017 crashes in Mali, killing all 116 people on board.. and lastly December 28 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 disappears on a flight between Surabaya, Indonesia and Singapore with 162 people aboard.. That wraps up our meeting for year 2014.. Happy New Year 2015 Folks
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:33:59 +0000
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