At least 13 people have died in the second major bus crash in Zimbabwe this week. The accident happened Tuesday about 200 kilometers east of the capital, Harare. Police say a tire burst on a passenger bus, causing the bus to veer off the road and roll over twice. Nine people were killed on the […]
Russia Rejects Polish Report on Smolensk Plane Crash
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian investigation has dismissed a Polish report partially blaming Russian air traffic controllers for the 2010 crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people. Alexei Morozov, chief of the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee panel that investigated the crash, said Tuesday the controllers had given the pilots precise guidance and that the […]
Russia Rejects Polish Report on Smolensk Plane Crash
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian investigation has dismissed a Polish report partially blaming Russian air traffic controllers for the 2010 crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people. Alexei Morozov, chief of the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee panel that investigated the crash, said Tuesday the controllers had given the pilots precise guidance and that the […]
Bus Collision Kills 16 in Bangladesh
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
Bangladeshi police say a head-on collision between two passenger buses has killed at least 16 people and injured more than 50 others. Police say the two buses were traveling on a major highway just outside the capital of Dhaka when they collided early Tuesday. The cause of the accident was not immediately known. Prime Minister […]
Bus Crash Kills 13 in Bangladesh
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Bangladeshi police say a head-on collision between two passenger buses has killed at least 11 people and injured more than 20 others. Police say the two buses were traveling early Tuesday on a major highway just outside the capital of Dhaka , when they collided with each other, instantly killing 11 passengers. Some of the […]
US Investigators to Examine Recorders from Plane Crash in Guyana
Posted August 1st, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
The flight data recorders recovered from a Caribbean Airlines jet that crashed in Guyana this past Saturday are soon to be analyzed in Washington. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, also says it has sent a seven-person team to the South American country to assist authorities there in the accident investigation. Guyana’s Civil […]
Bus Crash in Zimbabwe Kills 18
Posted July 31st, 2011 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
Police in Zimbabwe say at least 18 people were killed when a bus swerved off the road and slammed into a tree. The crash occurred Saturday about 100 kilometers north of the capital, Harare. Police official Oliver Mandipaka said a rear wheel fell off while the bus was in motion, causing the accident. He said […]
US Officials Join Probe into Guyana Plane Crash
Posted July 31st, 2011 at 7:25 am (UTC-5)
A Caribbean Airlines jet crashed on landing in Guyana before dawn Saturday, but the 163 people on board escaped serious injury. Officials say the jet skidded past the end of the runway in the rain at Georgetown’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The Boeing 737 broke in two, then came to rest in a field on […]
US Officials Join Probe into Guyana Plane Crash
Posted July 31st, 2011 at 2:10 am (UTC-5)
A Caribbean Airlines jet crashed on landing in Guyana before dawn Saturday, but the 163 people on board escaped serious injury. Officials say the jet skidded past the end of the runway in the rain at Georgetown’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The Boeing 737 aircraft broke in two came to rest in a field on […]
Passenger Jet Crashes, Breaks in Two in Guyana
Posted July 30th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
More than 150 passengers have escaped serious injury when a plane they were on crashed on landing and broke in two in Guyana. Officials say the Caribbean Airlines jet crashed landed early Saturday in the rain at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport. They said the Boeing 737 aircraft skidded past the end of the runway […]
