An anti-Trump billboard containing a picture of the president, nuclear mushroom clouds and Nazi-like dollar signs has sparked controversy in Phoenix, Arizona.
The work is by artist Karen Fiorito who said she was expressing "tension in the air" among people "who don't have a voice".
She said: "I do feel like we are headed down a road of destruction and apocalyptic destruction."
She also told KSAZ-TV she did not regret the billboard, saying: "I got the opportunity to have a platform to say something and I took that opportunity and I take full responsibly for it."
Ms Fiorito said she was speaking for those "who feel they don't have a voice right now."
She said the limited liability corporation, an organisation in Phoenix that supports the arts, gave her a platform to make a statement about the President.
The billboard contains an image of him, with post-atomic bomb mushroom clouds in the background, and dollar signs that bear a resemblance to swastikas on each side.
After it was put up, she said she was expecting a backlash and death threats.
On the other side of the same billboard is one showing five fists forming sign language letters with the word "unity" beneath them.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Paris shooting and Orly airport attack: Timeline
A man shot dead at a Paris airport after grabbing a soldier's gun had earlier opened fire on police officers at a road check.
Here is a timeline of how events unfolded.
:: Three police officers pull over a vehicle for speeding in Stains in the north of Paris at 6.55am local time.
A man /opens fire, "lightly" injuring one officer in her head.
:: Gunman shoots officer before Paris airport attack
:: The gunman flees and later hijacks a woman's car at gunpoint in the Vitry area. The vehicle was found abandoned near Orly, the capital's second largest airport.
:: At 8.30am a man attempts to take the assault rifle of a soldier at the airport.
She was patrolling as part of the national 'Sentinelle' security operation, launched following deadly terror attacks in the country.
:: Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says the woman managed to hold on to the weapon and that her two colleagues shot him dead.
:: An image shows the man, said to be in his 40's, lying on his back on the floor of the terminal building.
:: Thousands of people were evacuated from the airport during the security lockdown and flights diverted to Charles de Gaulle airport.
:: Bomb squad teams swept the airport to check for explosives, but nothing was found.
:: Police sources revealed the dead man was as "a radicalised Muslim known to intelligence services and the justice system".
:: The father and brother of the man killed have been taken into custody
:: France's anti-terrorism prosecutor opens an investigation into the incident.
:: The suspect is named as Ziyed B by local media.
:: Diplomats confirm the visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Paris will continue unaffected.
:: The country, which holds presidential elections in a few weeks time, remains on high alert after a series of deadly terror attacks and a state of emergency remains in force until at least the end of July.
Here is a timeline of how events unfolded.
:: Three police officers pull over a vehicle for speeding in Stains in the north of Paris at 6.55am local time.
A man /opens fire, "lightly" injuring one officer in her head.
:: Gunman shoots officer before Paris airport attack
:: The gunman flees and later hijacks a woman's car at gunpoint in the Vitry area. The vehicle was found abandoned near Orly, the capital's second largest airport.
:: At 8.30am a man attempts to take the assault rifle of a soldier at the airport.
She was patrolling as part of the national 'Sentinelle' security operation, launched following deadly terror attacks in the country.
:: Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says the woman managed to hold on to the weapon and that her two colleagues shot him dead.
:: An image shows the man, said to be in his 40's, lying on his back on the floor of the terminal building.
:: Thousands of people were evacuated from the airport during the security lockdown and flights diverted to Charles de Gaulle airport.
:: Bomb squad teams swept the airport to check for explosives, but nothing was found.
:: Police sources revealed the dead man was as "a radicalised Muslim known to intelligence services and the justice system".
:: The father and brother of the man killed have been taken into custody
:: France's anti-terrorism prosecutor opens an investigation into the incident.
:: The suspect is named as Ziyed B by local media.
:: Diplomats confirm the visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Paris will continue unaffected.
:: The country, which holds presidential elections in a few weeks time, remains on high alert after a series of deadly terror attacks and a state of emergency remains in force until at least the end of July.
