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  1. H

    Power begins to return after huge outage hits Spain and Portugal

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/large-parts-spain-portugal-hit-by-power-outage-2025-04-28/ Pretty massive outages. Regards,
  2. Big_Zukini

    Iran Bandar Abbas Port Explosion

    April 26th 2025, a massive explosion occurred at the Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas, by far Iran's largest sea port. In 2020's Beirut explosion, said to be a large stockpile of Ammonium Nitrate, there was initially a gray smoke cloud and then an explosion containing a dark red smoke. In...
  3. H

    Helicopter crashes in Hudson River in New York City, all 6 on board killed

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/helicopter-crashes-hudson-river-new-york-city/story?id=120691975#:~:text=All%20six%20people%20on%20board,according%20to%20law%20enforcement%20sources. Regards,
  4. SUPER=BUG

    Earthquake in Myanmar

    3月28日14时20分,缅甸发生7.9级地震。确切的伤亡率仍不清楚,救援队正在行动。不过,根据实际情况,缅甸地震可能在7.9级以上,震地动山的强震区绵延500多公里。
  5. Grey Havoc

    Foul play not ruled out after US oil tanker crash in North Sea

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/10/oil-tanker-cargo-ship-collide-north-sea/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t
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    USS Harry S. Truman collision

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/aircraft-carrier-harry-truman-collides-ship-mediterranean-sea/story?id=118787251 WTF??? Is the USN literally asleep at the wheel??? I well remember USN woes from a few years back, but it looks like the rot has resisted any cleaning ship efforts - what gives??? In...
  7. S

    Washington DC air collision (January 2025)

    American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ-700, has collided with a US Army Blackhawk out of Fort Belvoir near Reagan International Airport in D.C. Current reports say both the helicopter, and the two halves of the CRJ, are in the Potomac River. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy7kxx74yxlt
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    Crash of Jeju Air 737 at Muan International Airport, 29/12/2024

    A 737-800 flying from Thailand to Korea has run off the runway and hit a wall during a belly landing at Muan International Airport. Reported to be 173 Korean, 2 Thai passengers and 6 crew. 47 confirmed dead so far with 2 confirmed survivors (a passenger and a flight attendant). Early reports...
  9. GTX

    Royal New Zealand Navy loses a ship

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-06/new-zealand-navy-ship-runs-aground-off-samoa-/104438052
  10. Grey Havoc

    Hundreds unaccounted for and millions without power in aftermath of Hurricane Helene (BBC News)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/crejvrzxgjpt
  11. overscan (PaulMM)

    Fire destroys OVHCloud's SBG2 data center in Strasbourg - 3.6 million websites offline

    https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2021/03/10/ovh-fire.html A fire at a major datacentre site in Europe took 3.6 million websites offline, with one datacentre totally destroyed, one damaged, and two others shut down. Of course, 4 datacentres all next to each other is.... Paralay's Russian...
  12. Flyaway

    Snapped Cable Damages Arecibo observatory radio telescope:

    Scott Manley video: View: https://youtu.be/4V3VCt24tkE
  13. Grey Havoc

    Disaster Relief Operations by the Imperial Japanese Navy and the US Navy in...

    ...the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/navcol/SSG/review/1-2/eng_1-2-4.pdf
  14. Triton

    National Airlines 747 crashed in Afghanistan on Monday; seven dead

    Published on Apr 30, 2013 A civilian cargo aircraft crashed at Bagram Air Field near the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, killing all seven people aboard. The plane came down shortly after take-off and crashed within the boundaries of the US-run airbase, a NATO spokesperson at the base said. The...
  15. Grey Havoc

    The Titanic’s Role in Radio Reform (IEEE Spectrum article)

    The Titanic’s Role in Radio Reform Original print article: http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/titanic-1333388528531.pdf Related IEEE podcast: The Titanic Launched a Century of Emergency Response Technologies
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