Stromausfälle in weiten Teilen Europas

Hamburg (Deutschland), 05.11.2006 – Am Samstagabend kam es ab 22:10 Uhr in weiten Teilen Europas zu den schwerwiegendsten Stromausfällen der jüngeren Geschichte. Der Stromausfall dauerte etwa eine halbe Stunde. Nach einem Bericht von tagesschau.de waren fünf Millionen Menschen in Frankreich sowie weitere in Belgien, Italien, Österreich und Spanien betroffen. Laut N-TV sagte der Präsident des französischen Stromnetzbetreibers RTE, dass insgesamt ungefähr zehn Millionen Europäer vom Ausfall betroffen gewesen seien. In Deutschland blieben Wohnungen und Betriebe in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Thüringen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Brandenburg und dem Saarland von zirka 22:00 bis 22:30 Uhr ohne Strom, teilweise auch länger. Auch der Bahnverkehr kam mancherorts zum Erliegen. In Deutschland kam es unter anderem in Nordrhein-Westfalen und Hessen bei über 100 Nahverkehrszügen zu Verspätungen bis zu einer halben Stunde, auch einzelne Fernverbindungen im Bereich der Deutschen Bahn waren betroffen.

Ursache war nach Angaben eines Konzernsprechers von E.ON möglicherweise eine Unterversorgung im nordwestdeutschen Netz. Zuvor war eine Höchstspannungsleitung über die Ems abgeschaltet worden, die möglicherweise den Leistungsabfall verursacht hatte. Die Abschaltung war eine Vorsichtsmaßnahme gewesen, um einem Schiff die Durchfahrt zu ermöglichen. Da solche Abschaltungen in der Vergangenheit bereits mehrfach ohne Störungen stattgefunden hatten, könne die Maßnahme nicht allein für den Stromausfall verantwortlich gemacht werden. Der Konzernsprecher sagte, zurzeit arbeiteten Mitarbeiter des Konzerns mit Hochdruck an einer Aufklärung der Ursachen. Der E.ON-Konzern betreibt in Deutschland etwa 32.500 Kilometer Stromleitungen.

Ein RWE-Sprecher wies Vermutungen zurück, die Probleme seien möglicherweise im RWE-Netz aufgetreten.

Der deutsche Umweltminister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) forderte die deutschen Netzbetreiber auf, mehr in die Sicherheit ihrer Leitungsnetze zu investieren. Der italienische Ministerpräsident forderte eine europäische Energiepolitik und -behörde.


Europa estuvo al borde del colapso eléctrico por culpa del apagón


La France subit une coupure d'électricité de grande ampleur


Grote stroomuitval treft landen in Europa

Grote stroomstoringen hebben zaterdagavond en zondagochtend een onbekend aantal steden in Europa getroffen, waaronder delen in Nederland.

De oorzaak is een grote storing in Duitsland, daardoor raakte het Europees stroomnetwerk ontregeld en worden momenteel Europese steden tijdelijk afgesloten om problemen in heel Europa te voorkomen. De getroffen Duitse centrales, waardoor de problemen begonnen, worden op het moment geteisterd door een koudegolf.

In grote delen van Brabant was zo'n kwartier lang geen stroom. Omstreeks 22.00 uur viel in Tilburg, Eindhoven, Helmond en de omgeving van de Biesbosch de stroom uit. Straatlantaarns en verkeerstlichten werkten ruim een kwartier lang niet. Als gevolg van de storingen reden op verschillende trajecten een tijd lang geen treinen. Deze berperkingen zijn inmiddels voorbij, melden de Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Winkels op het NS station in Tilburg werden vroegtijdig gesloten.

Ook in delen van Rotterdam was meer dan een uur lang geen stroom, dat meldt de lokale omroep RTV Rijnmond. Volgens Eneco waren de problemen rond elf uur grotendeels opgelost.

Volgens de laatste berichten zijn is er ook grote stroomuitval in Belgie geweest. Volgens de krant HLN viel op heel wat plaatsen in Vlaanderen, waaronder delen van Waregem, Desselgem, Beveren-Leie en Deerlijk, een tijdlang de stroom uit. Ook in Deinze gingen de lichten meer dan tien minuten uit. Het probleem begon omstreeks 22.15 uur en tegen middernacht waren de ergste moeilijkheden voorbij in het land. Ook in Melsele, Beveren, Essen, Kapellen, Brecht en Zwijndrecht ontstonden problemen met de elektriciteitsvoorziening. Lange tijd reden hierdoor geen lokale en internationale treinen in de regio.

Media melden ook grote stroomuitval in Duitsland, in een onbekend aantal regio's. De omvang is nog niet duidelijk. Köln-Bonn vliegveld zat ook zonder stroom maar daar waren de problemen spoedig verholpen met behulp van noodgenerators, er waren geen vertragingen. Of de problemen in Duitsland al verholpen zijn is niet duidelijk.

Ook de Franse hoofdstad Parijs en de omgeving hebben zonder stroom gezeten. Om 22.00 uur viel in heel Parijs volledig de stroom uit, even later verspreide de uitval zich naar omliggende gebieden en uiteindelijk viel ook in steden door heel het land de elektriciteit uit. Volgens persbureau AFP zijn ook de regio's Normandië, Caen en Rennes in het Noorden getroffen. De Franse brandweer roept inwoners op om alleen te bellen in noodgevallen. Ook in Frankrijk is het treinverkeer ontregeld.


Europe's airline chaos: in depth

Aviation experts are warning that air traffic across western Europe may continue to be affected by an Icelandic volcano, which has been billowing clouds of ash and spreading it throughout the region.

Experts say that the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, located in Iceland, continues to have "sporadic eruptions"; dark ash clouds have been moving south and east of the area, causing mass flight cancellations all over Europe, spanning from the UK to Russia over fears that the soot may be catastrophic to planes - such as causing engines to fail in-flight or severely reducing the pilot's visibility.

The ash clouds are drifting between six to nine thousand meters above the ground, and are moving eastwards, over northern France and Austria and towards Russia at about 40 kilometers per hour.

Already, thousands of passengers have been left stranded around the world, unable to travel to and from various points in Europe. The continent's air-traffic control center predicted 17,000 flights to have been cancelled on Friday alone, and indicated there would be further disruption today. The cancellations are costing airlines about US$200 million daily, the International Air Transport Association reports.

A global association of air traffic control companies commented that ash clouds would probably continue to affect flights for some time. "The knock-on effect of the volcanic ash plume over northern Europe is likely to disrupt European airspace for several days," the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization said in a statement. "Traffic will have to be reorganized and rerouted and flights preplanned, all on a dynamic and quite unpredictable basis."

"The skies are totally empty over northern Europe," said Eurocontrol's deputy head, Bryan Flynn. The agency said more than half of Europe's average 28,000 daily flights were cancelled yesterday, twice as many as were called off on Thursday.

In a special report, Wikinews takes a look at how different countries have been affected by this event.

All of Germany's sixteen airports with international flights have been shut down today, including the busy Frankfurt airport. A spokesman for carrier Lufthansa says all of its flights were cancelled until no sooner than 20.00 local time (18.00 UTC). He said that there were no planes from the airline in the air anywhere on the globe. "There has never been anything like this," he said.

Icelandic airports are open, despite being in such close proximity to the billowing volcano, as the winds are blowing ash clouds away from the vicinity.

The Icelandic Met Office's Matthew Roberts, told the BBC that the volcano hasn't been expending as much ash, and that the eruption was slowing down.

Icelandic officials are urging local residents with respiratory problems to refrain from going outdoors, and encourages the use of protective goggles and masks to those who do go out.

Most disruption in the country has actually been to ground, not air, traffic. Local police chief Kjartan Thorkelsson commented: "We had to close roads because of the ash yesterday [Thursday], even though it was not very thick." He added that the ash "is particularly dangerous for animals, since it can go into water and the grass they eat, [but] [i]t is not as dangerous to humans".

Experts suggest that occasional disruptions are possible throughout the next half year, should Eyjafjallajokull continue to erupt. Another concern is that it may trigger an eruption from the larger Katla volcano nearby, which has occurred every time Eyjafjallajokull has erupted for the past few centuries.

Even countries as far away as Japan were affected by the ash clouds. A correspondent for the BBC, in Tokyo's Narita Airport, says that many travellers en route to Europe had to spend the night in the departure lounge because their flights were cancelled: "Airlines have handed out sleeping bags and blankets but there have been complaints there aren't enough to go round. The longer the airports are closed the longer the backlog of passengers builds up," he reports.

Polish authorities have suggested that they will delay the funeral of deceased president Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in Russia last week. Many world leaders planning to attend the funeral might be prevented from doing so due to the ash clouds. Poland was one of twelve to close down most or all of its airspace.

The president's family, however, has insisted the ceremony, to be held in Krakow, proceed as planned.

The UK's National Air Traffic Service (NATS), says that its restrictions on airspace in the country would remain in effect until no sooner than 13.00 UTC today. Travel bans for Northern Ireland and Scotland have been lifted, although NATS stressed that this does not necessarily mean flights to and from the area will actually resume.

Ryanair, meanwhile, cancelled all its northern Europe flights until 13.00 on Monday. British Airways called off all of its flights from London airports.

UK ferry operators saw a jump in bookings as stranded air travellers sought other ways to cross the English Channel.

A spokesman with the British Civil Aviation Authority commented that, [i]n terms of closure of airspace, this is worse than after 9/11. The disruption is probably larger than anything we've seen."

A correspondent for Al Jazeera reporting from London Heathrow airport described stranded travellers' attitude as being "increasingly frustrated". He remarked: "Some sources I've been speaking to have been indicating that this will probably be extended further. There may be intermittent disruptions to flights for months to come."

The Icelandic volcano may cause the US to experience volcanic sunsets. Vulcanologist Jay Miller claims, "Once it stops erupting it will take a few days to settle out. As long as there's ash in the atmosphere or any pollutant for that matter, you'll see these alterations in the color we see in the sky."

Brian Toon of University of Colorado, Boulder, says: "It's unlikely any of this volcanic ash will get as far as the United States. But it is possible. It's just rare. It's likely the stuff will get washed out before it ever gets here."

American Airlines, in the meantime, announced it had cancelled 56 of its flights to and from Europe today, and the same amount yesterday; countries to which flights were not called off were Italy and Spain. US-based airlines make 337 flights between Europe and the US daily; of those, 280 were cancelled yesterday, the Air Transport Association of America says.

The Icelandic volcano has not caused many problems in Chile. SCL reported to El Mercurio that just a flight has been cancelled. The flight was operated by Air France, that may had went at the 16:00 local time to France. "We don't know if this suspended flight will go, yet," SCL reported, and warranted that "Air France is not going today." SCL also stated that has not been cancelled any other flights, but that could change as the time goes by.


Európa légiközlekedése megbénult: helyzetjelentés

Az izlandi vulkánkitörés nyomán a légkörbe került hamu hatalmas felhőként terpeszkedik Európa nagy része felett. Magyarország légterét tegnap 19 órakor zárták le emiatt egy napra, a felszállási tilalom még a légimentőkre is vonatkozik. A felhő az északi országrészt este 10 és éjfél között érhette el, most hajnalra pedig már az egész ország felett ott volt. Nálunk – a széljárástól függően – várhatóan vasárnap délre tisztul ki az égbolt. A balesetektől tartva repülőjáratok ezreit törölték Európa-szerte, Nagy-Britannától Oroszországig. A hamu ugyanis tönkreteheti a repülőgépek hajtóműveit és akadályozhatja a pilóták szabad kilátását. A lebegő porszemcsék másik – kevésbé problémás – hatása, hogy naplementekor sajátos, bíboros színezetet adnak az égboltnak. Az Eyjafjallajökull aktivitása időközben alábbhagyott, de alkalmanként még ki-kitör.

A hamuszemcsék 6 és 9 kilométer közötti magasságban lebegnek és a széljárásnak megfelelően a vulkántól délkelet felé szállnak tova. A kontinentális Európa felett kialakult felhő jelenleg Oroszország felé halad, hozzávetőleg 40 kilométeres óránkénti sebességgel.

