All articles tagged with #transportation accidents
A passenger ferry carrying about 240 people lost contact in rough weather in the Java Sea, leaving at least six dead and more than 100 missing; authorities have rescued around 113 people so far as search-and-rescue efforts continue.
A small, car-sized aircraft crashed into Beijing’s CITIC Tower (China Zun), a 109-story skyscraper in the city’s business district. Photos and social-media videos show debris and a hole in the glass exterior, while investigators have not commented on the cause.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff during a testing flight at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California, with eight people on board; initial officials said the crash was not survivable and emergency crews responded to the scene.
Five people died in a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 in Stafford County, Virginia, including Dmitri Doncev, his wife Ecaterina, and their children Emily and Mark, who were traveling from Massachusetts to a family wedding in South Carolina; dozens more were injured. The bus driver, Jing S. Dong, 48, of Staten Island, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter as investigators continue the probe into the crash.
Five people were killed and dozens injured in an early-morning mass-casualty crash on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia, involving a bus and six other vehicles. About 37 people were taken to area hospitals as responders worked the scene near a work zone around 2:35 a.m.
Prosecutors have charged Singapore-based Synergy Marine Group and subsidiaries with safety violations, falsified records and conspiracy connected to the Dali cargo ship’s 2024 crash into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, an incident that killed six men and led to the bridge’s collapse.