A Japanese mountaineer died after falling from a dormant volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Friday, local authorities said. Minoru Sawada, whose office is in Kawasaki, was confirmed dead Saturday after suffering a fall on Kamen, the peninsula's second-highest volcano, his friend told Kyodo News. Two ...
Boeing acknowledged Saturday it had to correct flaws in its 737 MAX flight simulator software used to train pilots, after two deadly crashes involving the aircraft that killed 346 people. "Boeing has made corrections to the 737 MAX simulator software and has provided additional information ...
Four found dead in submerged car off port in Kagoshima Prefecture
Four people were confirmed dead Monday after their bodies were discovered in a submerged car off a port in Kagoshima Prefecture, police said. Two of the victims, a man and a woman, were adults while the other two were believed to be minors, authorities said. ...
The crash of a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B that temporarily grounded the entire fleet of next-generation jets in 2018 was caused by a manufacturing defect in a fuel tube made by a United Technologies subcontractor, according to congressional investigators. The defect "caused an engine fuel ...
12 injured after minibus slides down mountain slope in Gunma without driver
Twelve people were injured Friday in Gunma Prefecture when their minibus slid 20 meters down a mountain slope while the driver was outside, police said. The bus was carrying a group of middle-aged trekkers who had come to the area to climb Mount Eboshidake. Police ...
U.S. ends its search for F-35A stealth fighter that crashed off Aomori, but Japan to keep looking
The U.S. Navy has terminated its search for a Japanese F-35A stealth fighter that crashed off Japan's coast last month. The pilot is still missing, and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Japan would continue its search. The U.S. Navy said in the statement Thursday it was ...
Deaths in Japan from truck accidents rose in 2017, the first increase in five years
The number of people who died in truck accidents in Japan totaled 298 in 2017, up 11 from the previous year for the first increase in five years, according to the transport ministry and the Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis. Regarding casualties, ...
Flight data recorder from Japan's crashed F-35A retrieved, but key data still missing
The Defense Ministry has retrieved part of the flight data recorder from a F-35A stealth fighter that went missing last month, but it was heavily damaged and also did not include a storage device to record speed and altitude data, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya ...
Probe begins into Boeing 737-800 that slid off runway into Florida river
Federal investigators on Saturday began searching for what caused a Boeing jetliner with 143 people on board to slide off a runway into a shallow river while landing at a Jacksonville, Florida military base during a thunderstorm, injuring 21 people. The Boeing 737-800 chartered by ...
Boeing 737 slides into Florida river with 136 on board; no fatalities
A Boeing 737 commercial jet with 136 people on board slid into the St. John's River near Jacksonville, Florida after landing on Friday, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville said. There were no reports of fatalities. The flight arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay went ...
Japan's peaceful Heisei Era leaves legacy of change, growth and tragedy
Emperor Akihito's abdication Tuesday will end the three-decade Heisei Era that began on Jan. 8, 1989, a day after he inherited the throne upon the death of his father, Emperor Showa. During his rein, Japan struggled with economic stagnation and was hit by several natural ...
Seattle college says student was among four killed when construction crane fell
A college freshman was among the four people killed when a construction crane fell from a building and crashed onto one of Seattle's busiest streets, the university said Sunday. Sarah Wong, who intended to major in nursing, was in a car when the crane fell ...
