Saturday, 21 March 2015

Another MH17 victim identified, two of the 298 passengers remain unidentified

March 21

Another victim of the disaster flight MH17 has been identified this week. The victim has the Dutch nationality. A total of 296 identified victims of the disaster in Ukraine have now been identified....

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One more 9/11 victim at World Trade Center identified, DNA technology explained

March 21

br> A Carnegie Mellon University graduate is the latest victim whose remains have been identified in the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, moving the New York medical examiner’s office one step closer...

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Bodies of all 10 Uruguay plane crash victims located

March 21

The dead bodies of all 10 occupants of a small chartered plane that crashed in southeastern Uruguay have been found, officials told Efe. The bodies, badly burned in a fire that erupted when the plane...

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Rescuers tell of finding last body from Flight GE235

March 21

A prayer and the smell of lilies helped rescuers find the last missing body of the 43 victims that perished when TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 crashed into the Keelung River on Feb. 4. Rescue workers...

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1915 Britannia Mountain disaster

March 21

Just after midnight on March 22, 1915, part of Britannia Mountain fell off, just above a mining camp. “AVALANCHE OVERWHELMS BRITANNIA MINE HEAD,” screamed the front-page headline in the Vancouver...

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