Posts Tagged ‘transportation’
Canada investigates alleged ‘threats’ against Air India after Sikh boycott call
Canadian officials and the Royal Canadian Mounted police are investigating alleged “threats” against Air India after a separatist leader warned Sikhs against flying with the airline on 19 November. The US-based activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun posted a video last week in which he called for a boycott of India’s flagship carrier.Middle-aged Sikh man with long…
Read MoreArson likely caused fire that damaged vital artery of Los Angeles freeway, governor says
Arson was the cause of a massive weekend fire that charred and indefinitely closed a vital section of a Los Angeles freeway, causing major traffic headaches for hundreds of thousands of commuters, California authorities said Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom said investigators were trying to determine if one person or more were involved. He gave no…
Read MoreAuthorities investigating flight from Baltimore to Atlanta following threat of explosive device
A flight from Baltimore to Atlanta attracted the attention of authorities after one of the passengers received an AirDrop message about an explosive device aboard the airplane, according to Frontier Airlines. The crew of Flight 1571 followed protocol and notified authorities of the alleged device. The airplane safely landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, airline…
Read MoreOttawa, RCMP investigating alleged ‘threats’ against Air India: officials
Canada’s Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez and the RCMP say an investigation is underway into what they call “threats” against Air India, after an online video warned people not to fly on the airline on Nov. 19. Rodriguez says in a social media post that the government takes any threat to aviation “extremely seriously.” He says…
Read MorePolice open fire on woman who ‘made threats’ in Paris train station
According to witnesses the 38-year-old woman, who was completely veiled, shouted “Allahu akbar” (“God is Greatest”) and “made threats”, a police source said, adding that “police fired because they feared for their safety”. After passengers on a suburban train travelling from the eastern suburbs to Paris alerted police, agents managed to “isolate” the woman at…
Read MoreFlight school student arrested after 10 aircraft vandalized, solo flight denied
Martin County sheriff’s deputies on Monday arrested a flight school student after they said he vandalized 10 airplanes at Treasure Coast Flight School at Whitham Field in Stuart. Sumebh Singh, a 23-year-old student from India, became angry after school instructors would not allow him to take a solo flight, according to the sheriff’s office in…
Read MoreFederal Jury Convicts Man of Detonating Pipe Bomb at Suburban Chicago Train Station
A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a man of detonating a pipe bomb at a suburban Chicago train station. On Sept. 1, 2006, THOMAS JAMES ZAJAC placed a pipe bomb in a trash can at the BNSF Railway station in Hinsdale, Ill. The device exploded during the morning commute, causing damage inside the station…
Read MorePoland investigates cyber-attack on rail network
Polish intelligence services are investigating a hacking attack on the country’s railways, Polish media say. Hackers broke into railway frequencies to disrupt traffic in the north-west of the country overnight, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on Saturday. The signals were interspersed with recording of Russia’s national anthem and a speech by President Vladimir Putin,…
Read MorePolice arrest suspect in knife attack on a train in western Japan. 3 were slashed and injured
Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing three people on a train in western Japan. The 37-year-old suspect was carrying three knives, including two in each hand, when he was arrested on the platform of Rinku Town station in Osaka, western Japan, immediately after the alleged attack Sunday,…
Read MoreTokyo “Joker” train attacker says he was inspired by similar case
A man accused of attempted murder and arson while dressed in a Joker costume on a Tokyo train in 2021 said Tuesday that a similar incident a few months earlier inspired him to alter his original plan of going on a killing spree in Shibuya. Kyota Hattori, 26, who made the statement during his trial…
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