George Osborne may have broken rules over Evening Standard editor job
Pressure is mounting on George Osborne to step down as an MP after it emerged he may have broken post-ministerial rules when taking his new job as editor of the Evening Standard.
When ministers step down from office they are subject to a two-year grace period, during which any other jobs or employment they undertake is contingent on approval by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA).
The members of that committee subject the appointment to a number of tests around conflict of interest.
:: New Evening Standard editor Osborne criticised for remaining as MP
Ex-ministers are also supposed to submit their requests and then wait for the committee's guidance before accepting something and making it public.
Sky News has learnt that Mr Osborne did not await for approval from ACOBA and is therefore in breach of its guidelines - and more importantly of the ministerial code.
One former senior civil servant familiar with the process told Sky News that it is a clear case of "business appointment guidelines not being followed".
Another put it more punchily: "He's made a mockery of the whole process."
:: Former chancellor George Osborne has HOW many jobs?
The latter acknowledged why Mr Osborne had done it; the committee within Whitehall is notoriously slow in conducting its work and the news may have leaked.
Nevertheless, if procedure is not followed then "the whole process is pretty pointless".
Mr Osborne has some form on this. When his appointment to the Chairmanship of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership was announced, the committee ticked off the former Chancellor.
In its report on the subject, it said: "The Committee wrote to Mr Osborne and noted with concern that he sought advice on this appointment after the launch of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership.
"The Committee advised it is unable to offer retrospective advice on appointments that have already been announced."
Therefore it is possible that ACOBA does not offer advice on the Standard job.
Theoretically, it could veto Mr Osborne's appointment, although it has never done this for any appointment in its history.
Labour looks likely to call for an inquiry into the matter from the Cabinet Office when the House of Commons next meets on Monday.
Thus pressure may mount on Mr Osborne to explain himself.
When ministers step down from office they are subject to a two-year grace period, during which any other jobs or employment they undertake is contingent on approval by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA).
The members of that committee subject the appointment to a number of tests around conflict of interest.
:: New Evening Standard editor Osborne criticised for remaining as MP
Ex-ministers are also supposed to submit their requests and then wait for the committee's guidance before accepting something and making it public.
Sky News has learnt that Mr Osborne did not await for approval from ACOBA and is therefore in breach of its guidelines - and more importantly of the ministerial code.
One former senior civil servant familiar with the process told Sky News that it is a clear case of "business appointment guidelines not being followed".
Another put it more punchily: "He's made a mockery of the whole process."
:: Former chancellor George Osborne has HOW many jobs?
The latter acknowledged why Mr Osborne had done it; the committee within Whitehall is notoriously slow in conducting its work and the news may have leaked.
Nevertheless, if procedure is not followed then "the whole process is pretty pointless".
Mr Osborne has some form on this. When his appointment to the Chairmanship of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership was announced, the committee ticked off the former Chancellor.
In its report on the subject, it said: "The Committee wrote to Mr Osborne and noted with concern that he sought advice on this appointment after the launch of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership.
"The Committee advised it is unable to offer retrospective advice on appointments that have already been announced."
Therefore it is possible that ACOBA does not offer advice on the Standard job.
Theoretically, it could veto Mr Osborne's appointment, although it has never done this for any appointment in its history.
Labour looks likely to call for an inquiry into the matter from the Cabinet Office when the House of Commons next meets on Monday.
Thus pressure may mount on Mr Osborne to explain himself.
Trump: Germany owes 'vast sums of money' to NATO
Donald Trump says Germany owes "vast sums of money" to NATO, just a day after meeting Angela Merkel at the White House.
The president said the US must be paid more for providing defence in a tweet he posted while at his weekend retreat in Florida.
He reiterated his stance that Germany needs to meet its end of the bargain if it is to continue benefiting from the military alliance.
Mr Trump wrote: "Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel."
He added: "Nevertheless, Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"
But a former US ambassador pointed out that NATO members don't pay the United States for security, but contribute by spending on their own militaries.
Ivo Daalder tweeted: "Sorry, Mr President, that's not how NATO works.
