2 w. ago Why did the Air India flight crash? Here’s how experts will investigate the disaster in Ahmedabad

Speculation is rife about the causes of the disaster, as experts begin to piece together how flight AI171 crash unfolded

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3 w. ago Download rockers told to take off smartwatches after moshpit ‘collisions’ cause accidental 999 calls

Police received nearly 700 false emergency alerts from Leicestershire heavy metal event last yearWhen hundreds of 999 calls came in from fans at the Download festival two years ago, the emergency services must have thought a disaster was unfolding at the three-day heavy metal gig in Leicestershire.In fact, the calls were made automatically from smartwatches and other devices worn by fans because “the tech assumed that people in moshpits had been in a collision”, according to Leicestershire police. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Download festival rockers told to take off smartwatches after moshpits spark emergency alerts

Police received nearly 700 false ‘collision’ 999 calls from Leicestershire heavy metal event in 2023When hundreds of 999 calls came in from fans at the Download festival two years ago, the emergency services must have thought a disaster was unfolding at the three-day heavy metal gig in Leicestershire.In fact, the calls were made automatically from smartwatches and other devices worn by fans because “the tech assumed that people in moshpits had been in a collision”, according to Leicestershire police. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Why did the Air India flight crash? Here’s how experts will investigate the 30

Speculation is rife about the causes of the disaster, as experts begin to piece together how flight AI171 crash unfolded

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3 w. ago Minute by terrifying minute, how the Grenfell disaster unfolded

Seven years ago, 72 ­people died in the ­Grenfell Tower fire. It was Britain's worst residential fire since WWII. MailOnline's immersive storytelling lays bare what happened that terrible night...

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3 w. ago What caused the Air India flight to crash in 30 seconds? Here’s what investigators are looking for

Speculation is rife about the causes of the disaster, as experts begin to piece together how flight AI171 crash unfolded

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3 w. ago Girl, nine and her father, 38, who died in house fire are named by police

Mother Asifa was not at the family home in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, when the blaze took hold as she was on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.

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3 w. ago Blaze that killed 'lovely little girl', nine, and her father while mother 'was away on Eid pilgrimage' could have been started by tumble dryer, fire chairman says

The inferno engulfed the family's red-brick semi-detached home in West Yorkshire, at around 5am yesterday, while the mother was in Saudi Arabia for Hajj during Eid celebrations.

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3 w. ago Mother 'was away on Eid pilgrimage' when blaze tore through house killing her daughter, nine, and husband

A mother is returning from a pilgrimage today to find her husband and youngest daughter, aged nine, have perished in a house fire.

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3 w. ago Mother of tragic girl, nine, who died with her father in house blaze was away on Eid pilgrimage when disaster unfolded

A mother is returning from a pilgrimage today to find her husband and youngest daughter, aged nine, have perished in a house fire.

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