Air France, Airbus study opening the Rio-Paris crash in 2009

Air France and Airbus are on trial on Monday for involuntary manslaughter over the fatal 2009 crash of a Brazil-Paris jet that killed all 228 people on board. Victims’ families and some aviation experts say the pilots weren’t adequately trained to deal with a loss of speedometer caused by critical equipment freezing in a storm. […]

27 people killed in bus crash in China

A bus crash in southwest China killed 27 people on Sunday, police said, making it the country’s deadliest road accident so far this year. The accident happened on a highway in rural Guizhou Province when the vehicle carrying a total of 47 people “tipped over on its side,” Sandu County Police said in a statement […]

French court convicts Yemenia Airways of fatal crash in 2009

A Paris court on Wednesday convicted Yemen’s national airline of negligent manslaughter and injuries in a 2009 crash that killed almost everyone on board except for a 12-year-old girl who miraculously survived. Yemenia Airways was ordered to pay the maximum fine of 225,000 euros and pay 1 million euros to two victims’ associations for damages […]

The Thai Red Bull heir is still at large a decade after the fatal Ferrari crash

A crashed Ferrari, a dead cop and a fugitive heir to a multibillion-dollar fortune – 10 years later, Thailand is no closer to solving one of its most infamous hit-and-run cases. Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, princeling of the Red Bull energy drink family, is accused of driving his sports car into police officer Wichean Glanprasert’s motorbike […]

FirstFT: Boeing 737 crashes in southern China mountains

[ad_1] Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning A Boeing 737 passenger plane with 132 people on board crashed in southern China yesterday, in what threatens to be the country’s […]

Experiencing a Crash – The Big Picture

[ad_1] To listen to the audio-voice version of this article, click here. My colleague Michael Butnick wrote a great post How bear markets typically wipe out years of gains was discussed yesterday. (Before anyone draws unfounded conclusions, the title of this article refers to the 2000-02 crash, not the current weakness). Given the rough start […]

Wilmington cyclist died after crashing in Stone Harbor

[ad_1] Law enforcement officials said on Monday that a 50-year-old woman from Wilmington, Delaware was killed by a car while riding a bicycle in Stone Harbor last Saturday morning. more: The 18-year-old pilot made an emergency landing on the Ocean City Bridge Police said the fatal accident occurred near the intersection of 87th Street and […]