At least 43 people perished, including members of a top Russian ice hockey team, in a plane crash Wednesday. The Associated Press characterized the accident as “one of the worse plane crashes ever involving a sports team.” http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2011/09/jet_carrying_russian_hockey_te.html Pro hockey circles and…
Crash Of Chilean Military Plane Kills All 21 Aboard
The crash of a military plane off the coast of Chile Friday killed all 21 aboard, including well-known Chiliean TV personality Felipe Camiroaga, according to the Associated Press. http://www.chron.com/news/article/Chile-All-21-aboard-crashed-military-plane-died-2154752.php The CASA 212 plane went down in the Pacific Ocean after two unsuccessful attempts…
Driver Who Hit And Killed Pedestrian While Texting Barred From Having Cellphone In Car
It seems like a light sentence to us. A California woman, who hit and killed an elderly man because she was distracted by texting while she was driving, won’t be able to have a cellphone in her car as part of a…
Guyana Crash, With Jet Cracked In Two, Highlights Dangers Of Landings
What could have been a really tragic accident Saturday turned out fairly well, with there being no deaths when a Caribbean Airlines jet broke in half while landing in Guyana. But according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal, the…
Indian Train Crash Kills 31, With 100 Others Injured
A train derailment Sunday in northern India killed 31 people and injured more than 100 others, according to The Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-india-train-20110711,0,3882821.story First responders were still sifting through the wreckage of the Kalka Mail express train to see if…
Two Suits Already Filed Over Nevada Train-Truck Crash That Killed Six People
At least two lawsuits have been filed stemming from a Nevada accident last month where a tractor trailer slammed into an Amtrak double-decker train, killing six people. Amtrak, one of the plaintiffs, claims that the crash cost it $10 million. The…
Trucking Company Responsible For Fatal Nevada Train Crash Had Safety Violations
Gee, why isn’t this a surprise: The trucking business whose tractor trailer struck a train in Nevada Friday, killing six people, had a list of prior safety violations. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/27/us-amtrak-collision-idUSTRE75O1P620110627 In fact, John Davis Trucking, which is headquartered in Battle Mountain, Nev., had seven…
Russian Passenger Jet Crash Kills 44, Injures Eight
A jet crashed in heavy fog late Monday on a highway in northern Russian, killing 44 people and injuring the eight survivors. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-21/russian-passenger-plane-crash-kills-at-least-44-people-eight-survive.html The RusAir passenger plane, a Tupolev 154, was en route from Moscow to Petrozavodsk. It broke…
Four Killed In Westchester, N.Y., Plane Crash
A plane crash in Westchester County, N.Y., Saturday afternoon killed four people. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/nyregion/plane-crash-in-westchester-county-kills-4.html?ref=nyregion A single-engine Cessna 210 had left Westchester County Airport in Armonk, N.Y., and was on its way to Montauk, Long Island, when the plane turned around. The…
Insurance Group Calls For Stricter Standards For Truck Underride Guards
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is petitioning the federal government to require stronger underride guards on tractor-trailers, tough enough to remain in place during a crash, and to mandate guards for more large trucks and trailers. http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr030111.html The Institute is…