A légtérzárak miatt Európába tartó utazók ezrei rekedtek repülőtereken világszerte. A légiirányítási adatok szerint csak tegnap 17 000 járatot töröltek. A Nemzetközi Légi Szállítási Szövetség napi 200 millió dollárra becsüli a légitársaságok ebből eredő veszteségeit. A Civil Air Navigation Services Organization jelezte, hogy a járatritkítások és az útvonal-változtatások miatt a légiforgalom eléggé kiszámíthatatlan marad az elkövetkezendő napokban.

– Észak-Európa légifolyosói konganak az ürességtől. - mondta Bryan Flynn, a Eurocontrol[1] igazgatója. – A napi átlag 28 000 járatból tegnap 16 000 nem szállt fel: kétszer több mint csütörtökön. A Malévnak tegnap 30, a Wizz Airnek 32 járata nem indult el Ferihegyről.

Eddig Ausztria, Belgium, Csehország, Dánia, Észtország, Finnország, Franciaország, Hollandia, Írország, Izland (a vulkánkitörés környékére), Lengyelország, Lettország, Litvánia, Luxemburg, Németország, Nagy-Britannia, Norvégia, Olaszország, Oroszország (a kalinyingrádi területen), Románia, Svédország és Szlovákia rendelt el részleges vagy teljes repülési tilalmat.

Az uralkodó nyugati széljárás miatt a felszálló por rövid úton elhagyja a szigetországot: az égbolt tiszta. Az ottani repülőterek így fogadnak és indítanak is járatokat. Az Izlandi Meteorológiai Szolgálat arról tájékoztatott, hogy a kitörés hevessége alábbhagyott, s hogy így a hamufelhő anyag-utánpótlása is lassacskán megszűnik.

A légúti megbetegedésben szenvedőknek mindenesetre azt tanácsolják a hatóságok, hogy ne hagyják el házaikat, illetve hogy a járókelők viseljenek védőszemüveget és maszkot.

A vulkanológusok szerint az Eyjafjallajökull a közeljövőben rövidebb időszakokra még aktivizálódhat és lökhet fel hamut a légkörbe. Komoly aggodalomra ad okot, hogy eddigi kitöréseit eddig minden ízben követte a közeli – egyébként szintén jégmezőbe ágyazott – Katla tűzhányó aktivizálódása is.

A múlt szombaton elhunyt Lech Kaczyński államelnök temetése – a család kérésére – holnap lesz. Mivel az ország légtere is le van zárva, kétséges, hogy a világ vezetői közül hányan és hogyan tudnak eljutni a ceremóniára.

A brit légiirányítás este hétig[2] meghosszabbította a légtérzárat. A repülési tilalom alól ugyanakkor feloldották Skóciát és Észak-Írországot, de hangsúlyozták, hogy ez nem jelenti a légiforgalom azonnali helyreállását.

A Ryanair minden észak-európai útvonalán szünetelteti a forgalmat hétfőn délután egyig. A British Airways nem indít repülőt Londonból, s nem is küld oda egyet sem. A híradások szerint az ott rekedtek egyre türelmetlenebbek. Közben a komptársaságok jegyeladásai érezhetően megugrottak, mivel sok pórul járt utas nem vár tovább, s inkább hajóval kel át a La Manche csatornán.


İzlanda'da patlayan yanardağın külleri Avrupa'yı felç etti

İzlanda'daki Eyjafjallajökull buzulundaki yanardağın patlaması sonucu oluşan kül bulutları Avrupa'yı etkisi altına aldı. Kül bulutları Polonya, İngiltere, Çek Cumhuriyeti, Norveç, İsveç, Danimarka, Litvanya, Letonya, Estonya, Belçika, Hollanda, Bulgaristan, Finlandiya, Fransa, Almanya, Slovakya, Avusturya, İsviçre ve Macaristan'a ulaştı. Kül bulutu ayrıca Moskova'ya çok yaklaştı. Kül bulutlarının salı günü Türkiye'ye ulaşması ve yağmur ile yüzeye inip astım, alerji ve akciğer hastalarını olumsuz etkilemesi bekleniyor.

Kül bulutu yüzünden pek çok uçak seferi iptal oldu. 17 ülkenin hava sahası kapatıldı, yolcular havaalanlarında kaldı. Türk Hava Yolları'nın da 14 ülkeye yapılacak olan uçuşları iptal ettiği öğrenildi. Bunun sebebinin kül bulutundaki silikonun eriyip uçak motorlarının çalışmasını engellemesi olduğu belirtildi. Bu durumun haftalar sürebilecek.

Ayrıca kül bulutları yüzünden Avrupa'da havanın bir miktar soğuyacağı da belirtildi.


Explosion at earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant

An explosion has been reported at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after its cooling system was damaged by a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit off the North-East coast of Japan on Friday. The explosion occurred at around 3:00pm local time (6:00am UTC). According to the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, four workers were injured in the explosion.

The explosion occurred as workers were attempting to cool a reactor by injecting water into its core. Local media are reporting that the plant's exterior walls have been destroyed and only a skeleton structure remains.

More than 45,000 residents within a 10-kilometre radius of the plant have been evacuated.

Television reports show white smoke coming from the plant. Local authorities are warning residents in the vicinity of the plant to stay indoors, turn off air-conditioners and not to drink tap water. According to Japan's nuclear agency, radioactive caesium and iodine has been identified at the plant. Authorities speculate that this indicates that containers holding uranium fuel at the site may have ruptured and are leaking.


일본 후쿠시마 원전 1호기 폭발

어제 발생한 지진의 여파로 일본 후쿠시마 제1 원자력 발전소의 원자로 1호기가 폭발했다. 이 폭발로 원자로의 지붕과 외벽이 붕괴되고, 원자로를 복구 중이던 인부 4명이 부상을 입었다. 사고가 난 후쿠시마 제1 원전 1호기 주변에서는 이미 방사능이 검출된 데다 노심 용해까지 우려되는 상황이었다.


Над Японією нависла загроза другого Чорнобиля

11 березня 2011 року в Японії стався найбільш руйнівний землетрус в історії країни, магнітуда якого складала 8.9 балів, що супроводжувався цунамі і серією ехо-поштовхів. Землетрус не тільки зруйнував будинки, промислові об'екти, сільськогосподарські угіддя й призвів до загибелі людей. Землетрус спровокував надзвичайні ситуації на атомних електростанціях Японії. З 16 японських АЕС п'ять, що розташовані близько Токіо, були зупинені. В турбінному залі АЕС Онагава спалахнула пожежа, над станцією з'вився білий дим. Та найбільше шкоди землетрус завдав АЕС Фукусіма, де вийшла з ладу система охолодження реакторів і виникла загроза викиду радіації.

Вночі, 12 березня 2011 року о 03.59 за місцевим часом (20.59 по Київу) у Японії сталися два нових землетруси силою 6,1 і 6,6 за шкалою Ріхтера. Нових поштовхів АЕС в Фукусіма не витримала.

Хронологія подій за 12.03.2011

8:05, на японській АЕС "Фукусіма-1" почалася некерована ланцюгова ядерна реакція.
Раніше повідомлялося, що тиск усередині аварійного реактора АЕС «Фукусіма-1» перевищує коефіцієнт запасу міцності корпусу в 2,1 рази. Температура і тиск всередині одного з реакторів АЕС почали підвищуватися після збою в системі охолодження, викликаного потужним землетрусом.
У першому блоку АЕС "Фукусіма-1" виявили радіоактивний цезій. Як вважають фахівці, розплавилися металеві оболонки, що захищали стрижні реактора, тобто температура всередині реактора може досягати 1200 градусів. Поява цезію свідчить про розпад урану. При цьому фахівці вважають, що основна частина палива як і раніше залишається в реакторі.

9:37 на японській АЕС «Фукусіма-1» стався вибух і викид білого диму.
За повідомленнями, що надходять, поранено кілька людей. Інцидент стався на першому реакторі АЕС близько 15:37 за місцевим часом.
Раніше в цілях запобігання руйнування оболонки реактора, було проведено скидання в атмосферу частини радіоактивної пари. Потім у контури охолодження реактора почали закачувати пожежними насосами морську воду.

12:01 рівень радіації в будівлі японської АЕС Фукусіма перевищив норму в тисячу разів.
Японська влада розширила до 10 кілометрів радіус евакуації жителів населених пунктів, розташованих навколо АЕС.

13:01 Росспоживнагляд повідомив, що виявив радіоактивну хмару що прямує до Камчатки. Як заявила керівник регіонального управління Росспоживнагляду Наталія Жданова, території Росії хмара досягне не раніше, ніж через добу. За її словами, до цих пір щогодинні заміри рівня радіації на сході Росії не виявили перевищення допустимого рівня.

16:26 Для охолодження реактора японці вирішили використовувати морську воду.
«Ядерний реактор захищений металевим контейнером. Ми вирішили заповнити контейнер морською водою, щоб охолодити реактор», - сказав Юкіо Едано, Генеральний секретар уряду Японії. Він зазначив, що для заповнення контейнера навколо реактора знадобиться близько десяти годин, а для повного охолодження – десять днів.
Тако ж генсек додав, що в другій половині дня рівень радіації в повітрі після вибуху атомної електростанції «Футусіма-1» знизився і зараз не перевищений. Він повідомив, що ранковий вибух стався не в реакторі: вибухнула зовнішня оболонка блоку з цементу і залізобетону.
Між тим евакуація жителів у районах двох АЕС (Фукусіма-1 і Фукусіма-2, розташованих в 12 километрах одна від одної) все ще триває. Зона евакуації вже двічі за добу збільшувалася: спочатку з трьох до десяти кілометрів, а потім - до 20 км.

12 березня 2011


Explosion at Texas refinery kills 14, injures more than 100

A huge explosion at the third-largest oil refinery in the United States killed at least 14 workers and injured more than 100 others at about 1:30 p.m. local time (19:30 UTC) on Wednesday, in Texas City, Texas.

The blast caused extensive damage to the BP facility, left a large crater in the ground, and flung chunks of burnt metal onto cars and trucks in the employee parking lot. Windows and lights shattered in homes and other buildings miles from the blast location. A massive cloud of black smoke hovered over the sky.

"It was real scary," refinery worker Charles Gregory told the Associated Press. "Have you ever hear the thunder real loud? It was like 10 times that," he said.

Authorities do not suspect that the explosion was caused by terrorism, but have not yet determined the cause of the blast. Federal investigators have been sent to the site, according to Daniel Horowitz, the director of public affairs for the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.

"We have no reason to believe this was anything caused by an outside agent," said BP spokesman Hugh Depland.

The 1,200-acre facility employs 1,800 workers, and outputs three percent of the oil supply for the United States (almost half a million barrels a day). The western side of the facility directly affected by the blast makes high-grade fuel.

Firefighters worked for over two hours to fight blazes caused by the explosion.

Company officials have not yet announced how long production will be suspended at the refinery. Gasoline futures began trading higher at an all-time peak of $1.60 a gallon during after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, but retreated to $1.58 later in the evening.

"It's a sad day for BP," said site director Don Parus.

Texas City last suffered a major accident in April 1947, when a ship filled with ammonium nitrate exploded, killing about a third of the town's population, and injuring about 5,000 others.


USA: Wybuch w rafinerii

14 osób nie żyje, a ponad 100 jest rannych – to wynik eksplozji do jakiej doszło w trzeciej co do wielkości w Stanach Zjednoczonych rafinerii w Teksasie.

Z doniesień agencyjnych wynika, że potężna eksplozja spowodowała duże zniszczenia w infrastrukturze należącej do British Petroleum rafinerii. Wybuch pozostawił wielki krater w ziemi. Z okien okolicznych domów wypadały szyby. Ponad miejscem eksplozji unosiła się chmura dymu.

Władze utrzymują, że eksplozja nie jest wynikiem działania terrorystów. Przyczyna wybuchu nie jest jednak znana. Na miejscu FBI prowadzi czynności wyjaśniającej okoliczności zdarzenia.

Licząca 480 hektarów fabryka zatrudnia 1800 osób. Zaspokaja 3% rynku ropy w USA (dzienna produkcja rafinerii to prawie pół miliona baryłek).

Ponad 2 godziny zajęło strażakom dogaszanie płomieni nad rafinerią.

Rynek ropy naftowej natychmiast zareagował na to wydarzenie. Cena galonu ropy wzrosła do 1,60$. Pod koniec notowań nowojorskiej giełdy spadła nieznacznie do 1,58$.


