How 379 people escaped from a burning plane in Japan, or Why it is important to listen to the instructions of flight attendants

At Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane collided with a coast guard aircraft. It seems miraculous that the airliner's 379 passengers and crew escaped unharmed. But there is nothing magical about this - it is simply compliance with safety rules, reports the BBC.…

A large reservoir dam has broken in Ukraine: Kyiv blames Russia, American media blames nature

At dawn on June 6, it became known about the partial destruction of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. The Ukrainian authorities blamed the Russian occupation forces for blowing up the dam, which seized and controlled the hydroelectric power plant on February 24, 2022. The Russian occupation authorities claim that it was the Armed Forces of Ukraine that were shelled at night and…

Passenger and freight trains collide in Greece: 36 dead, over 60 injured

In Greece, near the city of Larisa, at least 36 people were killed when a passenger train carrying more than 350 people collided with a freight train on February 28 in the evening. 66 people are injured, according to CNN. Greek railway company Hellenic Train said in a press release that…

Two planes collided mid-air at an air show in Texas

Two World War II planes collided mid-air at the Wings Over Dallas airshow in Texas. Writes about it NBCDFW. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed to the ground at Wings Over…

More than 40 countries of the world are asking Russia to leave the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP: the plant is on the verge of disaster

An appeal to Russia on the withdrawal of troops from the Zaporozhye NPP was issued on behalf of 42 countries: including all EU countries, Australia, Great Britain Georgia, Iceland, Canada, Liechtenstein, Moldova, New Zealand, Norway, North Macedonia, USA, Montenegro, South Korea and Japan, according to Golos…

36 years ago, peaceful atom became a killer: 12 interesting facts you might not know about Chernobyl

12 interesting facts about the biggest catastrophe associated with the atom, according to KiyAvia. The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant occurred on April 26, 1986 - the world witnessed one of the most terrible disasters in the history of mankind. Radiation leakage as a result of an explosion at the fourth power unit ...

'We didn't succeed': the homeless crisis in California has already escalated into a humanitarian catastrophe

The humanitarian catastrophe of homelessness is worsening in California - all measures have proven insufficient, TheGuardian reports. During California's lockdown in March 2020, homeless advocates thought the state might finally be forced to address the homelessness crisis. They hoped that to slow the spread...

The threat of radiation leakage: the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is disconnected from electricity, Russian invaders do not allow to repair the breakdown

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, captured by Russian troops on the first day of the war, was cut off on March 9 due to an accident on a power line, Ukrenergo and the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine said, Meduza reports. The Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom said that the storage facility at...

Frightening statistics: this year there have already been 7 major air crashes in Russia

There have already been seven major plane crashes in Russia in 2021, the BBC reports. The crash of an L-410 turboprop plane in Tatarstan was the seventh Russian plane crash since the beginning of the year, in which five or more people were killed. Two more disasters - Il-112V near Moscow and...

In Montana, a passenger train derailed: there are casualties

An Amtrak passenger train derailed in a remote area of ​​Montana, killing at least 3 people, CNN reported. Authorities said the Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to the US West Coast derailed in a remote part of Montana ...

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