Portal:Current events/2003 April 10
April 10, 2003 (Thursday)
- United States Green Berets and Kurdish fighters enter the city of Kirkuk in Iraq with little resistance. Turkey and U.S., in separate statements, say they will not allow the Kurds to occupy the city.,[1][2]
- British Airways and Air France simultaneously announce that they will retire the supersonic Concorde aircraft. Passenger numbers had never recovered following a crash that killed 113 in 2000.[3] In response, Sir Richard Branson offers to buy British Airways' Concordes for £1 for the use of his Virgin Atlantic Airlines. BA dismisses the offer as a stunt and indicates that the planes will go to air museums.[4]
- A fire destroys a boarding school for the deaf in Makhachkala, Russia, killing 28 children, aged eight to 14. About 100 other children suffer burns and smoke inhalation, 39 of which are in serious condition.[5]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-04-11. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-07-17. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "UK | Concorde grounded for good". BBC News. 2003-04-10. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-11-14. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)