Explosion in French college

A large explosion ripped through a research building of the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse (ENSCMu) in Mulhouse, eastern France. Mulhouse's mayor, Jean-Marie Bockel, confirmed that the blast killed one person and injured another. Police declared Code Red, and the neighborhood was evacuated.

According to the French Press, TF1, the victim was in his forties and had worked at the institition for about a year. A young woman was seriously injured and about a dozen people received minor injuries, with two suffering from shock. 150 firefighters were on the scene.

The ENSCMu is a technology college, with an enrollment of 8,000 and a 25-hectare campus near the town's centre. It is known for its museum of coloring agents (Musée des Colorants), which has about 2700 samples, mainly from the second part of the nineteenth century. The museum's database is available online in French.

The blast occurred at 11:25 GMT (12:25 local time).  It is reported to have been heard two kilometres away and to have broken the windows of nearby buildings. The blast was followed by a fire that was contained by about 15:00 (local time).

The explosion's cause is not yet clear but it is believed to have happened in a ground-floor laboratory in an annex building constructed in 1977. The lab was apparently focused on industrial safety.


Explosion accidentelle à l'école nationale supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse

Une explosion s'est produite vers 12h25 dans un batiment de recherche de l'école nationale supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse (ENSCMu). On décompte un mort et 11 blessés, dont un grave. Le plan rouge a été déclenché par la préfecture et le quartier évacué.

Cette école est connue pour héberger en son sein un musée des colorants riche de près de 2700 échantillons datant pour la plupart de la seconde moitié du 19ème siècle.


Explosion in Russian nightclub kills at least 94

An explosion yesterday in a Russian nightclub killed at least 94 people and injured a further 139, according to police reports. The incident happened in the "Lame Horse" bar in the city of Perm near the Ural mountains.

According to the regional security minister, Igor Orlov, the club's plastic ceiling caught fire, ignited by firecrackers. Security officials, however, commented that the blast could not have been terrorism. "We are not talking about a terrorist attack, we are talking about a failure to observe fire regulations," said an official for an investigative body, as quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency.

A reporter for the Al Jazeera news agency remarked: "Officials have been cited as saying that the incident may have been caused by pyrotechnics that caused an explosion leading to a significant loss of life."

"The majority of the deaths were the result of burns or gas inhalation. Along with this, there was a crush at the exit," said a spokesman for a Russian investigative body, Vladimir Markin, as quoted by RIA Novosti. According to RIA, the emergencies ministry stated that "the blast went off at 23:15 Moscow time [20:15 UTC]."


Yli sata kuoli yökerhon palossa Permissä

Perm, Venäjä. Ainakin 109 ihmistä kuoli viime yönä, kun ilotulitteet sytyttivät yökerhossa tulipalon ja ihmiset joutuivat tallatuksi tai kuolivat savumyrkytykseen rynnätessään ainoalle uloskäynnille. 130 loukkaantui. Rakennus paloi korjauskelvottomaksi.

Hromaja Loshad -ravintola vietti kahdeksanvuotissyntymäpäiviään. Helsingin Sanomat kirjoitti palon alkaneen ”ilmeisesti ulkokäyttöön tarkoitetuista” ilotulitteista tai muusta tulitekniikasta. Ravintolan kaksi omistajaa ja kolme muuta henkilöä on pidätetty tapahtuneen johdosta. Ravintolan omistaja on tuomittu kahdesti aiemmin sakkoihin turvallisuusrikkomuksista. Venäjän presidentti Dmitri Medvedev vaati kannanotossaan ankaria rangaistuksia ravintolan omistajille.

Venäjällä viime viikolla tapahtuneen junapommi-iskun vuoksi tapauksen pelättiin aluksi olleen terrori-isku, ja sitä kutsuttiinkin aluksi tiedotusvälineissä ”räjähdykseksi”. Palon syttyminen pyrotekniikasta näkyy kuitenkin videomateriaalista.

Maanantaina Venäjällä vietetään surupäivää.


Explosion in San Francisco injures one, cause unknown

An explosion from an underground utility chamber in downtown San Francisco severely injured a woman and shattered a window at a Ralph Lauren clothing store shortly after 10:00 a.m. Pacific time Friday.    According to a caller to KCBS radio, a woman was engulfed in flames after the explosion triggered a fire in the store.  The fire was quickly put out.

A bomb squad is currently investigating the explosion, and the cause has yet to be determined.  One official said the explosion may have been caused by an electrical transformer. A witness described a fireball coming out of the side of the building

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. company spokesman Paul Moreno has stated that "there was no indication of a gas leak." Moreno also described the aftermath of the blast. "The explosion did displace manhole covers — two round steel ones — and it also displaced a concrete cover as well," Moreno said.

Some accounts have described a rift in the sidewalk caused by the explosion below.

Construction worker Tom Demartini, who was sitting in his truck outside the Ralph Lauren store, stated he saw the sidewalk rise up six or seven inches. "It sounded like a big poof, then there was a lot of smoke," Demartini said. "One woman looked like she was badly burned."

The burned woman was taken to the emergency room at St. Francis Hospital.  Hospital spokeswoman Linda Gillespie had no immediate comment on her condition. Her name was not released.

Workers in a nearby office building described how the blast shook their buildings and that they thought it was an earthquake. According to one woman, the elevator in her building stopped.

Scores of police have evacuated buildings several blocks around the explosion.  Kearny street between Sutter and Market has been closed to both vehicles and pedestrians.


Wybuch w podziemiach San Francisco

O godzinie 9:54 lokalnego czasu (18:54 czasu polskiego) w podziemiach San Francisco gdzie znajdowały się transformatory elektryczne firmy Pacific Gas & Electric Co., miał miejsce wybuch, który uszkodził jeden z budynków na powierzchni oraz ciężko ranił jedną kobietę po tym, jak w jej sklepie należącym do sieci Ralph Lauren wybuchł pożar. Jak powiedział naoczny świadek radiu KCBS, kobieta jeszcze się paląc wybiegła z lokalu, jednak strażacy szybko interweniowali i ugasili pożar w sklepie.

Ekipa bombowa obecnie sprawdza miejsce eksplozji w poszukiwaniu jej skutków. Prawdopodobnie doszło do zwarcia w jednym z transformatorów elektrycznych, jednak jeden ze świadków donosi o kuli ognia, która utworzyła się po wybuchu w okolicach budynku. Ulica Kearny na której miał miejsce wybuch została wyłączona z ruchu, a wszystkie lokalne ulice zostały zablokowane przez policję w celu ułatwienia pracy służbom porządkowym.

Naoczni świadkowie podali, że w okolicznych budynkach wyleciały szyby, a pokrywy kanałów wyleciały na odległość kilkunastu metrów. Pracownicy znajdujący się niedaleko ulicy Kearny uciekli ze swoich biur w obawie przed atakiem terrorystycznym. W czasie eksplozji światła w budynkach zaczęły migać, a windy chwilowo się zatrzymały po przeładowaniu elektrycznym.

Jak donoszą władze, inna kobieta musiała otrzymać pomoc lekarską na miejscu po zaczadzeniu gazem. Policja wykluczyła możliwość ataku terrorystycznego.

Paul Moreno, rzecznik firmy Pacific Gas & Electric Co. powiedział, że transformatory prądu w ich firmie już wcześniej zawodziły w ten sposób.


Explosion in Turkey kills seventeen

Reuters, AFP, the Associated Press are reporting that a gas explosion in a Turkish school killed at least seventeen girls Friday.

Reuters reports the initial death toll at sixteen, with 27 injured. The number of deaths later rose to 17 when a body was removed from the rubble. Two survivors were pulled from the rubble as rescuers worked into the night. One girl is still missing.

"We won't stop until we find her," village mayor  Mehmet Demirgul, told the Associated Press.

About fifty students and teachers were in the school, where some had gathered on for Islamic study in the three-story structure in the village of Balcilar, near Taskent in the Konya province .

Merve Avci, a 13-year-old, slightly injured student spoke to the Anatolian news agency: "I was in the part of the building which didn't collapse with five of my friends immediately after the explosion, and we felt flames rising from the downstairs to upper floors."

Anatolian says that Avci was in the process of washing before pre-dawn prayers, when a noise in the building's kitchen led Avci and some teacher to investigate. She says she saw a loose gas pipe before being ordered back to her room. She says she smelled gas coming from somewhere above her room before the explosion.

"We think the collapse was caused by a gas canister explosion in the building, given the burns on the injured," Konya province health service official Galip Sef told Reuters.

Mayor Demirgul said a leak in a pipe carrying liquefied petroleum gas is the probable cause of the pre-dawn blast.

"We are hearing voices. I believe those inside the rubble will be saved," Demirgul told reporters, according to the Associated Press and Reuters.

The Associated Press reports that a small portion of all three stories of the building were left standing. This is confirmed by images displayed on the Reuters website.

The building is owned by a religion foundation and is under investigation when Turkish authorities found an non-approved annex to the structure, according to AFP.

The explosion is unrelated to the bomb blast in northern Turkey on July 28.


Turchia, 17 morti nel crollo di un dormitorio a Balcilar

Una esplosione di una bambola di gas ha causato il crollo di un dormitorio femminile, nella città di Balcilar, nel sud della Turchia, provocando 17 morti e 27 feriti.

Le autorità locali temono che sotto le macerie siano rimaste intrappolate altre ragazze, mentre i soccorritori continuano a scavare dotati di picconi e ruspa, aiutati dalla gente del posto.

Il sindaco della città, Mehmet Demirgul, ai microfoni della televisione turca NTV ha affermato: «Sentiamo le voci. Credo che le persone rimaste sepolte verranno salvate. Ci hanno comunicato che 16 studentesse (poi diventate 17) sono morte e 27 sono rimaste ferite. Pensiamo che ci siano ancora da quattro a sei bambine sotto le macerie».

All'interno dell'edificio di tre piani, al momento del crollo, si trovavano 50 persone circa tra insegnanti e studentesse.

Un funzionario sanitario della Konya Galip Sef ha detto: «Pensiamo che il crollo sia stato causato dall'esplosione di una bombola di gas nell'edificio, date le ustioni delle persone ferite».


Explosion injures at least 14 in Colorado

At least fourteen people were injured today by an explosion at the remote Electric Mountain Lodge, in Paonia, Colorado.

The blast was reported at 2:30pm local time (9:30 UTC).

A county investigator suspects that the explosion was caused by propane gas.

"We're starting to get patients now, but I can't tell you how many we're expecting – a bunch," hospital administrator Tom Mingen told Denver's CBS4 news from Delta County Memorial Hospital. He continued, "Electric Mountain Lodge is probably in the most remote part of our county. About 20 miles north of Paonia and 17 miles in by snowmobile."

The lodge, located in the Gunnison National Forest area at an elevation of 9,200 feet, is only accessible by helicopter or snowmobile during the winter season.


2005/03/20: 14 skadade i explosion i Colorado

Minst 14 människor skadades idag av en explosion 14:30 lokal tid vid den isolerade Electric Mountain Lodge i Paonia i Colorado i centrala USA.

Explosionen misstänks ha orsakats av propangas. "Vi börjar ta emot sårade nu, men kan jag kan säga hur många vi förväntar oss - ett antal", sa Delta County Memorial Hospitals talesman Tom Mingen till Denvers CBS4. "Electric Mountain Lodge" är förmodligen den mest isolerade platsen i kommunen. Omkring 13 km norr om Paonia och 10 km med snöskoter".

Stugan som ligger i Gunnison National Forest area på drygt 3000 meters höjd, kan under vintersäsongen bara nås med helikopter och snöskoter.


Explosion sinks Indian Navy submarine

The Indian Navy has said that two explosions yesterday on INS Sindhurakshak, a Russian-built Kilo-class submarine, have trapped up to eighteen of its sailors. Navy officials have warned the families of trapped sailors to "prepare for the worst".

The stricken vessel sank in its berth in Mumbai with only a small portion still visible on the surface. The cause of the explosion is still unclear.

A fire that started as a result of the explosions has been brought under control and other sailors that managed to escaped received attention from emergency personnel. Divers are attempting to locate survivors and refloat the vessel.

In 2010, a fire broke out after an explosion in the battery compartment on the INS Sindhurakshak, killing a sailor. The submarine had recently returned from Russia after undergoing an overhaul and upgrades after the 2010 incident.

