An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 MAX crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday, evoking comparisons to an Indonesian incident in October. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c8554cdd70b792c82cab44a/master/pass/Transpo_Ethiopian-91957896.jpg
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A civilian pilot participating in a military exercise crashed a jet off the coast of Hawaii
CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images A civilian contractor for the Hawaii Air National Guardin stable condition after a Hawker Hunter jet crashed in the ocean off Hawaii on Wednesday. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said the jet went down in the ocean around 2:25 p.m. after taking off from Honolulu’s airport. The pilot was rescued […]
When life gives you onions: Crowd plunders crashed truck, ignoring injured Indian driver (VIDEO)
An onion-laden truck fell off an elevated highway in western India, spilling its load. But while the injured truck driver was reportedly lying unattended, locals flocked to the site to ransack the cargo, disrupting traffic. The incident took place on the Pune-Mumbai highway outside the western Indian town of Lonavla earlier this week. The driver […]
Officials Confirm Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX Crashed Off Coast of Indonesia With 188 On Board
Indonesian Officials Confirm Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX Crashed Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not […]
What It’s Like to Fly the WWII-Era Plane That Crashed on LA’s 101 Freeway
Wondering why someone was flying the decades-old T-6 Texan that crash landed in Agoura Hills? Simply put, it’s a blast. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bcfb8832eea7906bba84c79/master/pass/Plane-Crash-Agoura-Hills-w.jpg
How a CEO fiddled while beloved board game Glory to Rome crashed and burned
Enlarge / Glory to Rome, as seen in Jeff Lozito’s recent unauthorized redesign/printing. (credit: Jeff Lozito) I remember exactly where I was the first time I played Glory to Rome. It was the spring of 2011. I was on a Thalys high-speed train leaving Amsterdam, headed for Cologne, not far from where I was living […]
‘We crashed, but it's OK’: Passenger records dramatic VIDEO after airliner skids into river
A passenger recorded a short video after a Russian Boeing 787 slid off a runway in Sochi, crashing into a river and catching fire on both wings. “We crashed, but it’s OK, I guess,” a man can be heard calmly saying in a short clip recorded minutes after the airliner crashed into a river in […]
An airline employee took off in a plane without permission at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle and crashed in Puget Sound
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren An airplane employee took off in a plane without permission at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle, Washington and later crashed in Puget Sound, the airport confirmed Friday night. There no other passengers on board. An FAA spokesperson confirmed that the plane departed without permission. Alaska Airlines acknowledged the situation in a statement: […]
Apple bug crashed iPhones when you wrote ‘Taiwan’
Many tech companies have to write code to adapt to China’s strict rules, including its denial of Taiwan’s independent status. However, Apple’s approach to it may have been… slightly buggy. Security researcher Patrick Wardle has reported that iOS 11.3 and earlier included a bug that would crash some users’ devices whenever they wrote “Taiwan” or […]
Google Maps Street View: Jeep appears to have crashed into thin air – what happened?
Google Maps Street View, created in 2007, uses 360-degree panoramic views to open up the world to online users. First launched in the US, it has since extended to hundreds of countries and some of the most remote areas. Google Maps has covered many streets and roads across the world capturing exciting shots of the natural […]