"This is not a financial transaction, where NATO countries pay the US to defend them. It is part of our treaty commitment."
Mrs Merkel and Mr Trump appeared to have an awkward meeting at the White House, with the US President seemingly refusing to shake the German Chancellor's hand in front of the media in the Oval Office.
They had, however, shaken hands when they met earlier.
The two leaders discussed NATO funding, trade agreements and the international situations in Ukraine and Syria.
During their joint news conference on Friday, Mr Trump, who has dubbed NATO "obsolete", demanded America's allies pay back the "vast sums of money from past years".
Mrs Merkel said Germany had committed to increasing its military spending to the previously agreed level of 2% of GDP for NATO's European members.
Besides the United States (at 3.36% of GDP), only Britain (2.17%), Poland (2.01%), Estonia (2.18%) and Greece (2.36%) currently reach the goal, according to NATO estimates for 2016.
Mr Trump set the tone for his relations with the German chancellor during his campaign last year, saying her decision to allow refugees into Germany was a "catastrophic mistake" and suggested she was "ruining Germany".
The president said the US must be paid more for providing defence in a tweet he posted while at his weekend retreat in Florida.
He reiterated his stance that Germany needs to meet its end of the bargain if it is to continue benefiting from the military alliance.
Mr Trump wrote: "Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel."
He added: "Nevertheless, Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"
But a former US ambassador pointed out that NATO members don't pay the United States for security, but contribute by spending on their own militaries.
Ivo Daalder tweeted: "Sorry, Mr President, that's not how NATO works.
"This is not a financial transaction, where NATO countries pay the US to defend them. It is part of our treaty commitment."
Mrs Merkel and Mr Trump appeared to have an awkward meeting at the White House, with the US President seemingly refusing to shake the German Chancellor's hand in front of the media in the Oval Office.
They had, however, shaken hands when they met earlier.
The two leaders discussed NATO funding, trade agreements and the international situations in Ukraine and Syria.
During their joint news conference on Friday, Mr Trump, who has dubbed NATO "obsolete", demanded America's allies pay back the "vast sums of money from past years".
Mrs Merkel said Germany had committed to increasing its military spending to the previously agreed level of 2% of GDP for NATO's European members.
Besides the United States (at 3.36% of GDP), only Britain (2.17%), Poland (2.01%), Estonia (2.18%) and Greece (2.36%) currently reach the goal, according to NATO estimates for 2016.
Mr Trump set the tone for his relations with the German chancellor during his campaign last year, saying her decision to allow refugees into Germany was a "catastrophic mistake" and suggested she was "ruining Germany".
Friday, March 17, 2017
Donald Trump on GCHQ wiretapping claims: I was quoting 'legal mind'
Donald Trump has deflected questions about allegations GCHQ spied on him, saying he was just repeating somebody else's claims.
In a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the US President was asked whether he regretted tweeting the claim that the Obama administration had wiretapped Trump Towers during the election.
In his reply, he made a reference to claims that Mrs Merkel had been the subject of surveillance by Mr Obama in 2010 and appeared to lay the blame for the original allegation on Fox News.
He said: "As far as wiretapping (gesturing to Mrs Merkel), this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps.
"We said nothing - all we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. I didn't make any opinion on it.
"That was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on Fox and so you shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to Fox, ok?"
:: 'Trump Tower plans' on agent's stolen laptop
Those comments appear to contradict a series of tweets by the US President earlier this month, in which he labelled former president Barack Obama a "bad (or sick) guy" and said a "good lawyer could make a great case" out of the claims.
Mr Trump was referring to US media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano, who made the original accusation about GCHQ involvement on Wednesday.
That claim was then repeated by White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who has repeatedly said the US President stands by the allegation and does not regret making it.
On Thursday, US Congress rejected the wiretap claim, with leaders of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence saying: "Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016."
GCHQ had previously dismissed the wiretap as "utterly ridiculous".
A spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that the White House had assured Number 10 it will not repeat the GCHQ claims.
