"Report: More than 6,500 migrant workers have died during Qatar's World Cup prep"

"More than 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar amid the nation's preparation to host the 2022 World Cup, The Guardian reports. The report cites government data from the home nations of migrant workers, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The data have been compiled since Qatar was awarded the World Cup in 2010, working out to an average of 12 deaths per week, according to the report. FIFA awarded the World Cup to Qatar despite widespread concerns over human rights violations and treatment of migrant workers. Amnesty International has since documented conditions of workers being "exploited" and "subjected to forced labor." "They can’t change jobs, they can’t leave the country, and they often wait months to get paid," a report from the human rights organization states. Guardian estimate: Actual death toll 'considerably higher' According to The Guardian, 2,711 workers from India, 1,641 from Nepal, 1,018 from Bangladesh, 824 from Pakistan and 557 from Sri Lanka have died working in Qatar since 2010. The Guardian estimates that the actual death toll of migrant workers is "considerably higher" since the data it cites is limited to the listed countries. The nation with a population of less than 3 million is depending on 2 million migrant workers to man its labor force. The Philippines and Kenya are among other nations to send migrant workers to Qatar, according to the report. The listed causes of death include electrocution, blunt injuries due to a fall from height and suicide. Most of the deaths are listed as "natural" while citing heart or respiratory failure, according to the report. Daytime temperatures in Qatar can approach 120 degrees during the summer. Normally played in the summer, Qatar's World Cup will be held in November and December because of the oppressive heat.

Massive nationwide construction project, including a new city Nick McGeehan of labor rights organization FairSquare Projects told The Guardian that World Cup construction accounts for much of the death toll. “A very significant proportion of the migrant workers who have died since 2011 were only in the country because Qatar won the right to host the World Cup,” he said.

Qatar has built or is building seven new stadiums in addition to significant infrastructure upgrades, including roadways, hotels and an airport in preparation to host the World Cup. The opening and closing matches will be held at Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail, a city being built from the ground up ahead of the World Cup.

Qatar: Death toll within 'expected range' Qatar's government didn't dispute The Guardian's findings and characterized the death toll as "expected" in a statement to publication."

https://sports.yahoo.com/report-more-than-6500-migrant-workers-have-died-during-qatars-world-cup-prep-043412847.html

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"Pilot reports UFO, says missile-like object flew over plane during flight to Phoenix"

A pilot on a Phoenix-bound American Airlines flight radioed that an unidentified object flew over the plane in New Mexico on Sunday.

At approximately 1:19 p.m. CST, the pilot of American Airlines Flight 2292 from Cincinnati reported, "Do you have any targets up here? We just had something go right over the top of us," according to a radio transmission recorded by a blogger, Steve Douglass, and uploaded on Douglass' blog, Deep Black Horizon.

At that time, the aircraft was over the northeast corner of New Mexico, according to Douglass.

"I hate to say this – looked like a long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise missile type of thing moving really fast. It went right over the top of us," the pilot said in the radio transmission.

Douglass said he was trying to find if he had recorded a mayday call from another aircraft whose engines caught fire after taking off from Denver when he heard the pilot.

"It was a pure coincidence," Douglass told The Arizona Republic. "I was just as surprised as everybody else was."

American Airlines has confirmed that the radio transmission is from American Airlines Flight 2292.

"Following a debrief with our flight crew and additional information received, we can confirm this radio transmission was from American Airlines Flight 2292 on Feb. 21," according to a statement from American Airlines.

The Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers didn't see any object in the area on their radarscopes, according to a statement from FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor.

Could it have been a missile? Scott Stearns, director of public affairs at White Sands Missile Range, located in southern New Mexico, said the range conducted no tests on Sunday and that "we never test in that area."

White Sands Missile Range is the U.S. Department of Defense's "largest, fully-instrumented, open air range," according to the range's website.

Stearns said he has also communicated with the Holloman Air Force Base, which is also located in the southern area of New Mexico, and "they have nothing at all up there."

A Holloman Air Force Base spokesperson told The Republic they would look into the issue but did not respond in time for publication.

Originally established in 1942, the Holloman Air Force Base is home to the world's longest and fastest test track, according to the base's website.

The FBI in New Mexico did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In 2018, pilots over southern Arizona saw an unidentified object in the skies north of Tucson, according to an FAA recording obtained by The Republic.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pilot-reports-unknown-missile-object-123012558.html