Rescuers continue to look for survivors of the catastrophic triple train collision in India’s eastern state of Odisha, which has become the nation’s most fatal railway disaster in over 25 years. The number of fatalities has grown to 288 by Saturday morning, Sudhanshu Sarangi, director general of the Odisha state fire …
Read More »US military causes ‘sonic boom’ by accident
The incident occurred on Tuesday, just a week after Oregon was shaken by a swarm of nearly 100 offshore earthquakes. A day later, the 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard confessed that it was to blame for the shocking boom. A training flight “inadvertently went supersonic” while operating …
Read More »Children fall to their death in freak inflatable castle accident
A strong wind event caused the inflatable bouncy castle at Hillcrest Primary School to “lift into the air,” and several school children “fell from a height of about 10 metres” on Thursday morning, killing four, according to Tasmania Police. Four other children are reportedly in critical condition and were transported to …
Read More »Court rules injury on way from bed to desk a ‘workplace accident’
The Federal Social Court determined that the man – who was “on his way to work from his bedroom to the home office one floor below” when he tripped on a staircase and broke a thoracic vertebra – was traveling along an “insured work route.” “The plaintiff suffered an accident …
Read More »Nuclear plant accident results in casualties
Seven firefighter units and four medical emergency vehicles were deployed to Ascó on Wednesday evening at around 7 pm local time. Emergency crews secured the facility and evacuated the casualties. The fire-fighting system at the plant “suffered a CO2 leak that has affected four people,” Catalan authorities said. One of …
Read More »Two Russian paratroopers die in training accident near Belarus-Poland border
One soldier had reportedly tried to save the other until the last moment with the help of his reserve parachute, the ministry added, but the system did not have time to perform due to the low altitude. The incident unfolded during a simulated airborne operation near the Belarusian city of Grodno. …
Read More »Is Baldwin to blame for the fatal ‘Rust’ shooting accident? It’s… complicated
The Alec Baldwin shooting incident is undoubtedly a tragic one, but it’s also a bit more complicated than it seems. On the one hand it’s a nightmare scenario, brought about by negligence and stupidity, which resulted in the loss of a person’s life. But on the other hand there is …
Read More »Accident in orbit! Cosmonauts scramble to right TILTED space station after new Russian module Nauka takes ISS for a spin
Roscosmos announced the docking of ‘Nauka’ on Thursday, the first new Russian component of the ISS in over a decade, which replaced the 20-year-old ‘Pirs.’ Around 16:45 GMT, however, the module’s thrusters began to fire, pushing the ISS about 45 degrees out of its normal rotation. As the station began …
Read More »Hunter Biden used N-word in messages with his lawyer, even SEXTED him by accident – media
“How much money do I owe you. [Because] n***a you better not be charging me Hennessy rates,” Biden texted Mesires on December 13, 2018, explaining that he “just made up that phrase.” A bill from October that year showed that Mesires charged $845 an hour, the UK tabloid reported. After …
Read More »15 MILLION doses of J&J vaccine ruined in ‘ingredient mixup accident’ at Baltimore plant, delaying US shipments & triggering probe
A manufacturing plant in Baltimore mistakenly used the wrong ingredients in millions of Johnson & Johnson shots several weeks ago, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, noting that US officials are investigating but have so far ruled the incident a result of human error. Run by Emergent BioSolutions, a …
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