He said: "We've made clear to the administration that these claims are ridiculous and they should be ignored and we've received assurances that these allegations will not be repeated.
"We have a close relationship with the White House and that allows us to raise concerns as and when they arise as was true in this case."
The US Justice Department said it had delivered documents to congressional committees following their request for information on the wiretapping allegations.
Mrs Merkel and Mr Trump appeared to have an awkward meeting at the White House, with the US President seemingly refusing to shake the German Chancellor's hand in front of the media in the Oval Office.
They had, however, shaken hands when they met earlier.
The two leaders discussed NATO funding, trade agreements and the international situations in Ukraine and Syria.
But Mr Trump denied claims his policies were isolationist. He said: "I don't believe in isolationist policy, but I also believe that a trade policy should be fair.
"I am a free trader, but I'm also a fair trader."
In a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the US President was asked whether he regretted tweeting the claim that the Obama administration had wiretapped Trump Towers during the election.
In his reply, he made a reference to claims that Mrs Merkel had been the subject of surveillance by Mr Obama in 2010 and appeared to lay the blame for the original allegation on Fox News.
He said: "As far as wiretapping (gesturing to Mrs Merkel), this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps.
"We said nothing - all we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. I didn't make any opinion on it.
"That was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on Fox and so you shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to Fox, ok?"
:: 'Trump Tower plans' on agent's stolen laptop
Those comments appear to contradict a series of tweets by the US President earlier this month, in which he labelled former president Barack Obama a "bad (or sick) guy" and said a "good lawyer could make a great case" out of the claims.
Mr Trump was referring to US media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano, who made the original accusation about GCHQ involvement on Wednesday.
That claim was then repeated by White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who has repeatedly said the US President stands by the allegation and does not regret making it.
On Thursday, US Congress rejected the wiretap claim, with leaders of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence saying: "Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016."
GCHQ had previously dismissed the wiretap as "utterly ridiculous".
A spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that the White House had assured Number 10 it will not repeat the GCHQ claims.
He said: "We've made clear to the administration that these claims are ridiculous and they should be ignored and we've received assurances that these allegations will not be repeated.
"We have a close relationship with the White House and that allows us to raise concerns as and when they arise as was true in this case."
The US Justice Department said it had delivered documents to congressional committees following their request for information on the wiretapping allegations.
Mrs Merkel and Mr Trump appeared to have an awkward meeting at the White House, with the US President seemingly refusing to shake the German Chancellor's hand in front of the media in the Oval Office.
They had, however, shaken hands when they met earlier.
The two leaders discussed NATO funding, trade agreements and the international situations in Ukraine and Syria.
But Mr Trump denied claims his policies were isolationist. He said: "I don't believe in isolationist policy, but I also believe that a trade policy should be fair.
"I am a free trader, but I'm also a fair trader."
Advertising giant WPP warns Google over hate videos
The world's largest advertising agency has loaded pressure on Google by telling it to apologise to customers and advertisers who saw inappropriate content on YouTube, Sky News has learned.
WPP, through its media-buying company GroupM, has also written to clients explaining the potential risks to their brands, and offered them the choice of what they wanted to do next.
MPs recently said Google was "still profiting from hatred" after it failed to remove videos from groups allegedly linked to terrorism .
Google was summoned to appear in front of Cabinet Office ministers on Friday.
Sky News understands that the company apologised to senior civil servants representing the Government and pledged a review of their advertising systems.
Google was asked to return for another meeting next week to set out the action they plan to take.
The government, along with commercial organisations including the Guardian and French advertising giant Havas, have already suspended advertising with Google.
GroupM buys advertising space for a range of international companies, on a variety of media. It is responsible for more than $100bn a year of spending, making it the biggest media buying agency in the world.
Sky News understand the company has recently offered "advisory notices" to clients, warning them of the dangers of certain "uncurated" platforms - such as Snapchat Lenses.
It has not, so far, advised companies to pull their advertising, but has told them they should reflect on their "attitude towards risk" and decide if they want to change their strategy.
GroupM expects responses from major companies in the next 48 hours and then will decide on what action to take.