The Indian Navy has ten diesel-electric Kilo-class submarines in its fleet. These developments come just days after the Indian Navy launched the nation's first Indian-built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, which the navy calls their "crowning glory".


18 maristoj kaptitaj en alfundiĝinta submarŝipo

La Barata mararmeo informis ke du eksplodoj en INS Sindhurakshak, Rusia Kilo-kategoria submarŝipo, kaptis almenaŭ 18 ŝipanojn. Mararmeaj oficiroj avertis la familanojn de la ŝipanoj esti "pretaj por la plej malbono".

La akcidentita ŝipo alfundiĝis en sia albordiĝa punkto en Mumbajo kaj nun videblas nur etan parton sur la surfaco mara. La kialo de la eksplodoj ankoraŭ ne estas certa.

Incendio kiu komenciĝis pro la eksplodoj jam estas estingita kaj kelkaj ŝipanoj kiuj sukcesis eskapi ricevis helpon. Subnaĝantoj provas trovi la supervivantojn kaj emerĝigi la submarŝipon.

Dum 2010, okazis incendio post eksplodo ĉe la ĉambro de la baterio en la INS Sindhurakshak, mortigante unu ŝipanon. La submarŝipo antaŭ nelonge revenis el Rusio, post reviziado kaj ĝisdatigo post la incidento de 2010.

La Barata Mararmeo havas dek dizel-elektrajn submarŝipojn Kilo-kategoriaj en sia ŝiparo. Ĉi tiuj incidentoj okazis apenaŭ kelkaj tagoj post la lanĉo de la unua aviadilŝipo de la lando, la INS Vikrant , kiu la Mararmeo nomas sian "Kronjuvelo".


Гибель «Синдуракшак»

Около полуночи 14 августа 2013 года в индийском порту Мумбаи произошёл взрыв на подводной лодке российского производства «Синдуракшак» (S63 Sindhurakshak), которая вскоре после этого затонула. Как сообщает India Today, взрыв и последующий пожар могли произойти из-за выброса водорода при зарядке 500 аккумуляторов. По словам вылетевшего в Мумбаи главнокомандующего индийских ВМС адмирала Джоши, все 18 членов экипажа в ходе происшествия погибли.

Новость о происшествии буквально «взорвала» как местные, так и иностранные СМИ. Эксперты и журналисты продолжают выдвигать свои теории о причинах гибели подлодки. Пока ведущей является версия о вине в произошедшем действий экипажа, однако не в пользу российской стороны говорит тот факт, что совсем недавно подлодка была модернизирована в Центре судоремонта «Звездочка» в Северодвинске. Российские ремонтники уже заявили, что не имеют к трагедии никакого отношения и отправили в Мумбаи группу специалистов.

Главный редактор журнала «Национальная оборона» Игорь Коротченко в интервью «Голосу Америки» отметил, что информации о происшествии пока мало, поэтому судить о нем трудно, однако он, исходя из сведений о безаварийности подлодок данного класса, склонен объяснять произошедшее человеческим фактором.

«Я думаю, что, исходя из показателей надежности лодок данного проекта, их безаварийности — они уже очень долго эксплуатируются в составе ВМФ России, — это не наша вина», — отметил он.

По словам Коротченко, такие же подводные лодки сейчас эксплуатируются в целом ряде военно-морских флотов в Азиатско-Тихоокеанском регионе, и никаких претензий к ним военные не предъявляют. «Соответственно, причиной (трагедии — Г. А.) послужила какая-то внештатная ситуация, причем, учитывая, что лодка находилась не в море, а у пирса, она была связана с действиями экипажа», — заключил он.

Руководитель Центра индийских исследований Института востоковедения РАН Татьяна Шаумян в комментарии «Голосу Америки» заявила, что придерживается версии о внешнем вмешательстве. По ее словам, винить в произошедшем Россию было бы глупо, так как «если где-то взрывают что-то нашего производства, то это еще не значит, что мы виноваты». По словам эксперта, она вполне допускает возможность террористического акта, тем более что 15 августа в Индии состоится национальный праздник, и наверняка «возникли какие-то силы, которые захотели отравить это».

«Кроме того, достаточно вспомнить взрыв гостиницы в Мумбаи несколько лет назад (в 2008 году — Голос Америки), — отметила Шаумян. — Я считаю, что это связано с экстремистскими исламскими группировками».

Оба эксперта отметили важность российского экспорта военной техники в Индию для обеих сторон сотрудничества. Именно поэтому, по их мнению, даже такое трагическое происшествие, как гибель «Синдуракшак», серьезно повлиять на российско-индийские отношения не может.

«Мы для них безальтернативные партнеры по целому ряду военно-морских программ, — пояснил Игорь Коротченко. — Мы поставляем туда такую военно-морскую технику, какую никто больше поставить не может — например, даем в лизинг атомные подводные лодки, мы делаем индийский авианосец, и мы же модернизируем ранее поставленные лодки, одна из которых, к сожалению, сейчас трагически погибла вместе с экипажем».

Татьяна Шаумян, в свою очередь, отметила, что отношения у России с Индией «сложные, непростые», хотя «товарооборот понемножку растет». Она привела данные о некотором «сбое» в сотрудничестве двух стран, произошедшем, когда Россия проиграла тендер на поставки военной техники индийцам. «Но его, впрочем, проиграли также и американцы, и англичане», — констатировала она.

Сейчас, по словам эксперта, российско-индийские отношения находятся на таком уровне, когда обе стороны исходят из прагматических интересов, связывающих их тем не менее достаточно тесно. «Мы — основные поставщики вооружения в Индию, около 70 % индийского военного импорта связаны с поставками из России, — добавила она. — Для нас это огромный бизнес, и мы крайне заинтересованы в том, чтобы эти связи продолжались». Таким образом, по мнению Шаумян, сотрудничеству России и Индии в сфере экономики пока ничего не грозит.

Премьер-министр Индии Манмохан Сингх заявил, что вероятная гибель 18 моряков в результате взрыва на борту дизельной подводной лодки является «особенно болезненной», учитывая недавние усилия страны по модернизации своей армии.

В своем выступлении по случаю Дня независимости, который отмечается в четверг, Сингх сказал, что страна «глубоко опечалена утратой подводной лодки».

«Мы отдаем дань смелым сердцам, которые мы потеряли», – сказал он.

Гибель подводной лодки «Синдуракшак» произошла вскоре после введения в эксплуатацию первой индийской ядерной субмарины и спуска на воду нового авианосца.

Взрыв и пожар на лодке «Синдуракшак» в порту Мумбаи в среду означают серьезный откат назад в попытках Индии укрепить свою армию на фоне усиления военной мощи соседнего Китая.

Взрыв в торпедном отсеке подлодки привел к выбросу в воздух огромного огненного шара. Находившиеся поблизости моряки в панике прыгали в воду.

10 августа Индия запустила атомный реактор первой атомной подводной лодки, построенной на собственной территории, а через два дня представила первый авианосец собственного производства.

Лодка «Синдуракшак», чье название переводится как «защитник океана», является субмариной класса Kilo российского производства. По сообщениям министерства обороны Индии, ранее в этом году она вернулась в Мумбаи после ремонта и модернизации на российском судостроительном заводе.

Индийским водолазам удалось проникнуть внутрь поврежденной подлодки, но пока они не добрались до 18 моряков, которые, по всей видимости, погибли, сообщил в четверг представитель ВМС.

В 2010 году на этой подлодке уже происходил взрыв, который привел к человеческим жертвам.

15 августа 2013 года


இந்திய நீர்மூழ்கிக் கப்பல் வெடித்துத் தீப்பிடித்ததில் பலர் உயிரிழப்பு

மும்பாய் துறைமுகத்தில் நிறுத்தப்பட்டிருந்த இந்திய நீர்மூழ்கிக் கப்பல் ஒன்று திடீரென வெடித்துத் தீப்பற்றியதில் அக்கப்பலின் பணியாளர்கள் பலர் கொல்லப்பட்டனர் என இந்தியப் பாதுகாபு அமைச்சர் தெரிவித்தார்.

எத்தனை பேர் உயிரிழந்தார்கள் போன்ற விபரங்களை அமைச்சர் ஏ. கே. அந்தோனி தெரிவிக்கவில்லை. ஆனாலும், 18 மாலுமிகள் தீப்பிடித்த கப்பலில் சிக்கியிருந்தனர் என முன்னர் கடற்படை அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்திருந்தனர்.

ஐஎன்எஸ் சிந்துரக்சக் என்ற இக்கப்பல் நேற்று நள்ளிரவில் தீப்பிடித்தது. தீயணைப்பாளர்கள் 4 மணி நேரம் வரை போராடித் தீயை அணைத்தனர். டீசலில் இயங்கும் இந்தக் கப்பல் பெரும் சேதமடைந்துள்ளதாக அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்தனர்.

வெடிப்பை அடுத்து பெரும்பாலான மாலுமிகள் கப்பலில் இருந்து கடலினுள் குதித்து உயிர் தப்பினர்.

உருசியாவில் தயாரிக்கப்பட்ட இந்த நீர்மூழ்கி அண்மையில் 80 மில்லியன் டாலர் செலவில் உருசியாவில் மிக நவீனமயமாக்கப்பட்டு சேவைக்கு மீண்டும் விடப்பட்டிருந்தது. வெடிப்பு நிகழ்ந்த சமயத்தில் கப்பலில் வெடிபொருட்கள் நிறைக்கப்பட்டிருந்ததாகத் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது.

2010 பெப்ரவரியில் இதே கப்பல் விசாகப்பட்டணம் கடற்படைத் தளத்தில் வைத்து தீ விபத்துக்குள்ளானதில் ஒருவர் கொல்லப்பட்டார்.

புதன், ஆகத்து 14, 2013


Explosion, steam eruption near Grand Central Terminal in New York City

A pipe has burst in New York City, the largest city in the United States, causing a generator to explode. The explosion occurred in Midtown Manhattan near Grand Central Terminal (GCT) and the Chrysler Building, and approximately at the intersection of 41st Street and Lexington Avenue. Nearby buildings have been evacuated, and a large area has been blocked off. There are reports of a very large crater at the scene.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has officially ruled out terrorism. Grand Central Station was quickly evacuated soon after the incident. Subway lines 4, 5 and 6 have no service in both directions between the 125th Street Station and the Bowling Green Station. 42nd Street Shuttle service has been shut completely.

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) received a call at 5:56 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) reporting an explosion. More than 170 firefighters were dispatched to the scene. Witnesses reported that buildings in the nearby area shook. This was a five-alarm response.

At least 20 people have been reported injured, and one woman, Lois Baumerich, died from a heart attack. Two people are currently in critical condition.

There are potentially harmful materials at the scene of the explosion and HAZMAT crews are on the scene to clean up debris. There are reports that pipes were wrapped in asbestos, but the air is being tested, and results should be available late Wednesday night.

ConEdison Workers are on the scene as well, and it appears that they are working nearby.

Emergency workers are reporting that the situation is not under control. They are still unable to confirm why the pipe exploded due to the inaccessible nature of the scene at the source of the explosion. The pressure of steam has subsided and the air appears to have cleared, revealing the crater. Disruption of electricity in the surrounding area is minimal.

GCT is reported to be reopened at this time. An area was cordoned off and people trapped in the vicinity due to fears of asbestos pollution resulting from the explosion.

According to a press conference with the mayor, the pipe involved was built in 1924, and a likely cause of the eruption and explosion was cold water leaking into the pipe, possibly from rain or from a water pipe.  A tow truck had fallen into the crater left by the explosion, and the explosion also shattered glass on nearby buildings.


New York potresla snažna eksplozija

Nekoliko minuta prije ponoći po srednjoevropskom vremenu, na Manhattanu je eksplodirao toplovod. Jedna  osoba je poginula, a njih 26 je ozlijeđeno. Očevidci kažu da je eksplozija ličila na erupciju vulkana.

Usljed eksplozije svuda su letjeli oblaci pare, blata i kamenja iz kratera nastalog na uglu 42. ulice i Avenije Leksington u poslovnoj četvrti grada. Podzemne parne cijevi postavljene 1924. godine eksplodirale su dok su se ljudi uglavnom vraćali s posla.

Gradonačelnik Michael Bloomberg održao je konferenciju na novinare na mjestu nesreće u 41. ulici, istučući kako nema razloga vjerovati da je to išta drugo nego kolaps gradske infrastrukture.


