Accidents

Taiwan Gas Blasts Likely Caused By Faulty Pipe

Initial Investigations Show Gas Pipe Owned by Local Chemical Producer LCY Chemical

il y a 11 ans, 8 mois

Taiwan Gas Pipeline Blasts Kill 25, Injures 267

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Heavy machinery pulled vehicles from huge trenches gouged by explosions along an underground pipeline in Taiwan’s second-largest city that killed at least 25 people and injured 267.

il y a 11 ans, 8 mois

Arizona Takes Nearly 2 Hours to Execute Inmate

In another unexpectedly prolonged execution using disputed lethal injection drugs, a condemned Arizona prisoner on Wednesday repeatedly gasped for one hour and 40 minutes, according to witnesses, before dying at an Arizona state prison.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

Air Algérie Crash Claims 10 Members of Same Family Among 118 Victims

Human cost of tragedy emerges as details of those who died when flight AH5017 crashed in the Malian desert are released

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

U.S. Discloses Intelligence on Downing of Malaysian Jet

The Obama administration, detailing what it called evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of a Malaysian airliner, on Tuesday released satellite images and other sensitive intelligence that officials say show Moscow had trained and equipped rebels in Ukraine responsible for the attack.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

France Sends Troops to Guard Air Algerie Wreckage

French troops are headed to a remote area in Mali to secure the site of Thursday's Air Algerie jet crash, the third major international aviation disaster in a week.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

Air Algerie Plane Carrying 116 People from Burkina Faso Missing

An Air Algerie flight en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers is missing with 110 passengers on board, almost half of them French citizens, officials said on Thursday.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

Air Algeria-Operated Plane Disappears en Route to Algiers

An Air Algeria-operated MD83 carrying 116 passengers and crew disappeared en route from Burkina Faso in Africa to Algiers, the aircraft’s owner said.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

Taiwan Airline Suspects Bad Weather Caused Crash

An airline said Thursday it suspected typhoon weather caused one of its planes to crash land on a small Taiwanese island, killing 48 people.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

Netherlands Mourns as Bodies of MH17 Plane Crash Victims Are Flown Home

Dutch royals and premier Mark Rutte join relatives at Eindhoven airport to receive 40 coffins arriving from Ukraine disaster site

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

Riche-Terre: 700 «Blinds» d’un Panneau Publicitaire Volés en Pleine Nuit

Ils auraient volé des caméras afin de ne pas être filmés alors qu’ils s’attaquaient aux 684 «blinds» d’un panneau publicitaire.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

Passenger Jet Makes Crash Landing in Taiwan, Dozens Dead

A passenger plane has crashed after a failed emergency landing in Taiwan, killing more than 40 people, local officials say.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

U.S. Officials Lay Out Case Against Russians

Washington Seeks to Counter Russian Claims About MH17 Crash

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

Ukraine Says Russian Officer Pushed the Button to Shoot Down MH17

Vitaly Nayda, Ukraine's director of informational security, told CNN on Tuesday that he is certain a Russian officer personally pushed the button to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Moscow has denied claims that it pulled the trigger.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois

Missile Downs Malaysia Airlines Plane Over Ukraine, Killing 298; Kiev Blames Rebels

A suspected Russian-made surface-to-air missile downed a Malaysia Airlines jet in a separatist-controlled corner of eastern Ukraine on Thursday, prompting the Ukrainian government to denounce an “act of terror” that killed all 298 people on board.

il y a 11 ans, 9 mois