News Headlines - 22 September 2019
▽Indonesia to Fault 737 MAX Design, U.S. Oversight in Lion Air Crash Report - WSJ
Indonesian investigators have determined that design and oversight lapses played a central role in the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jet in October, according to people familiar with the matter, in what is expected to be the first formal government finding of fault.
The draft conclusions, these people said, also identify a string of pilot errors and maintenance mistakes as causal factors in the fatal plunge of the Boeing Co. plane into the Java Sea, echoing a preliminary report from Indonesia last year.
Shocking scans show how smoking e-cigarettes left a 19-year-old's lungs filled with solidified vape oil and rendered him unable to breathe on his own.
Anthony Mayo, 19, of Erie, Pennsylvania, became seriously ill last week. He struggled to breathe, looked pale and felt sick, his parents say.
Doctors found his lungs were severely congested with the solidified vape oil, which they compared to hardened grease from cooking bacon.
It had caused Anthony, who has vaped for around two years, to have 'the lungs of a 60-year-old, two-pack-a-day, smoker'.
▽Burger King scraps plastic toys in children's meals, launches amnesty - Reuters
Burger King will stop handing out plastic toys in its children’s meals and said on Thursday it was launching an amnesty for customers to return any freebies in a bid to tackle the growing problem of plastic waste.
The action at its restaurants across Britain will save an estimated 320 tonnes of single use plastic every year, the fast food giant said.
Larger rival McDonald’s Corp announced on Wednesday that some of its restaurants in Britain and Ireland would allow customers to swap toys in happy meals for a fruit bag from next month and that it planned to introduce books as an option from early next year.
▽Sir Paul McCartney: Brexit vote probably a mistake - BBC News
Sir Paul McCartney has said the Brexit referendum was "probably a mistake" and he will "be glad when it's over".
He had not voted in the referendum, he said, as he "didn't see anybody saying anything sensible enough".
Sir Paul said the current situation was "a mess" but added: "I think we'll come through it, we always do."
▽FIFA: Iran 'assures' women can attend World Cup qualifier | Al Jazeera
Iran has "assured" FIFA that women will be able to attend a World Cup qualifying match in Tehran next month, according to Gianni Infantino, the president of football's global governing body.
A female Iranian fan died this month after setting herself on fire to protest against her arrest for attending a game.
