Tag: Transportation accidents
Lawsuit: Survivor details moments when lift boat capsizes
NEW ORLEANS — A man who was on a lift boat that capsized eight miles (about 13 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast in April...
Florida surgeon’s estate settles suit over plane crash death
KOKOMO, Ind. — The estate of a Florida plastic surgeon who died in 2019 when his small plane crashed in a central Indiana farm...
Pickup crashes into Phoenix bus stop; 1 killed, 1 injured
Phoenix — A pickup driven by a teenage boy who lost control of the vehicle crashed into a bus stop, killing one man and...
3,000 eggs abandoned after drone scares birds in California
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Some 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a Southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off...
Report: Plane in fatal crash had part installed upside down
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A small private plane that crashed in South Carolina last month, killing the pilot, had a key part installed upside...
2 San Diego police officers among 3 killed in head-on crash
SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego police officers were among three people killed Friday after their car was struck by a driver going the...
Seacor Power oil boat to be pulled from sea after capsizing
PORT FOURCHON, La. — Authorities say they’re preparing to move a capsized oil industry boat from the site of its deadly April accident.
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1st cruise ship sails through Venice since start of pandemic
SOAVE, Italy — Early risers in Venice were surprised Thursday to see a cruise ship nosing down the Giudecca canal for the first time...
Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales getting tinier
One of the giants of the deep is shrinking before our eyes, a new study says.
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Biden’s AI czar focuses on societal risks, preventing harm
Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning up after a nuclear...