It is the attitude it takes towards YouTube, which is owned by Google, that will make the greatest impact.
Rob Norman, GroupM's chief digital officer, told Sky News that Google's response "has so far not been sufficient" and he said it needed to make "a public announcement apologising to consumers for the presence of the content, and telling those consumer that they should never imply that an advertiser endorses that content.
"The company needs to publicly apologise to companies whose reputation has been compromised, and to take action," he said.
"Google is presently saying that it takes this issue seriously, but what we will want to see is action.
"If nothing happens then I think the attitude of the market will harden."
Yvette Cooper MP, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, has said that Google's failure to remove the hate videos by was "frankly astonishing"
On Tuesday, the Home Affairs Select Committee summoned bosses from Google, Facebook and Twitter, to question them about the action the web giants were taking to remove hate speech from their platforms.
At that appearance, the committee drew attention to videos by National Action, a proscribed organisation which the Government has said is linked with terrorism.
Nevertheless, videos from the group remain on YouTube. The committee said it had found one in which masked men shout "they fear us because they think we will gas them, and we will."
The committee also raised the issue of adverts automatically being put next to hate videos.
Reports on Thursday and Friday in the Times found that government and major brand advertising was still being hosted next to hate videos.
In Friday's letter, Ms Cooper also wrote: "Google is the second richest company on the planet. The lack of effort and social responsibility it is showing towards hate crime on YouTube is extremely troubling.
"It is inexplicable to us that Google can move very fast to remove material from YouTube when it is found to be copyrighted, but that the same prompt action is not taken when the material involves proscribed organisations and hateful and illegal content."
A Google spokesman said: "We have strict guidelines that define where Google ads should appear, and in the vast majority of cases, our policies work as intended, protecting users and advertisers from harmful or inappropriate content.
"We accept that we don't always get it right, and that sometimes, ads appear where they should not. We're committed to doing better, and will make changes to our policies and brand controls for advertisers."
WPP, through its media-buying company GroupM, has also written to clients explaining the potential risks to their brands, and offered them the choice of what they wanted to do next.
MPs recently said Google was "still profiting from hatred" after it failed to remove videos from groups allegedly linked to terrorism .
Google was summoned to appear in front of Cabinet Office ministers on Friday.
Sky News understands that the company apologised to senior civil servants representing the Government and pledged a review of their advertising systems.
Google was asked to return for another meeting next week to set out the action they plan to take.
The government, along with commercial organisations including the Guardian and French advertising giant Havas, have already suspended advertising with Google.
GroupM buys advertising space for a range of international companies, on a variety of media. It is responsible for more than $100bn a year of spending, making it the biggest media buying agency in the world.
Sky News understand the company has recently offered "advisory notices" to clients, warning them of the dangers of certain "uncurated" platforms - such as Snapchat Lenses.
It has not, so far, advised companies to pull their advertising, but has told them they should reflect on their "attitude towards risk" and decide if they want to change their strategy.
GroupM expects responses from major companies in the next 48 hours and then will decide on what action to take.
It is the attitude it takes towards YouTube, which is owned by Google, that will make the greatest impact.
Rob Norman, GroupM's chief digital officer, told Sky News that Google's response "has so far not been sufficient" and he said it needed to make "a public announcement apologising to consumers for the presence of the content, and telling those consumer that they should never imply that an advertiser endorses that content.
"The company needs to publicly apologise to companies whose reputation has been compromised, and to take action," he said.
"Google is presently saying that it takes this issue seriously, but what we will want to see is action.
"If nothing happens then I think the attitude of the market will harden."
Yvette Cooper MP, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, has said that Google's failure to remove the hate videos by was "frankly astonishing"
On Tuesday, the Home Affairs Select Committee summoned bosses from Google, Facebook and Twitter, to question them about the action the web giants were taking to remove hate speech from their platforms.
At that appearance, the committee drew attention to videos by National Action, a proscribed organisation which the Government has said is linked with terrorism.