Una explosión sacude Manhattan

18 de julio de 2007Manhattan, Nueva York —

Una cañería ha estallado en New York City, causando que un generador explotara. La explosión ocurrión en Manhattan, cerca de la Grand Central Terminal (GCT) y del Edificio Chrysler, cerca de las intersección de las 41ª y la Avenida Lexington. Los edificios cercanos han sido evacuados y se ha reportado un gran cráter en la escena.

El New York Police Department (NYPD) ha descartado oficialmente que sea accionar terrorista. "Una explosión con vapor en la 41 y Lexigton no está relacionado al terrorismo", dijo Paul Browne Diputado Comisionado del NYPD.

Grand Central Station fue rápidamente evacuada luego del incidente. Las líneas 4, 5 y 6 de subte no tienen servicio en ambas direcciones entre la Estación de la 125ª y Bowling Green Station. La línea S ha cerrado por completo.

El Fire Department of New York (FDNY) recibió una llamada a las 5:56 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) reportando una explosión. Más de 170 bomberos fueron enviados a la escena. Los testigos reportaron que lo edificios cerca de la zona "temblaron".

Se reportaron al menos 20 heridos y hay una fatalidad. Dos personas están en condición crítica.

Los empleados de emergencia reportaron que la situación no está bajo control. Aún no han podido confirmar por qué la tubería explotó en una primer instancia. Se reportó que el vapor que salía se ha reducido (revelando el cráter). Interrupción en los servicios eléctricos del área es mínima.

Se reportó que la CGT ya reabrió para estas instancias.

De acuerdo a una conferencia de prensa con el alcalde, la tubería involucrada fue construida en 1924, y muy posiblemente la causa de la erupción y explosión fue el agua fría que se infiltraba en la tubería, posiblemente de lluvia o de una tubería de agua


פיצוץ בצינור גרם בהלה גדולה בניו-יורק


Stoomontploffing in centrum van New York

In de Amerikaanse stad New York heeft zich woensdagavond in het centrum van Manhattan een zware explosie voorgedaan. In een van de straten werd tijdens de avondspits een groot gat geslagen waardoor stoom en modder omhoog spoten. Er zijn gewonden en één dode gevallen.

Het betreft een gewoon ongeluk en geen terreuraanslag.


Explosions in Hyderabad, India

Two explosions have been reported in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing some 40 people. It was reported the two blasts rocked a park and a popular eat-out in Hyderabad on Saturday evening within a gap of 15 minutes.

The injured, a total of 350, have been taken to nearby hospitals. Both the areas have been evacuated.

The first explosion took place at Lumbini Park near the state secretariat at around 20:00 and another at Gokul Chat Bhandar 15 minutes later, they said. A laser show was going on at Lumbini Park when the blast occurred.


Explosiones en India dejan 28 muertos

25 de agosto de 2007Hyderabad, India —

Se han reportado dos explosiones en la ciudad de Hyderabad, al sur de India. Se han reportado al menos 35 muertos y 61 heridos.

"Treinta y cinco personas murieron y 61 están heridas", declaró a la AFP Balwinder Singh, el jefe de policía de Hyderabad.

Los cerca de 61 heridos han sido llevados a hospitales cercanos mientras que se han evacuado las dos áreas donde detonaron las bombad.

La primer explosión tuvo lugar en un auditorio de Lumbini Park cerca de la secretaría de estado y explotó a las 20:00 (hora local) mientras se estaba dando un espectáculo de lásers. La segunda, 15 minutos después, detonó en un restaurante al aire libre.

"Estas explosiones son obra de un grupo terrorista [...] para destruir la unidad del país y que está, sin duda, implicado en las explosiones en Hyderabad", declaró el Ministro del Interior de India, Sriprakash Jaiswal.

Hyderabad se encuentra en el estado de Andhra Pradesh. Con un porcentaje de un 38% de la población que es de religión musulmana, los incidentes entre religiones son frecuentes.


Explosions rock Egyptian resort town of Dahab

Three explosions rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab and killed at least 24 people. Between 60 and 150 people were injured in the attack.

The blasts came at the height of the tourist season, officials said. The three time bombs exploded in a busy restaurant and in a market area in the Red Sea resort city within a span of five minutes.

Dahab is located on the Gulf of Aqaba on the eastern side of the Sinai Peninsula.

An early written statement, attributed to the Egyptian Interior Ministry, gave the death toll as 23 people: 20 Egyptians, a German child, and two victims of unknown nationality.

The statement also listed the 20 foreigners who were wounded as three Danes, three Britons, two Italians, two Germans and one each from the United States, France, Korea, Lebanon, Israel and Australia. The nationalities of the other victims were not specified.


埃及達哈伯連環爆炸 逾百人傷亡

埃及西奈半島度假勝地達哈伯 (دهب / Dahab) 星期一晚上發生三宗連環爆炸；救援及保安人員稱爆炸造成至少22人死亡，超過100人受傷。

三宗爆炸約於當地時間下午 7:15 (1715 UTC) 發生，地點分別為旅遊區；由於事發於傍晚時分，該區人流甚多。事發後，街上滿佈雜物及肢體，超過20輛救護車及警車趕到現場協助救援。

西奈半島救援隊的一名醫生 Said Essa 表示，單是在他趕赴的 el-Khaleeg 旅館現場就已經有150人受傷。一名救援人員也說，死者中有許多外國人。

而埃及內政部發表的官方聲明則說共有10名死者，當中有四名外國人，此外還有100人受傷；聲明中並沒有提及死傷者的國籍，亦未提到三宗爆炸是否恐怖襲擊。內政部的官方消息往往比其他新聞源要慢。

該聲明並說事發地點分別為兩家餐廳及一家超級市場；但以色列電視台轉述以色列駐開羅大使柯恩 (Shalom Cohen) 則稱，爆炸發生於一家旅館、一所派出局和一個市集。

埃及總統穆巴拉克稱爆炸為「邪惡的恐怖行為」，美國總統布什也稱爆炸為「惡行」。由哈馬斯領導的巴勒斯坦政府也強烈譴責爆炸的發動者，並說這種「罪行蔑視我們的宗教、動搖巴勒斯坦的國家安全、且不符合阿拉伯利益。」

達哈伯鄰近以色列邊境，廣受西方背包客及以色列潛水員歡迎。肇事地點往往有許多以色列旅客，不過由於逾越節假期已過，當地的以色列人數也相對較少。以色列當局已經提高警戒級別，並封鎖塔巴 (طاب / Taba) 部分邊界，禁止車輛駛進西奈半島。

這是近一年半內西奈半島發生的第三次連環爆炸。2004年10月6日，塔巴三家旅館發生爆炸導致34人死亡；2005年7月23日，在旅遊勝地沙姆沙伊赫 (شرم الشيخ / Sharm el-Sheikh) 發生的爆炸也造成至少67人喪生。連同星期一的連環爆炸，三次爆炸事件均發生於埃及當地的節日。


FAA orders review of Boeing 787 Dreamliners following week of incidents

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a review Friday into the design and manufacture of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, following five incidents in five days involving the aircraft and two Japanese airlines.

On Monday, an electrical fire broke out aboard a Japan Airlines 787 at Boston's Logan International Airport, when a battery pack which powers the auxiliary power unit, for when the plane is on the ground, caught fire. The fire was discovered by maintenance workers after passengers and crew disembarked following their flight from Tokyo's Narita Airport.

The next day, a separate Japan Airlines 787, also at Logan International Airport, heading to Tokyo, suffered a fuel leak that spilled around 40 gallons, which was spotted by the crew of the aircraft taxiing behind them. "That Japan Air may know it, but they’ve got fuel or something spilling out the outboard left wing. Quite a bit," said the pilot of aircraft behind them on local air traffic control frequencies.

Wednesday, in Japan, an All Nippon Airways 787, the launch customer for the aircraft, cancelled a flight after a brake problem was reported.

Earlier Friday, two All Nippon Airways suffered separate incidents in Japan.  An oil leak was noticed in the engine after one aircraft had landed in Miyazaki, coming from Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Another flight, flying between Haneda Airport and Matsuyama said the pilot's side window in the cockpit suffered a crack.

The FAA in a statement said "In light of a series of recent events, the FAA will conduct a comprehensive review of the Boeing 787 critical systems, including the design, manufacture and assembly." Further adding, "The purpose of the review is to validate the work conducted during the certification process and further ensure that the aircraft meets the FAA’s high level of safety."

According to the statement, "The review will also examine how the electrical and mechanical systems interact with each other." The Boeing 787 relies more on electrical, as opposed to mechanical, systems than past aircraft from the manufacturer including having electronics operate hydraulic pumps and using electric brakes. Large portions of the plane's structure use lightweight carbon fiber composite instead of more traditional metal airframe.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said, "The safety of the traveling public is our top priority [...] This review will help us look at the root causes and do everything we can to safeguard against similar events in the future."

"We are confident that the aircraft is safe.  But we need to have a complete understanding of what is happening," said newly sworn-in FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta. "We are conducting the review to further ensure that the aircraft meets our high safety standards."

Boeing released a statement saying, "[The company] is confident in the design and performance of the 787. It is a safe  and efficient airplane. The airplane has logged 50,000 hours of flight and there are more than 150 flights occurring daily."


La FAA demande une enquête approfondie sur le Boeing 787

L'administration de l'aviation civile américaine, la FAA, va procéder à une inspection approfondie des systèmes considérés comme critiques sur le Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a informé le département des Transports des États-Unis. Cette annonce intervient après que cinq incidents soient survenus cette semaine sur le nouveau long-courrier américain.

Cette inspection portera sur les « systèmes essentiels du Boeing 787, y compris le design, la fabrication et l'assemblage » indique un communiqué du département des Transports, le ministère dont dépend la FAA.

Parmi les incidents signalés, on compte un début d'incendie provoqué par une batterie lundi à Boston (nord-est des États-Unis) à bord d'un Dreamliner de Japan Airlines (JAL), survenu après son atterrissage en provenance du Japon. Par ailleurs, des incidents ont été signalés sur plusieurs appareils différents.


Fallen power cable kills 26 in Congo-Kinshasa

At least 26 people were killed on Wednesday in the outskirts of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo when a high-tension electric power cable was struck by lightning and fell to the ground near a marketplace.

The country's energy provider, Société Nationale d'Électricité, said it happened during a severe storm and issued condolences to the victims' families. According to local media and police, the incident occurred in the Matadi-Kibala district and the electrocuted victims were mostly women working at the market.

Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde said in a statement, "I share the immense pain of the families. My thoughts are also with all the injured." A spokesperson said the government was holding a crisis meeting about relocating the market.

The BBC quoted one merchant as saying rains often caused buyers and sellers at the market to wade through water.


Hoogspanningskabel stort op markt in Kinshasa

Bij een zwaar ongeval met een hoogspanningskabel op een markt in de Congolese hoofdstad Kinshasa zijn woensdag zeker 26 doden gevallen. Het ongeval gebeurde in de wijk Mont Ngafula (en), in het zuidwesten van de stad.

De markt van Matadi-Kibali was aan de gang, toen de kabel tijdens zware regenval omviel en in een goot belandde, met als gevolg dat tientallen aanwezigen werden geëloktrocuteerd. Veel mensen stonden door de regen met hun voeten in het water. De slachtoffers zijn hoofdzakelijk vrouwen die op de markt hun waren stonden te verkopen. De kabel kwam ook op een aantal woningen terecht.

De kabels waren eigendom van de Société Nationale d'Électricité (en), het nationale elektriciteitsbedrijf van Congo. Het onderhoud ervan is slecht.

De Congolese premier Jean-Michel Lukondo heeft de rampplek bezocht. President Félix Tshisekedi heeft eveneens blijk gegeven van medeleven en gezegd dat de verantwoordelijken voor het ongeval aangepakt zullen worden. Volgens een stedenbouwkundige hadden er onder de hoogspanningsmast überhaupt geen woningen mogen staan.

Elders in Congo, in Ituri, speelde zich vandaag nog een ander grootschalig drama af. Bij een aanval door de militante groepering CODECO (en) op een kamp voor ontheemden nabij Djugu vielen volgens verschillende berichten tussen de 40 en 60 doden.


