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USA: United Airlines flight catches fire during takeoff at Houston Airport, panicked passengers evacuated

Feb 03, 2025, at 02:51 pm

A United Airlines flight, which was travelling from Houston to New York, was evacuated after catching fire during takeoff on Sunday, media reports said.

US plane-helicopter collision: 28 bodies recovered from Potomac River, no survivors, say officials

Jan 30, 2025, at 08:15 pm

Washington DC: A total of 28 bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River following a midair collision between a US Army Blackhawk helicopter and a passenger jet near Washington DC, media reports said.

Bus overturns in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan, 20 die

May 03, 2024, at 11:18 pm

At least 20 people died and 21 others were hurt after a passenger bus overturned on the Karakoram Highway in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district in Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.

2 dead, 34 injured in road crashes in Philippines over weekend

Mar 25, 2024, at 01:49 am

Manila: Two people died and 34 others were hurt in two separate road crashes in the Philippines over the weekend, local authorities said Sunday.

Over 300 flights cancelled after Tokyo airport collision killing 5; the plane was cleared to land

Jan 03, 2024, at 05:36 pm

Tokyo/UNI/IBNS: Airlines were forced to cancel over 300 flights following the collision between a Japan Coast Guard aircraft and a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening even as reports said the plane was cleared to land ahead of the tragedy.

Bangladesh: Train derailment leaves 1 dead

Dec 13, 2023, at 10:57 pm

One person was killed when seven compartments of a train were derailed on an overpass in Gazipur near the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Wednesday.

Bus falls into precipice in Sri Lanka, one dies

Oct 21, 2023, at 12:17 am

At least one person was killed when a bus fell into a precipice in the Badulla district of central Sri Lanka on Friday.

New York: Twin Brooklyn fires leave three children, 10 firefighters hurt

Aug 21, 2023, at 04:16 pm

Three children, who were left alone in a Brooklyn apartment in New York, were hurt as a fire broke out inside the home on Sunday.

Passenger van overturns in central Afghanistan, injuring 14

Jun 08, 2023, at 04:51 am

Bamyan: At least 14 commuters sustained injuries on Wednesday after a passenger van turned turtle in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, a statement of the provincial police released here said.

Four killed, 10 injured in highway crash in N Egypt

Jun 08, 2023, at 04:38 am

Cairo: At least four women were killed and ten others wounded when a pickup crashed into an agricultural tractor on a highway in Egypt's Nile Delta Province of Gharbia on Wednesday.

Pakistan: 3 killed, 13 injured in van-truck collision

Jun 06, 2023, at 02:36 pm

Islamabad: At least three people were killed and 13 others injured on Monday in a collision between a van and a truck in Mandi Bahauddin district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the rescue service reported.

Two killed, 8 injured as mini-bus overturns in Afghanistan

Jun 04, 2023, at 08:29 am

Kabul: At least two commuters were killed, and eight others injured in a road accident in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province, provincial police spokesman Qari Mohammad Yusuf Asrar said on Saturday.

One dead, 5 injured in New York City garage collapse

Apr 19, 2023, at 07:06 pm

New York, Apr 19 (UNI) One person was killed and five others were injured after a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan of New York City on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

At least 40 killed as bus falls into ravine in Pakistan's Balochistan

Jan 29, 2023, at 06:31 pm

Islamabad/UNI: At least 40 people were killed on Sunday morning after a passenger bus fell in a ditch in the Lasbela district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, government authorities said.

17 dead in major road accident in China

Jan 08, 2023, at 04:58 pm

Nanchang (China): As many as 17 people were killed and 22 others sustained injuries early Sunday morning, following a severe road accident in Nanchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province.

Five dead, suspect killed in Toronto shooting

Dec 19, 2022, at 11:00 pm

Toronto/UNI: Five people were killed in a shooting incident in a condo unit in Vaughan, north of Toronto, local authorities said.

Accelerated action needed to save 12,000 lives a day due to injury, violence

Nov 30, 2022, at 10:12 pm

Each day, injuries and violence claim the lives of some 12,000 people around the world, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the UN health agency. 

18 killed in minibus crash in northern Egypt

Nov 13, 2022, at 05:51 am

Cairo: At least 18 people were killed and six others sustained injuries after a minibus crashed in the province of Dakahlia in northern Egypt, the country's ministry of social solidarity said on Saturday.

40 injured as Chinese plane skids off runway, catches fire

May 12, 2022, at 06:30 pm

Beijing: More than 40 people of the 122 onboard the Tibet Airlines plane were injured on Thursday after it skidded off the runway in southwestern China's Chongqing, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Death toll due to collision between train-bus in Narayanganj touches four

Dec 27, 2021, at 10:06 pm

Narayanganj: The death toll as a train hit a bus in Bangladesh region of Narayanganj has touched four, media reports said on Monday.

Almost 20 people dead in Mexico after truck rams several cars: Reports

Nov 07, 2021, at 02:40 pm

Buenos Aires/UNI/Sputnik: Nearly 20 people were killed as a result of a major accident on a highway in Mexico, the country’s federal highway authority, CAPUFE, informed.

20 Sikh Yatrees returning from Nankana Sahib killed in bus-train collision in Pakistan's Sheikhupura

Jul 03, 2020, at 06:08 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: At least 20 people, mostly Sikh pilgrims, were killed in a collision between a train and a bus near Sheikhupura on Friday afternoon, officials said, reported media.

Train collision kills 11, injures 67 in Pakistan

Jul 11, 2019, at 12:15 pm

Islamabad, July 11 (UNI): Nearly a dozen people lost their lives and almost 70 others sustained injuries in Pakistan's Punjab on Thursday as a result of a deadly collision between passenger and freight trains, local media reported.

F-16 fighter jet crashes into California building, 5 injured

May 17, 2019, at 01:28 pm

Washington, May 17 (UNI): A US F-16 fighter jet crashed outside March Air Reserve Base near the city of Perris in southern California, the base has confirmed, adding that five people on the ground were injured.

Zimbabwe govt declares state disaster over accident claiming 13 lives

Apr 16, 2019, at 10:08 pm

Harare, Apr 16 (Xinhua): Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday declared a state of disaster over a freak accident that killed 13 members of an apostolic faith sect on Monday in Hwedza, Mashonaland East Province.

Afghanistan: Road mishap kills 7 people

Sep 15, 2018, at 09:30 am

Kabul, Sept 15 (IBNS): A traffic accident on Kabul-Jalalabad highway in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan killed at least seven people, media reports said.

Nepal: Bus mishap kills five in Pyuthan district

May 13, 2018, at 11:45 pm

Kathmandu, May 13 (IBNS): At least five people were killed when the bus in which they were travelling fell below the road in Sarumarani Rural Municipality-4 of Pyuthan district of Nepal on Sunday, media reports said.

Lorry-Bus accident in Bangladesh kills 8, injured 30

Feb 26, 2018, at 10:08 pm

Dhaka, Feb 26 (IBNS): A bus crashed into a lorry on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Bangladesh's Sonargaon area which left at least eight people killed on Monday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: At least eight killed in Herat road accident

Feb 21, 2018, at 08:13 pm

Kabul, Feb 21 (IBNS): At least eight people have been reported dead in an accident in Afghanistan's Herat province.

South Africa: At least 14 killed as train-truck collide

Jan 05, 2018, at 05:49 am

Bloemfontein, Jan 4 (IBNS): At least 14 people have been killed and 268 others injured after a train and a truck collided in Free State province in South Africa, reports said.