Just a day after the captain and crew of the capsized ferry in South Korea were arrested for negligence, authorities are revealing that students aboard the boat were told to stay put while elders escaped. Only 174 people out of the 476 passengers have been rescued. About 339 of those aboard were children and teachers […]
The death toll in the South Korea ferry disaster rose to 64 over the weekend, as divers continued their search efforts to find the 238 individuals still missing. Meanwhile, authorities are investigating what caused the ferry to capsize and apprehending crew members they believe to be responsible for the crash. According to Reuters: South Korean President […]
The search for the missing 268 people who were aboard a ferry that sank Wednesday in South Korea continues, but prosecutors on land are searching for a different reason. Authorities have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for the captain of the ferry that sank after it was discovered an evacuation order by the […]
Two days after Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that the missing Malaysian Airlines flight went down, new satellite images provided by a French defense firm located 122 objects floating in the Indian Ocean. The location of the new sighting (off the coast of Perth, Australia) is not far from other satellite sightings that could produce possible debris from […]
A day after relatives of passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were notified, via text, that the plane went down in the southern Indian Ocean, protests broke out across Malaysia as skepticism and anger set in. Yesterday, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the missing plane’s journey ended, but family members want one thing to […]
Dozens of people were injured early Monday, when a train crashed through a barrier at the end of the platform and jumped on an escalator at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. According to fire officials, the eight-car train derailment injured at least 32, none seriously. Six people were listed in fair condition and 26 in good […]
On Thursday, after Australian officials sent planes over one of the most remote places on earth searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and came back empty-handed, they offered a new theory about the mysterious disappearance. The wreckage from the Boeing 777 carrying 239 people may have sunk already. The aircraft went missing nearly two weeks […]
On Thursday, four Australian military search planes were dispatched to determine whether two large bobbing objects in a remote part of the Indian Ocean were possible debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight. Unfortunately, the Australian search and rescue team assigned to inspect the site came up empty-handed. According to AMSA News, the Royal Australian Air Force […]
Talk about a brush with death. While investigating a traffic accident on I-80 in Iowa, two sheriff deputies and a state trooper were nearly hit by a truck as it flew through the air, clipped the vehicle and collided with the embankment. The truck had been hit by a semi on the highway moments before. […]
New revelations in the case of the missing Malaysian airplane have authorities questioning the pilots, one of whom is said to have intense political ties. According to USA Today, police have discovered that one of the pilots, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, has close ties with Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Before flying the missing plane on March 8, […]
As new information regarding a gas leak that lead to a fiery explosion and building collapse in East Harlem comes to light, we’re learning that the owner of one of the destroyed buildings actually avoided using gas for that same reason. Wednesday’s blast killed eight and injured dozens. City officials and residents told reporters that […]
UPDATE 03/16/14 2:09 PM EST: New reports that discuss the scrutiny of the pilots have surfaced. CNN reports that authorities are taking a closer look at them while searching for clues. The site reports: “As the search area grows bigger, authorities are also increasing their scrutiny of the pilots, searching their homes in the quest […]