False dawn for Air France flight; debris not from crash, search continues

Teams from France and Brazil have confirmed that neither have recovered any debris from Air France Flight 447. The Airbus A330 with 228 on board vanished from radar on June 1st over the Atlantic Ocean.

The Brazilian Air Force had previously released a statement on June 2 saying debris from the lost jet had been found. A wooden cargo pallet and two buoys had been recovered, but are now believed to have been from a ship. The flight was carrying no wooden pallets. On June 2, it was reported, and previously confirmed by the Brazilian Air Force, that one seat and a life vest were found floating in the water.

A fuel slick also thought to be from the plane, has also been confirmed to have come from another source, most likely a ship. The presence of fuel was used as evidence to suggest there had been no fire or explosion on board. Spanish paper El Mundo has quoted an Air Comet pilot flying over the Atlantic at the time as saying he witnessed "an intense burst of white light" falling out of the sky and breaking apart. A bomb threat, which later turned out to be "false", was also reported on a separate Air France flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Paris on May 27, just days before Fight 447 went missing.

The French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) is leading the investigation, and has so far established that there were thunderstorms in the area and a series of automated signals from the plane indicated an inconsistent speed and a string of systems failures.

At 11:10 p.m. the autopilot disengaged and at least one computer switched to an alternative power source. There was an indication that flight control systems had sustained damage, and this was followed by the failure of speed, heading and altitude indicators as well as flight control systems, while control systems for the central computer system and wing spoilers also failed. Four minutes after the problems began the last message indicated total electrical failure and a loss of cabin pressure.

French armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck commented that "Everyone has doubts about everything at the moment and we do not have the slightest beginnings of an answer yet." French paper Le Monde commented that the aircraft's speed was too low, prompting the BEA to warn against "hasty interpretation or speculation" in regards to the cause. Airbus have reminded all A330 operators of correct operating procedures in extreme weather conditions.

France has sent the research ship Pourquoi Pas? to the scene and the vessel is currently en route with mini-submarines to assist in searching for and recovering debris. The search is still underway for the plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders, or black boxes. Brazilian officials previously said the boxes could be at the bottom of the ocean, between "2,000 or 3,000 metres [6,500 to 9,800 feet] in that area of the ocean."


Destroços recolhidos no mar não eram do avião da Air France

No final da tarde desta quinta-feira (04), o Comando Militar da Aeronáutica Brasileira concedeu uma entrevista coletiva no Cindacta III, em Recife, onde foi informado que os destroços recolhidos ontem (03) não eram do avião da Air France (Voo 447) que está desaparecido desde o domingo (31).

Segundo o brigadeiro da Aeronáutica, Ramon Borges Cardoso, as peças que foram recolhidas no mar e as grandes manchas de óleo não tem qualquer relação com o Voo 447. Segundo ele, estamos diante de "objetos que não passam de lixo". O pallet (guarda bagagem) encotrado é feito de madeira, o que anula qualquer possibilidade de relação com o avião.


FedEx cargo jet crashes in Narita, burns

On Monday, a FedEx McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo jet flying from Guangzhou, China to Tokyo, Japan crash-landed at Tokyo's Narita International Airport at around 7 a.m. local time. The plane landed during high winds, and bounced twice upon landing before flipping over and bursting into flames.

Firecrews were dispatched to the scene, and the airport was closed. The fire subsequently destroyed most of the aircraft. Incoming flights were diverted to other airports. Wind gusts around the time of the accident were 30 to 50 mph.

The pilots, Kevin Mosley and Anthony Stephen-Pino, were taken to a local hospital where they were pronounced dead. A hospital official confirmed them as being American men. There were no others aboard the plane. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is deploying a team to Japan to assist with the investigation.

The crash was the first fatal accident at Narita Airport, according to Japan's Ministry of Transport.


تحطم طائرة شحن قرب طوكيو

تحطمت طائرة شحن أثناء هبوطها في مطار ناريتا بالقرب من العاصمة اليابانية طوكيو واندلعت فيها النيران.

وجرى الحادث عندما حاولت طائرة تابعة لشركة البريد فيديرال إكسبريس قادمة من كوانجزو في الصين الهبوط في مطار ناريتا الدولي في جو عاصف.

وأظهر التليفزيون الياباني "إن إتش كيه" صورا للطائرة ترتد عن الأرض بعد هبوطها ثم تندلع فيها النيران.

وجرى الحادث في السادسة وخمسين دقيقة من صباح الإثنين بالتوقيت المحلي، واستغرق إخماد النيران المشتعلة فيها 30 دقيقة.

ونقل طاقم الطائرة المكون من قائدها (54 عاما) ومساعده (49 عاما) إلى المستشفى لكنهما كانا قد توفيا، وتقول تقارير إنهما أمريكيان لكن ذلك لم يتأكد رسميا بعد.

ويظهر شريط الصور أن الطائرة قد هبطت بعنف على الأرض ومالت إلى اليسار أثناء هبوطها، ثم تحولت لكتلة من النيران بينما كانت تنقلب على الأرض.

وكان الجو عاصفا أثناء الهبوط وأصدرت هيئة الأرصاد الجوية تحذيرا من نشوب عواصف شديدة في المنطقة المحيطة بناريتا.

وقالت وكالة كيودو اليابانية للأنباء أن الطائرة كانت من طراز ماكدونيل دوجلاس إم دي ـ 11، وإن أحد المدرجين في المطار قد تم إغلاقه كما جرى تحويل عدد من الرحلات الجوية إلى مطارات أخرى.


Jet de FedEx se estrella en Tokio

El lunes, el jet McDonnell Douglas MD-11 de FedEx, el cual iba desde Guangzhou, China a Tokio, Japón se estrello en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Narita a las 7 a.m. hora local. El avión tuvo problemas al aterrizar debido a los fuertes vientos que azotaban al aeropuerto, y reboto dos veces antes de chocar contra la pista y explotar en llamas.

Rápidamente, fueron enviados bomberos a la escena, y el aeropuerto fue cerrado al público. El avance del fuego destruyó completamente el avión. Debido a la fuertes vientos (de alrededor de 65 kilómetros por hora), los demás vuelos fueron desviados a otros aeropuertos.

Los pilotos, Kevin Mosley y Anthony Stephen-Pino, fueron llevados al hospital local donde murieron. El hospital confirmo la muerte de los dos estadounidenses poco después. No había nadie más a bordo. La Junta Nacional de Seguridad del Transporte dijo que esta preparando un equipo para desarrollar una investigación de los hechos.

Este choque fue el primer accidente fatal del Aeropuerto Narita, según el ministro japones de transporte.


Jato da FedEx cai em Tóquio

Tóquio, Japão • 23 de março de 2009

Na segunda-feira, o avião McDonnell Douglas MD-11 da FedEx, que saiu de Guangzhou, China para Tóquio, no Japão caiu no Aeropuerto Internacional de Narita às 7 horas no local. O avião teve problemas ao aterrizar devido aos fortes ventos que atingiram o aeroporto e remeteu duas vezes antes de chocar contra a pista e explodir em chamas.

Rapidamente, foram enviados bombeiros para a cena e o aeroporto foi fechado ao público. O avanço do fogo destruiu completamente o avião. Devido aos fortes ventos (ao redor de 65 quilômetros por hora), os demais vôos foram desviados a outros aeroportos.

Os pilotos, Kevin Mosley e Anthony Stephen-Pino, foram levados ao hospital local onde morreram. O hospital confirmou a morte dos dois estadounidenses pouco depois. Não havia ninguém a bordo. A Junta Nacional de Segurança do Transporte disse que está preparando uma equipe para desenvolver uma investigação dos trechos.

Esse choque foi o primeiro acidente fatal do Aeroporto de Narita, segundo o ministro japonês de transporte.


Fernando Alonso wins 2010 Korean Grand Prix

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso won the first ever FIA 2010 Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam, South Korea. With two races to go, Alonso now leads the drivers' championship, closely followed by Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton.

As Typhoon Megi reached China, heavy rain hit Yeongam on Sunday afternoon and the race was red-flagged for about half an hour, before conditions improved. Both Red Bull drivers failed to finish despite starting first and second from the grid before and after race restarted. Webber ran wide and hit a wall, hitting Nico Rosberg's Mercedes, and Sebastian Vettel’s engine blew up during his spurt to the finish line leading the race.

Hamilton changed places twice with Alonso behind Vettel, but finished second for McLaren. Alonso's teammamte Felipe Massa closing the podium on third place. Michael Schumacher drove his best race in this season for Mercedes overtaking Robert Kubica's Renault after the restart following the red flag. Schumacher finished fourth and Kubica fifth.

Vitantonio Liuzzi placed his Force India on 6th place after his teammate, Adran Sutil, crashed in lap 47 after coming into contact with Kamui Kobayashi's {{w|BMW Sauber|Sauber}. Rubens Barrichello's Williams gets passes by both Kubica and Liuzzi to finish 7th ahead Kobayashi. The two German drivers of Sauber and Williams—Nick Heidfeld and Nico Hülkenberg closed the top ten.

The situation in the season's standings has now changed in favour of Alonso—the Spaniard leads the driver's championship with 231 points, 11 more than Webber, who is in second place with 220 points. Hamilton and Vettel are third and fourth in the rankings with 210 and 206 respectively. Jenson Button has admitted he now has little hope of winning the title—he is in fifth with 189 points. The constructors' standings list is still dominated by Red Bull, who have 426 points, McLaren with 399 and Ferrari with 374. There are two races left until the end of the season, the first in Brazil, and the second a week later in Abu Dhabi.


Alonso gewinnt großen Preis von Südkorea


Ferries collide between Hong Kong and Macau in fog

One hundred and thirty three people were injured, nineteen of them seriously, when two high-speed ferries travelling between Hong Kong and Macau collided in heavy fog on Friday. Ten crew members were also injured but no deaths have been reported.

The two high-speed Boeing 929 - 100 Jetfoil hydrofoil ferries, Funchal and Santa Maria operated by Hong Kong-based ShunTak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (under the brand name TurboJet), collided five nautical miles away from Macau at around 8:30 p.m. local time. The incident has been confirmed by an official of the Maritime Administration of the Macau Special Administrative Region.

In Shangai, a river ferry carrying twenty two people capsized in thick fog on Friday. Ten people are reported missing. Sixty six people were rescued after another ferry ran aground at Zhuhai near Macau.


Le brouillard provoque une collision de ferries entre Hong Kong et Macao

Publié le 12 janvier 2008  Cent trente-trois personnes ont été blessées vendredi 11 janvier en Chine, dont dix-neuf d'entre elles grièvement, lors d'une collision entre deux ferries provoquée par un épais brouillard. L'accident s'est produit entre Hong-Kong et Macao. Dix membres d'équipage ont aussi été blessés mais aucun mort n'est à déplorer.

Funchal et Santa Maria, les deux hydroglisseurs à vitesse rapide, des Boeing 929 - 100 Jetfoil exploités  par la compagnie hongkongaise ShunTak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (sous la marque TurboJet), sont entrés en collision à cinq milles au large de Macao vers 20h30, heure locale. L'accident a été confirmé par un membre de l'administration maritime de la région administrative spéciale de Macao.

Le même jour, à Shanghai, un ferry transportant vingt-deux personnes a chaviré dans une rivière, toujours à cause du brouillard. Dix personnes sont portées disparues. Soixante-six personnes ont été secourues après qu'un autre ferry s'est échoué à Zhuhai près de Macao.


Embarcações colidem entre Hong Kong e Macau durante tempo nublado

Cento e trinta e três pessoas ficaram feridas, dezenove delas gravemente, quando duas embarcações (possivelmente balsas) se colidiram alta velocidade, enquanto viajam entre Hong Kong e Macau na sexta-feira em forte nevoeiro. Dez tripulantes também foram feridos, mas nenhum óbito foi relatado.

Os dois embarcações em alta velocidade eram um Boeing 929 - 100 Jetfoil, e a aeronave hidrodinâmica, Funchal e Santa Maria, operados pela Hong Kong-based ShunTak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (sob a marca TurboJet),os dois colidiram há uma velocidade de cinco milhas náuticas longe de Macau em torno de 8:30 pm hora local. O incidente foi confirmado por um funcionário da Administração Marítima da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau.

