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  NASA's moon mission crashed into the lunar surface at an incredible 5,700 km per hour

  April 21, 2014 16:30 IST

  Washington: Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), the moon exploring robot of NASA was annihilated when it impacted the surface of the moon, as planned last weekend, the US space agency announced.“At the time

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  Italian motorcycle racer Emanuele Cassani dies in crash

  Other Sports | April 14, 2014 9:28 IST

  Rome:   Italian motorcycle racer Emanuele Cassani died Sunday after a collision on the Misano World Circuit during the Trofeo Bridgestone 600, one of the events in the Coppa Italia 2014, organisers said.Cassani, who was

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  Porsche Supercup Championship: British racer Edwards killed in crash

  Other Sports | October 15, 2013 17:38 IST

  Brisbane: Porsche Supercup Championship leader Sean Edwards died Tuesday in a crash during a training drive in Australia.   Porsche Motorsport said on its website that the 26-year-old Edwards, the son of former Formula One driver

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  The world's 10 deadliest plane crashes

  World | March 14, 2014 6:39 IST

  New Delhi: Aviation has brought the people of the world closer to one another. Every day thousands of flights originate and land in most of the cities of the world, and yet occasionally there are

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  Atleast 34 dead in Guatemala bus crash

  World | September 09, 2013 23:27 IST

  Guatemala City: A bus plunged into a deep river canyon in northwest Guatemala on Monday and at least 34 people were killed, a rescue worker said.Mario Cruz, the spokesman for the volunteer fire department in

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  Army training aircraft crashes in Bangladesh

  World | July 15, 2013 8:00 IST

  Dhaka, July 15: A Bangladesh Army training aircraft crashed in southeastern Partia sub-district on Sunday but the pilot ejected safely, police said.Mofizuddin, police chief of Partia sub-district under Chittagong, around 240 km from Dhaka, told

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  18 killed in Moscow road crash

  World | July 14, 2013 14:34 IST

  Moscow, July 14: Eighteen people were killed in a truck-bus crash in Moscow, officials said."It is a horrible accident that occurred through the fault of one irresponsible driver," Xinhua quoted a fire fighter as saying

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  10 killed in bus crash in Brazil

  World | July 14, 2013 14:35 IST

  Rio de Janeiro, July 14: At least 10 people were killed when a tourist bus met with an accident in Brazil, Xinhua reported.The driver lost control of the bus late Friday while transporting 42 members

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  Rail chief blames engineer for Quebec train crash

  World | July 11, 2013 13:38 IST

  Lac-Megantic (Canada), Jul 11: The head of the US railway company, whose runaway oil train crashed into a town in Canada, on Wednesday blamed a train engineer for failing to set the brakes properly before

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  40 still missing in deadly Canada rail crash, fire

  World | July 08, 2013 11:21 IST

  Lac-Megantic, Jul 8: About 40 people were still missing a day after a runaway train derailed in Quebec, igniting explosions and fires that destroyed a busy downtown district and killed five people. Police said a

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  'Pilots tried to abort landing seconds before crash'

  World | July 08, 2013 9:45 IST

  Washington, July 8: Pilots of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 tried to abort the landing less than two seconds before the plane crashed on the runway at San Francisco International Airport Saturday, according to officials.

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  Facebook executives switch flight, avoid crash

  World | July 07, 2013 10:19 IST

  Washington, July 7: Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and other executives at the social media giant escaped potential disaster when they switched to a United flight returning from a Korean business trip.They were earlier

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  Stunning Chinese student causes university website to crash

  World | June 28, 2013 15:17 IST

  Beijing, Jun 28: An attractive Chinese female student's graduation pictures have proved so popular that they caused her university website to crash after being uploaded onto the homepage.The website of one of China's top universities

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  Watch in pics how Lion Air plane crashed into sea near Bali, no fatalities

  World | April 14, 2013 6:53 IST

  Bali, Apr 13: A Lion Air plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen

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  17 killed in Turkey military chopper crash

  World | November 11, 2012 12:30 IST

  Ankara, Nov 11 : At least 17 people, including 13 soldiers, were killed and others wounded in Turkey's Siirt province Saturday after a military helicopter crashed in the morning, Xinhua reported.According to Siirt governor Ahmet

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  Connery, Ferguson crash Murray's news conference

  Tennis | September 09, 2012 10:16 IST

  New York, Sep 9: Scotland's own Sean Connery and Alex Ferguson crashed Andy Murray's post-match news conference after he won his U.S. Open semifinal on Saturday.“Excuse me for interrupting,” Connery, the Oscar-winning actor, said right

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  DGCA begins probe into Asaram chopper crash in Godhra

  India | August 30, 2012 13:53 IST

  Ahmedabad, Aug 30 : The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has initiated a probe into the crash-landing of the chopper at Godhra yesterday, in which spiritual guru Asaram Bapu and four others were travelling

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  UP govt says, it averted northern power grid crash today

  India | August 20, 2012 17:09 IST

  Lucknow, Aug 20: The Uttar Pradesh government today said the state has averted the failure of the Northern Grid, as electricity supplies were timely cut to certain districts.“We timely succeeded in averting grid failure by

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  Sudanese government helicopter crash kills 32

  World | August 19, 2012 19:45 IST

  Khartoum (Sudan), Aug 19: A Sudanese government helicopter crashed Sunday before landing in a remote town in the country's southern mountains, killing all 32 people on board. The victims included the minister of endowment, a

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  Barbera fractures vertebra in Moto GP crash

  World | August 18, 2012 15:29 IST

  Indianapolis, Aug 18: Spanish rider Hector Barbera crashed during a Moto GP practice Friday and suffered a fractured vertebra.The Pramac Racing Team Ducati rider was removed from the track on a stretcher and taken to