Sample-DisasterHeadline:PlaneCrashKills121InGreeceDateline:GRAMMATIKO,Greece,Aug.14,2005Leadparagraph:•(CBS/AP)ACypriotplanecrashedintoahillnorthofAthensonSunday,killingall121peopleaboard—athirdofthemchildren—inGreece'sdeadliestairlinedisaster.Atleastoneofthepilotswasunconsciouswhentheplanewentdown,apparently...
If flying were in unsafe, we would see commercial airline crashes on the news daily - But truth is, we don't. In fact, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety group that tracks crashes,no one has died from an accidenton a US certified scheduled commercial airline in ...
Meanwhile in the U.S., the CDC has deployed public health workers to screen passengers arriving from Wuhan at seven major ports of airline entry: New York-JFK, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago-O'Hare, Seattle and Honolulu. The agency is also beefing upscreeningat additional"quar...
With the loss of 72 lives, YT691 is Nepal’s deadliest air disaster in over 30 years, since PIA flight PK268 came down while landing at Kathmandu International Airport in September 1992, killing all 167 passengers and crew onboard. As condolences pour in from around the world, Nepal honored...
If you fall from an airplane that’s high enough in the sky, at one point, you will stop accelerating. This is called terminal velocity and you will stay at this speed until you hit the ground. What is the farthest someone has fallen and survived? The Guinness Book of World ...
I had no idea the hippopotamus is one of the deadliest animals in the world. My love of South Africa’s wild-life is still deep within me. And yet, a tiny creature can terrify me. Apparently, I am not alone. What is it about mice and women? Posted byburnsidewritersAugust 2, 2024...
14, 2005 Lead paragraph: (CBS/AP)?A Cypriot plane crashed into a hill north of Athens on Sunday, killing all 121 people aboard — a third of them children — in Greeces deadliest airline disaster. At least one of the pilots was unconscious when the plane went down, apparently from lack...
On Oct. 29, 2018, the Boeing 737 Max flown by Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 passengers and crew. That was Indonesia’s second-deadliest aircraft accident behind Garuda Flight 152. Boeing Woes ...
Now we have the deadliest insult of all. ‘Anti-vaxxer.’ Two relatively short words, but if you dare to touch them, they explode into maelstrom of poison that spreads far and wide, destroying anyone and everyone in range. Today, to mix my metaphors, there is probably no deeper abyss to...
On the edge of the world, Unalaska is a remote island home to one of America's most important fishing ports. Here's what to see and do if you're brave enough to visit the home base of the hit tv show "Deadliest Catch."