National May 26, 2019
Three missing after one ship sinks following collision off Chiba Prefecture
The Japan Coast Guard says four people are missing after two Japanese cargo ships collided off the coast of Chiba Prefecture.
World Nov 30, 2018
Norway frigate collision with tanker due mainly to human factors: inquiry
A collision earlier this month between a Norwegian frigate and a Maltese oil tanker was mainly due to human factors, investigators said Thursday, ruling out a technical error at this stage. Returning from NATO's Trident Juncture exercises, the KNM Helge Ingstad frigate sank after crashing ...
National Aug 18, 2017
Skipper to be relieved of command, sailors face punishment over U.S. warship collision off Japan
The skipper, executive officer and master chief petty officer of the USS Fitzgerald will be relieved of duty over its collision with a freighter south of Tokyo Bay in June.
National Jul 27, 2017
Passengers injured in shuttle boat accident at Kobe Airport facility
One woman became unresponsive and 14 others were injured after a passenger boat rammed into a navigation aid near Kobe Airport, the Japan Coast Guard said Thursday. Twenty-nine people were aboard when the accident took place at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, just before the boat ...
National Jun 30, 2017
The U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald will return home for repairs following its fatal collision last month with a Filipino freighter south of Tokyo Bay, a naval official said Friday. Seven crew members died in the collision on June 17. Whether the crew of ...
National Jul 15, 2016
Two cargo ships collided Friday morning in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, killing two men and injuring another, the Japan Coast Guard has said. The dead were identified as Fumihiko Kita, 50, the captain of the 499-ton Yamato Maru No. 8, and ...
World Jul 17, 2015
Speeding Russian space junk forces ISS trio to 'shelter in place' in Soyuz escape capsule
A piece of space junk forced the three space station astronauts to seek emergency shelter Thursday. For nearly an hour, the American and two Russians hunkered down in their Soyuz capsule, which is docked to the International Space Station, in case they had to make ...
World Mar 10, 2015
Passenger train derails in collision with truck in North Carolina; several hurt
A passenger train hit a tractor-trailer rig that stalled on railroad tracks in North Carolina, toppling the engine onto its side and injuring several people, officials said Monday. Sheriff's Chief Deputy Bruce Temple said the accident happened around noon in the town of Halifax. The first ...
National Feb 10, 2015
A fisheries high school in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Tuesday marked the 14th anniversary of an accident in which an U.S. nuclear submarine surfaced beneath a school training boat off Hawaii, sinking it and killing nine occupants. About 300 people, including students and relatives of ...
World Jan 15, 2015
At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when a bus carrying state prisoners skidded off an icy highway overpass in Texas, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing train, a county sheriff said. The overpass on Interstate 20 was slick with ice Wednesday ...
National Jan 5, 2015
Two elderly residents of Osaka Prefecture were killed Sunday evening and five people suffered various injuries in a four-vehicle collision in the prefectural city of Yao. Masaru Shinohara, an 80-year-old company executive of Higashi-Osaka, and Haruko Abe, a self-employed, 70-year-old resident of Daito, died after ...
World Dec 29, 2014
Two people drowned and four were missing at sea and feared dead after two merchant ships collided in rough seas off the Italian coast on Sunday, Italian officials said. A Turkish ship with 11 crew members sank after the collision with a vessel carrying a ...