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After Gunma chopper crash, ministry mulls expediting cheaper flight recorders for small aircraft
The transport ministry plans to promote the installation of flight data recorders in small aircraft in light of a spate of accidents involving helicopters and planes that didn't have the devices, ministry officials say. The recorders play a vital role in accident investigations by providing ...
Search and rescue operations following the crash of a disaster response helicopter in eastern Japan last week appear to have started 47 minutes later than they could have begun, the transport ministry said Thursday. The helicopter, a Bell 412EP belonging to the Gunma Prefectural Government, ...
At least 22 people dead after highway bridge collapses in Genoa
A bridge on a main highway linking Italy with France collapsed Tuesday in the Italian port city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 90 meters into a heap of rubble below. Government officials said at least 22 people were killed ...
Relatives of victims who died in the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash mark the 33rd anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 crew members and passengers.
Gunma copter crash kills all nine crew members and passengers
Authorities comb a mountain for clues after confirming that everyone who was on the Gunma Prefectural Government rescue chopper died in the crash.
One son's legacy from the crash of JAL 123
In the summer of 1985, 9-year-old Ken Miyajima boarded an airplane from Tokyo to Osaka by himself. He had a backpack packed with snacks and juice and was excited about meeting his cousins and visiting Japan's high school baseball mecca, Koshien Stadium. Ken's life ended ...
Three young soccer players and their coach, who were rescued with other teammates after almost three weeks in a flooded cave, were granted Thai citizenship on Wednesday. All four had been stateless, and their lack of citizenship deprived them of some basic benefits and rights, ...
Bangladesh shuts down mobile internet to tackle teen protests
Bangladesh has shut down mobile internet across swaths of the country, officials and local media said Sunday, as the authorities try to quell massive student protests that have spiraled into violence. For the past week, students have brought parts of the capital, Dhaka, to a ...
With their head bowed and wearing orange robes, the members of the boys' soccer team rescued from almost three weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand on Saturday completed their time as novice Buddhist monks. About 300 people gathered for the ceremony on a ...
Texas indicts French chemical firm Arkema over release of toxic cloud during 2017 Harvey flooding
French chemical manufacturer Arkema was indicted in Texas on Friday over the release of a "toxic cloud" at its plant near Houston during historic flooding last year caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. The storm wreaked havoc in Houston and its environs, hovering over the area ...
Five days of protests by tens of thousands of students angry over the traffic deaths of two students have largely cut off the capital, Dhaka, from the rest of Bangladesh as the demonstrators pressed their demand for safer roads. The protests began last Sunday after ...
A civilian helicopter crashed into a parking lot in the Chinese capital Monday after the pilot managed to steer the aircraft away from crowded areas, the state-run Beijing Youth Daily said. No one on the ground was injured, Beijing police said on Chinese social network ...
