Tag: accidents
Volcano hit Norway hard
Norway, with its mountainous terrain and vast distances from north to south, is particularly dependent on air traffic. It's therefore considered among the countries...
Thousands of passengers stranded
Air traffic in or out of Norway is unlikely to resume for at least another day, perhaps two or three, until the danger of...
Volcano halts air traffic
Norwegian aviation officials closed the country’s air space on Thursday, after an enormous cloud of ash drifted closer from the latest volcanic eruption on...
Royals attend memorial for Poland
King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were among those attending a special memorial service Tuesday evening for the victims of a plane...
20 years since major ship fire
It's been 20 years since fire broke out onboard the Scandinavian Star, a passenger and car ferry sailing from Oslo to Fredrikshavn in Denmark....
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...
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