Tag: accidents
Accident probe: No technical failure
It will be a few more weeks before their report is finished, but investigators probing the cause of a fatal accident involving runaway railcars...
Mystery surrounds fatal rail accident
A formal inquiry is underway into Wednesday's fatal and bizarre accident in Oslo involving 16 runaway railroad boxcars and spectacular drama. "This never should...
Runaway train spurs death, injury
UPDATED: Several railroad cars suddenly started rolling on their own out of the Alnabru terminal on Oslo's east side Wednesday afternoon, careened out of...
Young girls swept into the sea
Two nine-year-old girls playing on slippery coastal rocks near Kristiansund fell into the sea on Sunday. Both were found, but died later at the...
Skier found dead after avalanche
A young man missing from a ski resort in the mountains of Telemark was found dead Monday afternoon in an area hit by avalanche...
More workers found living in fire traps
Norwegian authorities have uncovered more examples of foreign workers having to live in seriously substandard housing branded as "fire traps." Around 60 workers from...
Bus trip over mountains turned fatal
An express bus traveling over the mountains in northern Oppland County ran off the road during an early autumn snowfall on Tuesday. One passenger...
'Oil spill ship' finally leaves Norway
The bulk cargo vessel Full City was finally towed out of Norway on Monday, six weeks after it grounded in a storm off Telemark and...
Grounded ship’s oil spill called the 'worst ever' in Norway
Environmental experts were worried that oil spilling on Friday out of a grounded ship off the scenic coast of Telemark would create “the worst...
Ships sink and ground, six missing
A Norwegian cargo ship sank during a severe storm that hit the coasts of western Sweden and southern Norway Thursday night. Six crew members...
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