Posts Tagged ‘transportation’
France’s train network hit by arson attacks hours before Olympic ceremony
Saboteurs struck France’s TGV high-speed train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks that caused chaos on the country’s busiest rail lines ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. The coordinated sabotage took place as France rolled out an unprecedented peacetime security operation involving tens of thousands of police and soldiers to lockdown…
Read MoreFormer TSA employee faces prison over fake bomb notes
A former TSA employee faces up to five years in prison after allegedly leaving fake bomb threat notes in a Tulsa airport bathroom on two separate occasions last March, according to authorities. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced Tuesday, a former TSA employee made an initial appearance before the federal court for leaving notes in the…
Read MoreSuspected bomb discovered near railway track
Passengers faced train disruptions this morning after a suspected bomb was discovered at a housing development near the tracks. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said they were called just after 09:00 BST after “a piece of expected unexploded ordnance was discovered” at Whiteley Meadows, Curbridge. A cordon was put in place and officers from…
Read MoreBiden visit to bridge collapse announced as channel opens to Baltimore port
President Biden will visit Baltimore on Friday to survey the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the White House announced Monday, as authorities said they have opened a small channel that will allow limited shipping at the Port of Baltimore for the first time since the disaster. Biden plans to meet with local and state officials…
Read MoreMan Charged With Stealing Small Airplane That Crashed On A California Beach
Police in California arrested a man for allegedly stealing a small aircraft before crashing onto a beach and leaving the scene. Deputies received a report of a small airplane landing “near or on a beach” in Half Moon Bay around 5 p.m. Thursday, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Police…
Read MoreMan accused of leaving explosive device on Valley Metro light rail platform
A Phoenix man has been accused of leaving an explosive device on a Valley Metro light rail platform last week. According to court paperwork, Phoenix police were called to the platform near 24th and Jefferson streets around midnight on January 23 for a report of a possible explosive device on the platform. The device was…
Read MoreMan pleads guilty to hiding explosives in bag at Lehigh Valley airport
A Carbon County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to hiding an explosive device in a checked bag last year at Lehigh Valley International Airport, according to federal court records. Marc Muffley, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of attempting to place an explosive on an aircraft and possession of an explosive in an airport,…
Read MoreBangladesh poll booths burn on election eve, as train arson kills four
Polling booths were set ablaze in Bangladesh on the eve of Sunday’s general elections, while four people, including two children, were killed in a train fire that the government described as arson targeting democratic values. Friday’s fire broke out at about 9 p.m. (1500 GMT), injuring eight passengers as it spread to four compartments of…
Read MoreThree injured in stabbing incident on Tokyo train, woman in custody
Three men were injured on Wednesday in a stabbing incident and taken to hospital after a woman wielded a knife on a train at Akihabara Station in Tokyo, Japanese police said. The police received an emergency call at just before 11 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) saying the woman had inflicted injuries with a knife…
Read MorePinellas Park teen accused of threatening mass shooting on NYC subway
A Pinellas Park teen was arrested on Wednesday after making threats online to commit a mass shooting on a New York City subway, an arrest affidavit from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office explains. Robert Trout III, 19, was taken into custody after a video was posted to Instagram showing him with guns saying “I’m gonna…
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