Em Xangai, um rio balsa transportando vinte duas pessoas em espessa neblina na sexta-feira se perdeu na densidade da neblina. Dez pessoas estão desaparecidas, como está relatado. Sessenta seis pessoas foram resgatadas após outra embarcação se perder em Zhuhai perto de Macau.


Ferry capsizes in Bangladesh, at least five dead and 50 missing

A ferry has sunk in Bangladesh earlier today, killing at least five people, according to authorities. About fifty more people were missing after the incident.

Police said that the accident occurred as the vessel, called the MV Coco-4, came near a river station at Bhola Island, located 300 kilometres from the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka. The ferry was reportedly overcrowded, and the boat tipped to one side as all its passengers moved to disembark.

"It was overcrowded with over 1,000 passengers. It tilted and part of it sank due to crowd pressure as it arrived near the Nazirpur river station," said a local police chief, Zakir Hossain, to the Agence France-Presse news agency. He also added that "many passengers have managed to land safely. But we believe some others who were staying in the cabins were trapped under water. We are trying to rescue them," Rescue teams and divers are reportedly searching underwater for bodies.

Ferry accidents are not infrequent in the country; incidents have usually been due to overcrowding, or the use of old vessels. "At festival time it is really difficult to stop passengers and relevant ferry operators from flouting rules," said an officer for the Bangladesh water authority.


வங்காள தேசத்தில் ஆயிரத்துக்கும் அதிகமான பயணிகளுடன் சென்ற படகு கவிழ்ந்தது

வங்காள தேசத்தின் தெற்குப் பகுதியில் ஆயிரத்துக்கும் அதிகமானோரை ஏற்றிச் சென்ற பயணிகள் படகொன்று மூழ்கியதில் குறைந்தது 10 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டதாகவும், பலரைக் காணவில்லை என்றும் காவல்துறையினர் அறிவித்துள்ளனர்.

"எம்வி கொக்கோ-4" என்ற பயணிகள் கப்பல் போலா தீவில் உள்ள லால்மோகன் என்ற நகரின் கரையோரத் துறைமுகத்தை நெருங்கும் போதே இச்சம்பவம் நிகழ்ந்துள்ளது.

அளவுக்கதிகமான பயணிகளை ஏற்றியதாலும், தரையிறங்கும் பயணிகளின் கனத்தைத் தாங்காமலேயே கப்பலின் ஒரு பகுதி நீரினுள் மூழ்கியதாக தகவல்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன. குறைந்தது 10 பேர் இறந்ததாகவும் பலர் கப்பலின அடியில் சிக்குண்டுள்ளனர் எனவும் அவர்களைத் தேடும் பணி ஆரம்பித்துள்ளதாகவும் காவல்துறை அதிகாரி தெரிவித்தார்.

இதுவரையில் 50 பேர் வரையில் காப்பாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளனர் என்றும் அவர்கள் உள்ளூர் மருத்துவமனைக்கு உடனடியாக எடுத்துச் செல்லப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது.

பயணிகளில் பெரும்பாலானோர் டாக்காவில் இருந்து தியாகத் திருநாளைக் கொண்டாட தமது ஊர்களுக்குச் சென்று கொண்டிருந்தவர்கள் ஆவர்.

சனி, நவம்பர் 28, 2009


Fifteen killed in apartment fire in Osaka, Japan

A seven story concrete apartment building in the Naniwanaka Naniwa Ward of Osaka, Japan was set ablaze, killing at least 15 people. The fire started early in the morning on October 1st in the Video DVD Cat sex shop on the first floor.

At least eight people were rescued from the building, four of whom were seriously injured in the fire. Most of the injuries and deaths were caused by smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning. According to authorities, all of the fatalities were in private viewing rooms in a video shop that was located on the first floor of the building.

The sex shop had 32 cubicles for watching videos, all of which were equipped with a bed, television, and video deck. Due to the beds, and a shower, shops like this are often used as cheap hotels. A customer, who fled to safety when the fire started, said to the media that the inside of shop was dark, and that he had difficulty seeing where he was going as he escaped.

Witnesses said that they first noticed a burning smell at 2:30am local time, and that the fire was reported to Osaka Fire Department around 3am. 40 fire trucks and 120 firefighters took part in the efforts to bring the blaze under control. The fire was extinguished at around 4:30am, after burning for about one and a half hours. The cause of the fire is not yet known.


大阪・難波の雑居ビルで火災、15人死ぬ

共同通信社（47NEWS）によると、10月1日午前3時ごろ（UTC+9）、大阪市中央区難波にある鉄筋コンクリート7階建ての「檜ビル」1階の個室ビデオ店「試写室・キャッツなんば店」で火災があった。火は店内約37㎡などを焼いて1時間半後に消えたが、店内にいた男性客15人が一酸化炭素中毒や気道熱傷などで死亡した。また大阪市消防局によると、他に女性1人を含む10人がけが、そのうちの4人は気道熱傷などで重傷だという。

神奈川新聞によると、調べでは同店は32の試写室があり、大小の差がある個室は2-3㎡。木の仕切り板で隣の部屋と隔てられており、リクライニング式のソファーやテレビモニター、ビデオデッキがあった。火災当時は26室が使われていたが、この試写室の1室から出火したものと捜査本部では見ている。また神奈川新聞によれば、店長の証言から火災当時は店長を含む従業員3人と客26人前後がいた模様である。


日本大阪火警釀15死

日本大阪一棟七層樓建築於當地凌晨失火，造成15人喪生。一名46歲的男子涉嫌放火被捕。

事發地點位於日本大阪市難波一所影碟店，該影視店有32間獨立看電影的房間。大火約凌晨三時發起。當局派出百多名消防員到場灌救，一個半小時後將火救熄。火警造成15名男子死亡，另外10人受傷，包括9男1女，分別處身該幢7層高樓宇其他樓層，其中3人情況嚴重。

當地媒體 NHK 電視台報導指，該影視店設有多間房間，內有床舖、電視、浴室等設施，以供顧客留宿及租看電影，估計死者全部都是店內顧客，起火時死者正在熟睡。目前警方正在調查失火原因，當局初步調查指，罹難者大都是因一氧化碳中毒而死。

當地警方設立小組調查火警原因。當地警方拘捕一名46歲的無業男子小川和弘，懷疑他在一個房間放火。


Fifteen people killed in Philippines hotel fire

Fifteen people were killed and twelve were injured after an eight hour hotel fire in Tuguegarao City, Northern Philippines, however police and firefighters managed to save many guests. Reports suggest the deceased sought cover in bathrooms where they were burnt beyond recognition.

After entering the building firefighters were left in tears after finding the charred bodies of guests on the upper floors. "It's so close to Christmas, we wept when we saw their bodies," said fire investigator Daniel Abana. Nine of the deaths were confirmed to be nursing students from a nearby university. The students were in the city to take nursing exams. Nursing college instructor, Romeo Opido, told authorities that 36 nursing students from nearby provinces were at the hotel. Tuguegarao City counselor said, "It is very unfortunate that this happened just when they were about to take their exams."

The other deaths were the hotel owner's and their family, including three children. The cause of the fire is still undetermined although it is known that the fire started on the ground floor and was energized by car tires and other combustible materials. It is also believed that paint cans were still in the building following a recent make over.


15 άνθρωποι σκοτώθηκαν στις Φιλιππίνες μετά από πυρκαγιά που ξέσπασε σε ξενοδοχείο

Δεκαπέντε (15) άνθρωποι σκοτώθηκαν και δώδεκα (12) τραυματίστηκαν μετά πυρκαγιά σε ξενοδοχείο στην πόλη Τουγκουεγκάραο, στις Φιλιππίνες (στη βόρεια περιοχή της χώρας), ωστόσο οι αστυνομικοί και οι πυροσβέστες κατάφεραν να σώσουν πολλούς επισκέπτες.

Μετά την είσοδο τους στο κτίριο, οι πυροσβέστες ξέσπασαν σε λυγμούς όταν βρήκαν πτώματα. "Είναι τόσο κοντά στα Χριστούγεννα, αρχίσαμε να κλαίμε όταν είδαμε τα πτώματα," είπε ο ανακριτής πυρκαγιών Ντάνιελ Αμπάνα. Εννέα (9) πτώματα ανήκουν σε φοιτητές του πανεπιστημίου, το οποίο βρίσκεται κοντά στο ξενοδοχείο. Οι φοιτητές βρισκόνταν στην πόλη για ιατρικές εξετάσεις. Ο Ρομέο Οπίντο, καθηγητής στον τομέα της ιατρικής του κολλεγίου, είπε στις αρχές ότι τριάνταέξι (36) φοιτητές ιατρικής βρίσκονταν στο ξενοδοχείο. Ο σύμβουλος της πόλης δήλωσε, "Είναι πολύ ατυχές ότι αυτό έγινε λίγο πριν συμμετάσχουν στις εξετάσεις τους."

Οι υπόλοιποι νεκροί ήταν οι ιδιοκτήτες του ξενοδοχείου και οι οικογένειες τους, συμπεριλαμβανομένου τριών (3) παιδιών. Οι αιτίες της πυρκαγιάς παραμένουν άγνωστες, αλλά είναι γνωστό ότι η πυρκαγιά ξέσπασε στο ισόγειο, εξαιτίας  εύφλεκτων ουσιών. Θεωρείται επίσης ότι δοχεία μπογιάς έμειναν στο κτίριο μετά από πρόσφατη ανακαίνιση.

20 Δεκεμβρίου 2010


Fifty killed in commuter plane crash in Clarence Center, New York

A Continental Connection flight from Newark to Buffalo crashed into a house about four to six miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Thursday night, killing 50 people, officials said.

Continental Airlines Flight 3407 is a daily commuter flight from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, operated under the Continental Connection brand by Virginia-based regional airline Colgan Air.

The Buffalo News has reported that the plane, a Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop with tail number N200WQ has crashed into a home located at 6038 Long Street, not far from the Clarence Center Fire Hall in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence Center approximately 10:17 p.m. EST (03:20 UTC), Thursday, February 12, 2009. Three people were inside the house.

According to Becky Gibbons of New York State Police and Chris Collins County Executive in Erie County, New York, the total number of fatalities is 50, including 45 passengers, four crew members and a person on the ground, while a woman and daughter on the ground were injured, near the edge of farmland, about seven miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Karen Wielinski, age 57, and her daughter, Jill, age 22 were brought to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Williamsville where they are in stable condition in the emergency room. The father, Douglas C. Wielinski, 61 died from his injuries. Two volunteer firefighters are also being treated for smoke inhalation and minor injuries. They are expected to be released later Friday morning.

The crew member names have been released as of 8:20 AM EST, and are listed as: Captain Marvin Renslow, First Officer Rebecca Shaw, Flight Attendant Matilda Quintero, Flight Attendant Donna Prisco, and Captain Joseph Zuffoletto who was an off-duty crew member.

One of the crash victims, Beverly Eckert, of Stamford, Connecticut and  widow of 9/11 terror attack victim, Buffalo native, Sean Rooney, was coming home for her husband's 58th birthday celebration. Her sister, Sue Bourque noted to The Buffalo News, "We know she was on that plane and now she's with him." Chris Kausner has said his sister Elise, age 24, a law student, was on board the plane. "I'm thinking about the fact that my mother has to fly home from Florida and what I'm going to tell my two sons," he said.

The plane, which was carrying over 2.5 tonnes (5,000 pounds) of fuel, impacted a residence that was completely destroyed.  Amid rain and sleet, the ill-fated plane exploded into a huge orange fireball, sparking a large fire which emergency crews had to contain.  Twelve houses near the crash site were evacuated.

The aircraft in question was on approach to land at the nearby Buffalo Niagara International Airport when it disappeared from radar.

According to recordings from air traffic control, the pilot did not report any problem to approach control, and could not be contacted by the Buffalo tower after handoff.  "Can other planes see anything?" asked the traffic controller, but no one has responded.  The pilot's last comment was "Colgan Flight 3407," but there were no sounds of distress.

The Buffalo News has reported that crew members aboard the flight from Newark Airport reported mechanical problems as they approached Buffalo. Weather conditions were reported to be a wintry mix in the area, with light snow, fog, and 17 mile per hour winds.

In the 31-minute audio-recording there are conversations between the cockpit, air traffic control and other aircraft in the vicinity. Following take-off from Newark Airport, a female voice (pilot) in the 3407 plane's cockpit is heard informing air authorities that her aircraft was turning on approach to landing. The pilot stopped communicating at 2,300ft.

