Engineer sent text 22 seconds before fatal train crash

" LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Metrolink engineer driving a commuter train sent a text message about 22 seconds before the train collided with a Union Pacific freight train last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday....

Malfunctioning alarm system could have caused Spanair plane crash

After official investigation, it was announced today that Spainair jet that crashed on August 20th, killing 154 people on board, had problems with wing flaps. The flaps were not set for take off, meaning the plane would not have been able to gain altitude. The warning alert...

Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over

"It's official. Toshiba just made a statement saying, " it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders." Cessation of the player and recorders are targeted for March 2008. Volume production of HD DVD disk drives for PCs and games will end in...

Britain awaits the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra

Given the low price of carrots, approximately £0.72 Kg. these vegetable instruments make a remarkable sound......."They give the phrase 'playing with your food' a whole new meaning - and now the Vienna Vegetable ...

Wing Flap Failure Blamed in Garuda Crash

This is a follow-up to the postings by bigbrother, thomp and myself regarding the crash of the Garuda Airlines Boeng 747 in Jakarta. The plane was fifteen years old."WING flaps on the Indonesian jet that crashed last...

How to Avoid the Top Five Disc-Burning Mistakes

CD/DVD recorders and media are pretty mature and stable products at this point. But if you aren't careful, a bad burn could still happen--and leave you with only a bicycle reflector for your effort. Here are the five...

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