On Sept. 11, 1974, Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashed in Charlotte during a routine flight from Charleston, S.C. Of the 82 people on the flight, 72 died and 10 survived.
Here is the first part of The Charlotte Observer’s five-part series,”‘9/11/74: The untold story of Charlotte’s deadliest plane crash.”
Tourist bus crashes on road to Machu Picchu
Drivers who clog up traffic by stopping in intersections when the lights change can now be fined $450 in Toronto, a significant bump up from the previous $90 ticket, Mayor Olivia Chow said Monday.The fine for an improper stop at an intersection has also been raised for community safety zones, from $120 to $500, Chow said. The increase in fines was approved by the provincial government under the Provincial Offences Act, according to a city news release. The city is also working with Toronto polic
An on-board fire, a lost propeller, and a collision with a wharf have a marine engineer at Dalhousie University wondering what the federal government is doing to ensure that Canada's ferries are safe.Two of these acccidents happened this month.The Queen of New Westminster, which connects Vancouver Island to B.C.'s mainland, was pulled from service in the first week of September after a propeller sheared off during a crossing. On Sunday, the MV Confederation ferry, running between Nova Scotia and
A skilled bus driver narrowly avoided disaster in Parana, Brazil, on September 7, when the brakes on his bus carrying 45 passengers failed. The driver expertly weaves between trucks before safely guiding the vehicle onto an emergency escape ramp. The bus stopped with only one passenger suffering minor injuries.
Two classic 1950s cruisers are set to turn heads as they cross the block.
One person has been charged with impaired driving after an August crash of a car into a home in Lakeshore which sent four people to the hospital. According to Essex County OPP, police initially responded just after 1 a.m. on August 12 for a report of a car that had crashed into a home on Highway 77 at County Road 8 in Staples.Four people, including a 7-year-old child, were taken to hospital with injuries not considered to be life-threatening. No one in the home at the time of the crash was injur
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The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department responded to a crash of a 991-generation Porsche 911 GT3 RS and a 997-generation Porsche 911, with the latter losing its engine.
Remembering Tony Dow and his 1962 Chevy Corvair...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps in a ceremony at the commandant’s headquarters on Monday presented their highest noncombat medal to the parents of Cpl. Spencer Collart, who died last year after his V-22 Osprey crashed in Australia.
Major manufacturers, such as Daimler Truck and Traton, displaying their trucks at a transportation fair in Hanover this week say they are ready to go electric, but their e-trucks will not sell without massive investments in charging infrastructure. Christian Levin, chief of Volkswagen's truck subsidiary Traton, which owns such brands as Scania, MAN, Navistar, and Volkswagen Trucks and Buses, said the European Union's goal of reaching a 50% share of e-trucks 2030 for now looks out of reach.
Fredericton's new chief of police, Gary Forward, says police will continue to encourage motorists to follow the rules of the road in the aftermath of a May crash that killed three people, including two students from Leo Hayes High School.The accident reconstruction report revealed alcohol and speed were significant factors, according to a recent news release from police. "The vehicle's speed at the time of the accident was determined to be between 138 km/h and 174 km/h," the release said."Unfort
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The weekend crash of a plane roughly a half-mile from a runway near the southwest Alaska community of St. Mary's killed all four occupants on board the aircraft, authorities said.
The Peterborough man was found to be three times over the legal drink-drive limit, police say.
Officers smelled something burning and saw smoke.
A Federal Reserve interest-rate decision on Wednesday should move the shares. Another important event will be the Robotaxi Day on Oct. 10.
Yukon RCMP are searching for a man after the pickup truck he was in went into the Yukon River south of Whitehorse early Monday morning. Police say two adult men were driving on the Alaska Highway before just before 7 a.m. on Monday when their truck, which was pulling a trailer, slid into the water next to the Lewes River bridge. Both men are from Phoenix, Ariz., and were travelling south at the time. One of the two men escaped the vehicle and received medical treatment, said a statement from RCM
“That’s a trade-off I’d do,” the actor responded to the former president’s months-old demand.
