Morocco
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xinhuanet.com
RABAT - Sixteen French tourists were injured, including five seriously, when a tourist coach overturned Monday in the highway connecting the capital, Rabat to the central city of Fez (200 km east of R
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Mexico
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AP
CANCUN, Mexico — A security official says two foreign tourists fell to their deaths while parasailing south of Mexico's resort town of Cancun.
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Florida Woman's Death Under Investigation
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eTN
BELIZE CITY, Belize - The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) and Belize's National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) officially announced today the establishment of mandatory protective policies for cav
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Urges Development And Implementation Of Positive Train Control Technology
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eTN
WASHINGTON, DC (September 18, 2008) - The following statement is from Ed Rodzwicz, the president of the Teamsters Rail Conference and National President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and
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Qantas
In a touch of irony, information systems provider Unisys released a survey on Friday showing Qantas was among the world's most trusted airlines.
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GradCity Suspends Snorkeling Cruises
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eTN
GradCity has suspended all snorkeling cruises for students traveling to Cancun, Mexico for the remainder of their travel season. The company made the decision following a snorkeling accident which took the life of Lisa Chung, a high school student from Grand Prairie, Texas.
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Jetski Rental Rules Under Scrutiny
A British doctor holidaying in Australia was killed today in a jetski accident on the Gold Coast.
Dr Sridhar Shekar, 31, from Leeds, died this morning (local time) when his hired jetski hit the anchor chain of a boat and he was thrown on to a sandbank.
He suffered serious head and body injuries, and despite attempts by bystanders, ... read more
Pilots And Airline Pilots Security Alliance
Washington, DC - Airline pilots and federal flight deck officers (FFDO) say ill-conceived TSA weapons handling rules were to blame for the accidental discharge of a pilot's firearm in the cockpit of a US Airways jet on March 22.
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UK
A Grampian policeman who was injured after a car crash with a tourist is suing for damages of £10m.
John Alcock, 44, who was deployed on royal protection duties at Balmoral, suffered severe brain trauma and now needs intensive 24-hour care.
Lawyers for the Italian holidaymaker had requested that the hearing only consider ... read more
Southwest Airlines
SPOKANE, Wash. — A Southwest Airlines plane with 118 passengers on board skidded off a snow-covered taxiway Sunday afternoon after safely landing at Spokane International Airport, the airline said.
No one was injured, but flights didn't resume for more than three hours.
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Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites must pay $25,870 after three workers died
Scaled Composites, the fledgling space tourism company founded by rocket pioneer Burt Rutan, was fined $25,870 on Friday as a result of an accident last July that killed three workers at the firm's Mojave, Calif., testing facility.
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Hard landing
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines (eTN) - A plane with 47 people on board overshot the runway at an airport in Masbate City Wednesday morning, the airline said.
The Asian Spirit aircraft skidded to the edge of the airstrip and smashed the airstrip fence after apparently encountering strong winds on landing, company vice president Rodolfo Garcia ... read more
