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Could the steam engine be on its way back? The romance of the steam train has never gone but is the old technology with a few tweaks possibly the new technology?"In 1946 Paul Kiefer, chief mechanical engineer of the...Planes fly empty to keep value take-off slots at Heathrow
BMI, the third largest airline in the UK, has admitted it is planning to keep running virtually empty flights in spite of decreasing passenger numbers in order to hold on to its landing and takeoff slots at airports....Three injured as Montreal-bound train hits truck
A Via rail train travelling east from Toronto to Montreal crashed into a flatbed truck this afternoon, injuring three people."The accident, which occurred at about 3:20 p.m. near Mallorytown, derailed the train's engine and baggage car and has temporarily shut down all train...
'Four die' in S Lanka bus attack
Suspected Tamil rebels have killed 4 bus passengers and wounded many others bus passengers. "At least four people have been killed and 25 others wounded when gunmen ambushed a crowded passenger bus in Sri Lanka, the... US, Brazil agree to expand air services
I hope that help to drive the prices down too. " A new air services agreement between the United States and Brazil announced yesterday will result in a near 50 per cent increase in passenger flights...Over 800 Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes in Philippines Typhoon
The death toll in the Philippines could rise sharply after a typhoon hit over the weekend. At least 100 people were killed when streets flooded after powerful winds and torrents of rain blew through the area.A boat carrying 850 people capsized and while search and rescue...Canada to implement new passenger scanner for flights
For more information on this new type of scanner, go to http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/next-time-you-fly-you-may-well-fly-nakedThis is a controversial issue. Some people think the scanner reveals too much while... Airport scoops architecture prize
Madrid's Barajas Airport has won the UK's most prestigious architecture award, the £20,000 Stirling Prize.
The colourful 1.2km-long Spanish airport building was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership.
It is... Sudan air crash death toll still unknown
The death toll is still unknown in the plane crash that happened in the Sudan yesterday. Investigators are searching passenger lists and examining the wreckage to try and determine what caused the plane to veer off... Cannabis blunder at Tokyo airport
"An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan's Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, officials say.A customs officer hid a package of the banned narcotic in a side pocket of a... Fatal Plane Crash in Honduras
A TACA jetliner crashed while attempting to land in foul weather, overshooting the runway and landing on a city street. "A Miami-bound passenger plane landing in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa has overshot a... Amtrak train collides with truck - Seven injured
Not an unusual story, as Amtrak has had more than its share of collisions and derailments over the years. I travelled across the USA on Amtrak several years ago, and although I am very seasoned to train travel,... 'Multiple Injuries' In Trolley Collision in Boston
UPDATED: 9:27p.m. EDT Female operator trapped in crash"Hours after two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trolleys
collided in Newton, crews continued to work tirelessly to free the
female driver... Cruise Ships Don't Have to Report Crimes
Yet another saga of 'the blame game' for cruise ship "accidents". Deaths, assaults, robbery, drugging, rapes... Who is to blame? The passengers themselves? The cruise ships with their obvious... Wrong Turn Lands Lost Couple on Airport Runway
" Pat and Bridget Newman accidently triggered a major security incident at a British airport recently when they took a wrong turn, drove through an open gate and ended up parked next to passenger jet. The elderly couple had been looking for the air...
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