Tag: accidents
Several killed in collision in Troms
UPDATED: Politicians were calling for a bipartisan effort to speed up highway improvements in Norway, following a fatal multi-vehicle collision in Troms that left...
T-bane struggles back into business
Oslo's underground transit system, the T-bane, was mostly back in service Thursday after a derailment on Wednesday shut down all operations through downtown. Commuters,...
Transit trouble after T-bane derailed
Commuters in the Oslo area faced even more challenges than normal on Wednesday, after a metro train known as the T-bane derailed at the...
Police start investigating Statoil
Norway's state police are launching an investigation into safety issues at state oil company Statoil, after state regulators confirmed Friday that the company risked...
Statoil narrowly avoided a blowout
Norway's state oil company Statoil has long nurtured a reputation of being a high-quality operator with a strong safety record, but now the regulators...
Oslo-Copenhagen ferry hit by fire
Around 550 passengers on board the DFDS cruise-ferry that sailed from Oslo Tuesday evening were ordered up to the top decks early Wednesday morning,...
Winter caught drivers unprepared
The wet and heavy snow that fell on lowland areas of southern and western Norway late last week heralded the end of autumn and the...
Heavy rains drench the southwest
Residents of Norway's southwest coast were mopping up on Thursday after heavy rains set off flooding and landslides. The main train line between Kristiansand...
Probe underway into train derailment
UPDATED: A portion of the main train line between Oslo and Stockholm was closed over the weekend after a passenger train derailed at Skotterud,...
Divers missing off Kristiansand
Two divers from Denmark remained missing, and feared dead, on Monday after they failed to resurface from a dive off the southern city of...
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