The driver of the train that killed 79 in Spain and left 15 in critical condition was talking on the phone and reading at the time of the crash, a court revealed. Francisco Jose Garzon de Amo, 52, was traveling at 95 mph, almost double the 50 mph speed limit on a curve heading into the city […]
The man who was driving the high-speed train that killed 79 people in Spain last week is now being charged with 79 counts of homicide and several offenses of bodily harm. Francisco Garzon (pictured above), 52, has been under arrest since Thursday. Garzon is suspected of driving the train too fast through a tight curve […]
Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, the driver of the train that crashed earlier this week, killing around 80 passengers in Spain, had an unfortunate need for speed. Amo had previously posted on Facebook bragging about going fast – so fast that he was on the brink of getting a fine, reports say. Spanish media reported boasts Garzon Amo […]
After a week of fighting for their life, a third victim from the San Francisco plane crash has died in the hospital. According to CBS San Francisco, the hospital won’t release the name of the victim from the Flight 214 crash, but it is a female patient. The site reports that the victim died after […]
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was said to be below target speed for proper descent and when crew members discovered this, they tried to abort the landing – but it was too late. The target landing speed for such a plane as the Boeing 777 is 137 knots (158 mph). However, the aircraft’s speed before landing […]
Not again! Ten people plummeted to their deaths on Sunday, when a float plane crashed and burst into flames at an airport in Soldotna, an Alaska Kenai Peninsula town. The plane was operated by a local air-taxi company and was a de Havilland DHC3 Otter. The plane crashed at the Soldotna airport at about 11:20 a.m. […]
The two passenger who died in an Asiana Airlines plane crash at San Francisco International Airport were Chinese schoolgirls, Chinese state media said Sunday. Both have been identified as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, students that attended Jiangshan Middle School in eastern China. The South Korean airline said in a statement that Ye and Wang were […]
Now this is crazy! Facebook Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg was supposed to be aboard the Asiana Airlines flight that crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday morning but miraculously rescheduled! Sandberg and even other execs at the social media giant escaped potential disaster when they switched to a United flight returning from a […]
Asiana Flight 214 from Seoul held more than 300 passengers and crew members aboard when it made a hard crash landing, lost a tail and caught on fire at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday morning. More than 180 people were taken to nine area hospitals, but the majority had relatively minor injuries. Eyewitnesses to […]
The dramatic moment after two trains collided into each other in Bridgeport, Conn. was caught on tape by a group of shocked skaters who were hanging near the scene of the accident. “Holy shit, the train just fucking crashed,” you can hear one of the skaters say over and over again. The boys hesitate before […]
This is no action movie. Seven crewmembers perished after this Boeing 747-428 crashed immediately after takeoff from Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan yesterday. Check out the insane video above. Our thoughts and prayers with the victims’ families.
Julio Acevedo, the New York man who killed an entire Orthodox Jewish family in a hit-and-run incident is finally responding to his actions. During a sit-down interview with ABC, Acevedo revealed that he feels no guilt over the accident that occurred last month that led to him being arrested. He told the news outlet: ‘Sure […]
