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Two UK citizens among four killed in mid-air helicopter crash in Australia

Two UK citizens were among four people killed in a mid-air crash between two helicopters on Australia’s Gold Coast. The crash occurred around 2pm local time (4am GMT) on Monday in Main Beach, Queensland Police said in a statement. The force said ...

02 Jan 2023 at 23:33

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Tesla gets US Justice Department subpoena over self-driving cars

The US Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla Inc relating to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing. “To our knowledge no government agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded ...

31 Jan 2023 at 14:12

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Ireland has lowest drink-driving checks European study finds

The levels of drink-driving checks in Ireland are among the lowest in Europe, according to a new study. The European Transport Safety Council completed the study which finds that the number of fines per head of population for a variety of ...

18 Mar 2022 at 21:33

World

Firefighters and passengers hurt after train hits fire truck on crossing

A high-speed passenger train collided with a fire engine at a crossing on Saturday in Florida, injuring three firefighters and at least a dozen train passengers, authorities said. The crash happened at 10.45am in crowded downtown Delray ...

28 Dec 2024 at 22:06

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Ireland has lowest drink-driving checks European study finds

19 Mar 2022 at 17:33

Safety investigators board Titan’s support ship after fatal implosion

A team of investigators has boarded the main support ship of the Titan submersible after it returned to the harbour following the deep-sea vessel’s fatal implosion. Flags on board the Polar Prince were at half-mast as it arrived at ...

24 Jun 2023 at 17:37

World

Pilots survive after converted airliner crashes on firefighting mission

Two pilots walked away with minor injuries after a Boeing 737 jet converted for firefighting crashed in Australia, officials said on Tuesday. The twin-engine tanker owned by Canadian-based Coulson Aviation crashed in the ...

07 Feb 2023 at 09:59

Nearly half of women ‘feel unsafe using public transport alone after dark’

Nearly half of women in Britain feel unsafe using public transport alone after dark, compared with around one in five men, a new survey suggests. The gap is even wider for young adults, with 17% of males aged 16 to 34 ...

25 May 2022 at 12:57

World

President of Tyler Perry’s film studios dies in plane crash

The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died on Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The studio confirmed on Saturday that Steve Mensch, its 62-year-old ...

07 Dec 2024 at 21:04

Team behind deep sea robot had hoped for Titan rescue

The team behind the deep sea robot which eventually helped locate wreckage from the Titan submersible – following a fatal implosion which killed five people – had been hoping they were on a rescue mission, a ...

30 Jun 2023 at 21:14

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Ireland has lowest drink-driving checks European study finds

19 Mar 2022 at 21:33

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Helicopter route permanently closed after fatal Washington DC crash

Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington DC’s airport on the same route where a passenger plane and an Army helicopter collided in mid-air, killing 67 people, the Federal ...

14 Mar 2025 at 19:52

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