Two passenger jets narrowly avoided a potentially catastrophic midair collision shortly after taking off from Los Angeles International Airport early Saturday, after one aircraft made an unauthorized turn into the other’s flight path. An Air France Airbus bound for Papeete, Tahiti, reportedly came within just 400ft vertically of an American Airlines Airbus headed to Dallas-Fort … Read more
Just over a year after a deadly crash into the Brooklyn Bridge, the massive Mexican Navy tall ship at the center of the disaster has arrived in California — and locals can climb aboard for free. The nearly 300-foot ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE-01) arrived in San Francisco Bay Wednesday morning for a four-day visit celebrating the … Read more
Three members of the Michigan family featured in TLC’s reality show “Meet the Putmans” were killed in a tragic car accident on Friday night. Family patriarch Bill “Papa” Putman, his wife, Barb — who goes by “Neenee” — and their daughter-in-law Megan died when a semi-truck ran through a stop sign and collided with their … Read more
An American tourist involved in a near-fatal collision with an e-bike was issued with a fine while in a coma. Father-of-two Rod Maroney suffered devastating brain injuries after he was hit by an e-bike riding down light rail tracks on Sydney Australia’s George Street, where e-bikes are not permitted. The 64-year-old retired aerospace engineer was … Read more
It was a whale of a fail. An Australian surfer is lucky to be alive after getting body-slammed by a humpback whale, which then dragged him underwater by his leash. Footage of the Moby-Dick move is currently making waves online. “It came down, landed straight on me,” Jason Breen, 55, told 9News of the incident, … Read more