Tag: accidents

Suddenly spring, slide danger rises

UPDATED: Rain and an unusual spate of warm weather have raised the danger of landslides and avalanches all over Norway, with four separate slides...

Ship grounded off Måløy

A German-owned container ship that grounded just before the weekend off the west coast of Norway near Måløy, in the county of Sogn og...

Families trapped in car for 15 hours

Two adults and three children ended up spending 15 hours inside one of their cars after the Norwegian mountain highway where they were driving...

Train engineer charged in derailment

The locomotive engineer who was at the controls of a brand-new train on a test run when it derailed last week has been charged...

Train cleared in recent derailment

No technical deficiencies have been found on the brand-new Swiss-built train that derailed near Holmestrand last week. State railroad Jernbaneverket, meanwhile, hopes to re-open...

Children burned down church

The 116-year-old Rørvik Church in the county of Nord-Trøndelag survived World War II but not the weekend game of two young boys who admitted...

Probe continues into train accident

Officials at state railway NSB are investigating why one of the brand new trains in its major new upgrade program was traveling at a...

Avalanche danger hangs over holiday

Avalanche warnings have been posted in mountainous areas all over Norway, just as thousands of Norwegians headed to ski centers for the annual winter...

Ten injured at resort in Thailand

Ten Norwegians were among those injured when a chlorine container exploded at a resort hotel in Phuket, Thailand over the weekend. Nearly 40 tourists...

New train derails while being tested

UPDATED: The heavily trafficked rail line known as Vestfoldbanen was closed between Tønsberg and Holmestrand on Wednesday morning, after a new high-speed train on...
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