"This aircraft was 5 miles out, all of a sudden we have no response from that aircraft," the controller declares. 21 minutes and 45 seconds into the recording, the control tower informs a JetBlue Airlines: "...apparently we have an emergency, I'll have to get back to you," reported The Daily Telegraph.

"It was cold, snowing and dark but these planes are designed to fly in icy conditions. However, those conditions can be very fickle and if ice builds up on a plane it can be very difficult. At this time of year, when a pilot crashes approaching an airport that they will know well, the first thing you look at is the weather,” said David Learmount, of Flight International.

Continental Airlines Inc. said Colgan Air was in the process of collecting information. "Continental extends its deepest sympathy to the family members and loved ones of those involved in this accident. We are providing our full assistance to Colgan Air so that together we can provide as much support as possible for all concerned," said Larry Kellner, CEO of Continental Airlines since December 2004.

The Bombardier Dash 8 a 74-seat is a twin-engined, medium range, turboprop airliner.

According to the Ascend Online Fleets database, Colgan, a company of about 1,100 employees has a fleet of 15 Bombardier Dash 8's, along with 3 Hawker Beechcraft 1900D and 38 Saab 340B turboprops. Flight 3407's airplane was less than one year old and had flown for only about 1,500 hours, said Kieran Daly, of the online aviation news service Air Transport Intelligence, saying that the doomed turboprop plane is one of the safest of its type.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has permanently grounded its Dash 8s fleet after three crash landings during a two-month period in 2007 caused by faulty landing gear. "Confidence in the Q400 has diminished considerably and our customers are becoming increasingly doubtful about flying in this type of aircraft," said Mats Jansson, SAS president and CEO. "I have decided to immediately remove Dash 8 Q400 aircraft from service," he added.

"There is 'no indication of any security related event' that brought the plane down," said FBI spokesman Richard Kolko. Conditions of freezing drizzle, known as hard rime, were the most likely cause of the tragedy.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that they would send a team to the crash site on Friday to begin the investigation. Lorenda Ward will serve as chief investigator with the assistance of NTSB Commissioner Steven Chealander and public affairs officer Keith Holloway. Ward has investigated several other plane crashes — including the 2006 New York City plane crash that claimed the life of New York Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle.

"We are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic accident that occurred tonight in Clarence. Our focus right now is on supporting the first responders on the ground and their efforts to ensure the health and safety of people in the area," said Chris Lee, an Republican politician from Corning, New York, representing the 26th Congressional District of New York.

The tragedy is the nation's deadliest disaster since the Comair Flight 191 crashed in Lexington, Kentucky in August 2006. Delta Air Lines Flight 5191 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia. On the morning of August 27, 2006, the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 100ER that was being used for the flight crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, four miles (6 kilometers) west of the central business district of the City of Lexington.

Financially, Continental is faced with volatile fuel prices amid a slowdown from the weak economy. It has posted losses of $585 million for 2008.


50 Tote bei Flugzeugabsturz im US-Bundesstaat New York

Buffalo (Vereinigte Staaten), 13.02.2009 – 50 Menschen starben beim Absturz einer Passagiermaschine im US-Bundesstaat New York beim Anflug auf den „Buffalo Niagara International Airport“. Die 74-sitzige Turboprop-Maschine von Colgan Airways, die in Kooperation mit Continental Airlines fliegt, mit der Flugnummer 3407 war gegen 22:20 Uhr am Donnerstagabend vom Flughafen Newark (Bundesstaat New Jersey) bei New York kommend im Landeanflug auf den Flughafen als die Maschine vom Typ Dash 8 Q400 (Bombardier Aerospace) aus bisher noch nicht geklärten Gründen etwa zehn Kilometer nordöstlich des Flughafens plötzlich an Höhe verlor und bei dichtem Schneeregen über der Vorstadt Clarence Center abstürzte.

Alle 44 Passagiere sowie vier Besatzungsmitglieder sowie eine weitere Person, die zur Besatzung gehörte, aber außer Dienst war, sind tot. Eine weitere Person, die sich in einem Haus aufhielt, auf das das Flugzeug stürzte, wurde ebenfalls getötet.

Ein Team von 14 Mitarbeitern der nationalen Flugsicherheitsbehörde (National Transportation Safety Board) trafen bereits am Freitagmorgen an der Absturzstelle ein, um den Flugschreiber und andere Datenträger, die über den Hergang der Katastrophe Aufschluss geben können, zu sichern. Die Untersuchung wird sehr schwierig sein, sagte David Bissonette, Notfall-Koordinator in Erie-County auf einer Pressekonferenz. Das einzige erkennbare Flugzeugteil, sei das Leitwerk („the tail“), sagte er laut New York Times. Alles andere sei völlig zerstört worden, als das Flugzeug mit „einem direkten Treffer“ auf ein Haus (6038 Long Street in Clarence Center) stürzte. Es sei ohnehin bemerkenswert, dass nur ein Haus zerstört worden sei. Es wäre leicht möglich gewesen, dass die Häuser der ganzen Nachbarschaft ebenfalls zerstört worden wären, so Bissonette.


Final report blames instrument failure for Adam Air Flight 574 disaster

A final report released today by the Indonesian National Transport Safety Committee found that Adam Air Flight 574 crashed because the pilots were distracted by an instrument failure. The loss of the budget carrier's Boeing 737 into the sea near Sulawesi on New Year's Day 2007 left all 102 on board missing and presumed dead.

The report found that the 737, registered PK-KKW, suffered a Inertial Reference System (IRS) failure. While pilots were troubleshooting for this navigational system they first unintentionally disconnected the autopilot, then failed to monitor other instruments informing them they were approaching the sea, crashing into it and destroying the aircraft.

The flight had been a scheduled domestic passenger service between Djuanda Airport at Surabaya and Sam Ratulangi Airport at Manado, and disappeared from radar screens at 35,000 feet.

National Transportation Safety Committee head Tatang Kurniadi told a press conference "This accident resulted from a combination of factors including the failure of the pilots to adequately monitor the flight instruments, especially in the last two minutes of the flight. Preoccupation with a malfunction of the Inertial Reference System diverted both pilot's attention from the flight instruments and allowed the increasing descent and bank angle to unnoticed...

"The Cockpit Voice recorder revealed that both pilots were concerned about navigation problems and subsequently become engrossed with trouble shooting Inertial Reference System (IRS) anomalies for at least the last 13 minutes of the flight, with minimal regard to other flight requirements. This included identification and attempts at corrective actions."

He also supplied a number of statistics concerning the final moments of the flight. Whilst in a right bank with sustained elevator input pushing up the nose the aircraft reached Mach 0.926 and 3.5g. The airspeed had reached 490 KCAS by the end of the recording. Investigator Santoso Sayogo said that the high speed impact caused the plane to disintegrate.

Adam Air had suffered previous navigational problems. In 2006 another B737 suffered a navigational problem and flew into a radar blackspot, leaving it lost for several hours before performing an emergency landing hundreds of miles from the intended destination. Sayogo said today that in the three months preceding the accident the airline had registered 154 defects in PK-KKW's navigational equipment.

The accident has had wide-ranging effects. The crash, coupled with Adam Air Flight 172, which snapped in half during a hard landing, and Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, which overshot the runway in Yogyakarta, killing 21, prompted the European Union to add all Indonesia's airlines to the list of air carriers banned in the EU. Earlier this month another Adam Air flight departed the end of a runway during landing, injuring five and damaging the plane. This prompted the authorities to ground Adam Air for three months after a regular evaluation, after which they may be permanently shut down. The airline is also in financial difficulty. All the accidents involved Boeing 737s.


Adam-Air-Absturz war Pilotenfehler

Jakarta (Indonesien), 27.03.2008 – Der Absturz einer Boeing 737 der indonesischen Billigfluggesellschaft Adam Air am 1. Januar 2007 war in erster Linie ein Pilotenfehler. Das ergaben die Ermittlungen fast 15 Monate nach dem Unglück.

Wie die indonesische Flugsicherheitsaufsicht feststellte, haben die Piloten zwar ein Problem mit dem Navigationssystem gemeldet, jedoch den Ernst der Lage verkannt. Der Autopilot hatte sich dann abgeschaltet, ohne dass die Piloten aufgrund der Kontrollleuchten und Displayanzeigen die manuelle Steuerung der Maschine übernahmen.

Die Piloten der Fluggesellschaft sind dem Bericht zufolge nicht auf die Selbstabschaltung des Autopiloten trainiert gewesen.

Bei dem Absturz der Maschine aus rund 11.000 Metern Höhe vor der Küste von Sulawesi waren alle 102 Personen an Bord getötet worden. Es dauerte mehrere Tage, bis Bruchstücke der Maschine und Gepäckstücke gefunden wurden. Das Wrack des Flugzeugs liegt in etwa 2.000 Metern Wassertiefe, aus der die beiden Flugschreiber erst nach mehreren Monaten geborgen werden konnten.

Im Jahr 2007 hatten sich noch weitere Zwischenfälle mit indonesischen Verkehrsflugzeugen ereignet. Bei der Bruchlandung einer Boeing 737 der Garuda beispielsweise wurden 21 Insassen getötet. Die Europäische Union hatte daraufhin alle indonesischen Fluggesellschaften aus dem europäischen Luftraum verbannt.

Die indonesischen Behörden haben für Adam Air ein dreimonatiges Flugverbot erlassen, nachdem eine Boeing 737-400 in diesem Monat mit 175 Insassen an Bord bei schlechtem Wetter von der Landebahn gerutscht war.


Finland offers helicopters, personnel to assist Greece with forest fires

The government of Finland has announced it will offer to send three specialist firefighting helicopters, 25 firefighters and 2-3 forest fire experts to Greece via the European Union to assist with the forest fire emergency Greece is currently experiencing.

Greece is currently in urgent need of fixed-wing aircraft with water-bombing capabilities, assets which Finland does not posses. If the Greek authorities deem Finland's offers to be suitable, they will be dispatched with immediate effect, within six hours of Greece requesting the rotorcraft and personnel.

It is thought that the men would most likely be put to use protecting built-up areas in an attempt to prevent the death toll, already over 60, from rising any higher.

The helicopters have been sourced via a private company. Finland said that the country could not commit to send the aircraft any sooner without arrangements being made to cover their removal from service, as otherwise safety in Finland would be severely jeopardised, with emergency aircraft unavailable should Finland experience any fires of its own.

The helicopters Finland have available can each carry up to 800 litres of water or foam retardant, whereas large firefighting planes can carry tens of thousands of litres.

Finland had previously thought they would be unable to spare any help for Greece, and it was only after much sourcing of aircraft from the private sector that Finland was able to make the offer. Finland are also looking into whether they may be of assistance in reforestation efforts after the fires have been extinguished.


Finlandia ofrece helicópteros y personal a Grecia

27 de agosto de 2007Helsinki, Finlandia —

El gobierno de Finlandia ha anunciado que ofrecerá enviar tres helicópteros especializados para apagar incendios, 25 bomberos y 2-3 expertos de incendios forestales a Grecia vía la Unión Europea para asistir a la emergencia que Grecia sufre.

Grecia necesita aviones con capacidades de bombear agua urgentemente, aunque Finlandia no los posee. Si las autoridades griegas consideran que las ofertas de Finlandia son adecuadas, serán despachadas con efecto inmediato.

Se piensa que los hombres podrán ser utilizados para ayudar en áreas de protección en un intento de paralizar la cifra de muertos, que está sobre los 60 muertos.

Los helicópteros han sido referidos vía una compañía privada. Finlandia dice que el país no podrá comprometerse a enviar los recursos muy temprano sin arreglos para removerlos de su servicio, ya que la seguridad en Finlandia se vería amenazada al no tener disponibles a los helicópteros en caso de que Finlandia sufra incendios en su país.

Los helicópteros que Finlandia tiene disponibles pueden llevar hasta 800 litros de agua o espuma, aunque aviones especializados pueden llevar decenas de miles de litros.

Finlandia había pensado previamente que le sería poco probable ayudar a Grecia, y fue luego de varias referencias de las naves del sector privado para que el país pudiera hacer su oferta.

El país nórdico además considera que podrá proveer de asistencia en la reforestación luego de que los incendios sean extinguidos.