56 h. ago UPS put profits over safety before plane crash that killed 14, lawyer alleges

A deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky stemmed from corporate choices that favoured profits over safety, according to a lawyer who filed two wrongful death lawsuits Wednesday, which allege the company kept flying older aircraft without increasing maintenance beyond what’s regularly scheduled.  Federal officials said last month’s fiery crash of the MD-11 jet happened […]

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4 d. ago Hong Kong officials say unsafe netting contributed to deadly building fire

Initial tests showed it was up to code, but investigators later found seven failed safety standards, which officials said suggested contractors skimped to make greater profits.

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7 d. ago No survivors after plane crashes in wooded area of B.C., RCMP say

An investigation into the cause of a plane crash with no survivors, near Twilight Way, Nanaimo, is currently underway in British Columbia.

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2 w. ago HUNTER: Did ‘Cocaine Lawyer’ Deepak Paradkar advise Ryan Wedding on murder?

'(Wedding's lawyer, Paradkar) advised him to kill this witness,' alleged Bill Essayli, first Assistant U.S. Attorney at the Central District of California

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2 w. ago In Calgary courts: Psychological risk assessment ordered for admitted Calgary killer despite objections from defence lawyer

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2 w. ago Engine accelerated after landing, deadly Hong Kong plane crash probe finds

The report from the Air Accident Investigation Authority listed the crash as an accident, saying its Number 4 engine accelerated after landing

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2 w. ago In Calgary courts: Calgary lawyer wants testing done to determine if youth killer qualifies for an intensive rehabilitative custody and supervision order

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2 w. ago Pilot killed in eastern Ontario plane crash participating in training flight: TSB

SOUTH GLENGARRY, Ont. — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the pilot killed in a Sunday mid-air collision in eastern Ontario was taking part in a training exercise. The TSB says it has deployed a team to Martintown in South Glengarry, about 115 km away from Ottawa, after a mid-air crash involving a 172 […]

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3 w. ago Calgary murder suspect was the gunman in killing of homeless city man, lawyer tells court

"The issue will be between manslaughter and murder."

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3 w. ago Transportation Safety Board investigating plane crash at Lethbridge Airport

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating after a twin-engine Cessna was forced to make a crash landing at the Lethbridge Airport on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Scrapyard workers recount horrific scene after UPS plane crash destroyed their Kentucky business

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Supervisor Adam Bowman was loading metal onto a truck at a scrapyard just south of the Louisville, Kentucky, airport when he heard what he first thought was a transformer explosion and quickly realized was more horrific. “I turned around and I see over the fence just a huge cloud of black […]

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3 w. ago Laval daycare bus crash driver shouldn't be designated 'high risk accused': defence

Pierre Ny St-Amand was found not criminally responsible for the crash that killed two children, and his lawyer says the designation is an unfair punishment.

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3 w. ago Christian missionary dad, daughter killed in Florida plane crash trying to help Jamaica

The pair were bringing humanitarian aid to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

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3 w. ago Father, daughter killed in Florida plane crash taking aid to Jamaica

The two people killed when a small plane crashed while taking supplies to Jamaica have been identified as Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena, 22.

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4 w. ago Officials scour charred site of Kentucky UPS plane crash for victims and answers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, entered a third day Thursday as investigators gather information to determine why the aircraft caught fire and lost an engine on takeoff. The inferno consumed the enormous plane and spread […]

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