50 Years after Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 crashed into Lake Pontchartrain leaving no survivors, something still remains

The flight took off from Moisant Field at 2:01 a.m. on its way to Atlanta. It was lost from radar screens just nine minutes later. A worker on a dredge anchored in Lake Pontchartrain saw a greenish...

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Uttarakhand flash floods: A tragedy twice over for Delhi victims' families

For families of those killed in last year's devastating flash floods in Uttarakhand, it's a double whammy. First, many of them were not even able to trace the bodies of their near and dear ones,...

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8 dead, 30 injured as suspension bridge collapses in Vietnam

At least eight people died and more than 30 others were injured when a suspension bridge collapsed over a dry stream in the northwestern province of Lai Chau Monday. The accident happened at around...

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