Nevertheless, videos from the group remain on YouTube. The committee said it had found one in which masked men shout "they fear us because they think we will gas them, and we will."
The committee also raised the issue of adverts automatically being put next to hate videos.
Reports on Thursday and Friday in the Times found that government and major brand advertising was still being hosted next to hate videos.
In Friday's letter, Ms Cooper also wrote: "Google is the second richest company on the planet. The lack of effort and social responsibility it is showing towards hate crime on YouTube is extremely troubling.
"It is inexplicable to us that Google can move very fast to remove material from YouTube when it is found to be copyrighted, but that the same prompt action is not taken when the material involves proscribed organisations and hateful and illegal content."
A Google spokesman said: "We have strict guidelines that define where Google ads should appear, and in the vast majority of cases, our policies work as intended, protecting users and advertisers from harmful or inappropriate content.
"We accept that we don't always get it right, and that sometimes, ads appear where they should not. We're committed to doing better, and will make changes to our policies and brand controls for advertisers."
Plane's propeller falls off as it nears Sydney airport
A passenger plane came close to disaster after one of its propellers fell off as it approached Sydney's main airport.
The 16 passengers and three crew on the Regional Express flight ZL768 narrowly avoided a catastrophe when the propeller almost hit the wing and tail after it sheared off.
"They were a hair's breadth away from a disaster. I don't know how the hell it didn't damage the aircraft as it went past," said Paul Cousin, the president of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association.
The only sign that something was up with the twin-engine craft was when the pilots felt a vibration about 12 miles from Sydney Airport.
As they prepared to shut down the right-hand engine as a precaution, they saw the propeller disappear over the plane's wing from the cockpit window.
They made a PAN emergency call to air traffic control, which is one step down from a full-scale mayday alert, and ground crews prepared for a possible crash landing.
But the pilots of the Saab 340, which had set out from Albury, around 300 miles from Sydney, made a successful emergency landing by gliding the plane in on Friday.
The crew said the propeller assembly had "dislodged", according to Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman Peter Gibson, who said three investigators were looking into the "very, very unusual" incident.
"We don't have any idea at this stage why the propeller should separate from the engine," he said.
It is reported the propeller detached at 6,000ft, with the flight deck describing it as "just shed[ding] off" on air traffic logs.
Photographs of the plane on the ground show the right propeller had fallen off entirely, while early inspections suggest that it broke away from the shaft in the engine.
Twin-engine planes can land safely on one propeller and, while no one was injured, the passengers were offered counselling after landing.
People living in southwestern parts of the city have been told to inform police if they find the missing part, which will form a key part of an investigation.
The 16 passengers and three crew on the Regional Express flight ZL768 narrowly avoided a catastrophe when the propeller almost hit the wing and tail after it sheared off.
"They were a hair's breadth away from a disaster. I don't know how the hell it didn't damage the aircraft as it went past," said Paul Cousin, the president of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association.
The only sign that something was up with the twin-engine craft was when the pilots felt a vibration about 12 miles from Sydney Airport.
As they prepared to shut down the right-hand engine as a precaution, they saw the propeller disappear over the plane's wing from the cockpit window.
They made a PAN emergency call to air traffic control, which is one step down from a full-scale mayday alert, and ground crews prepared for a possible crash landing.
But the pilots of the Saab 340, which had set out from Albury, around 300 miles from Sydney, made a successful emergency landing by gliding the plane in on Friday.
The crew said the propeller assembly had "dislodged", according to Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman Peter Gibson, who said three investigators were looking into the "very, very unusual" incident.
"We don't have any idea at this stage why the propeller should separate from the engine," he said.
It is reported the propeller detached at 6,000ft, with the flight deck describing it as "just shed[ding] off" on air traffic logs.
Photographs of the plane on the ground show the right propeller had fallen off entirely, while early inspections suggest that it broke away from the shaft in the engine.
Twin-engine planes can land safely on one propeller and, while no one was injured, the passengers were offered counselling after landing.
People living in southwestern parts of the city have been told to inform police if they find the missing part, which will form a key part of an investigation.
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