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Elderly Woman Rams Mobile Phone Store, Palm Pre Connection Questionable
11:27AM Jason Chen | Although the NBC Chicago News credits the elderly woman for being slightly too eager to get the Palm Pre, there doesn’t seem to be any actual evidence that she actually wants a Pre. Nice try Chicago. [NBC Chicago via Palmpre.org] More »
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Did a Meteor Take Down Air France Flight 447?
12:45AM Adam Frucci | Could a meteor strike be the reason behind the crash of Air France flight 447? The math geeks at Discover crunched some numbers and it turns out that it’s not as implausible as you might think. More »
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When Does A Text Message Cost You $9.6 Million?
12:00PM Jack Loftus | As one of our T drivers found out this week in Boston, it costs that much when you send it while driving the Green Line and plow into the back of a stopped train. More »
Vehicles
Watch My Furniture Truck Get Decapitated By a Bridge
5:40AM Sean Fallon | Last week I received a furniture order around 11pm. Yeah, it was late—but the drivers had good reason. Earlier that day they fell victim to the infamous Gregson Street RR bridge in Durham NC. More »
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Hudson Crash Simulation with FAA Dialog Recordings Shows Captain’s Steel Nerves
12:40PM Jesus Diaz | If you thought that the pilot who landed US Airways flight 1549 on the Hudson River was cool, you haven’t seen this simulation with the real FAA voice recordings. I’m absolutely stunned by his nerves. More »
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Video of FedEx Aeroplane Crashing in Japan
12:20AM Jesus Diaz | It’s rare to catch a commercial plane crashing on video, but Japanese TV NHK has aired yesterday’s spectacular crash of the FedEx aeroplane in Narita Airport. Sadly, the two dead pilots didn’t have ejection seats. More »
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Combat Pilots Ejecting After Aircraft Crash
3:20AM Jesus Diaz | This two-seat Sukhoi Su-24 combat aircraft crashed in a fiery ball of hell in an Iranian airfield last week. Nothing special about that, except that—amazingly enough—the pilots ejected safely after the crash. More »
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Aeroplane Crashes Breaking In Three Pieces, Only Nine Dead
10:33PM Jesus Diaz | A Boeing 737-800 has crashed this morning at the Schipol Airport, in Amsterdam, breaking in three pieces. The amazing news: Only five out of 135 people are dead. Update: Some sources are reporting nine dead.
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Plane Crash Kills 49 in Upstate New York
5:30PM Elaine Chow | Flight 3407, a commuter plane crashed into a home in upstate New York and erupted in flames earlier tonight. Authorities say the death toll is currently at 49 people. Update More »
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