Wednesday

Crippled Costa Allegra Cruise Ship towed to Seychelles

Photo courtesy of Kenneth Karsten
A crippled cruise ship owned by the company whose giant liner the Costa Concordia was wrecked off Italy last month is being towed by a French tuna boat to the main island in the Seychelles, its owners said on Tuesday.
 
An engine room fire on the Costa Allegra knocked out the ship’s main power supply in the Indian Ocean on Monday, leaving it adrift with more than a thousand people on board — including 13 Canadians — in

Tuesday

Southwest Airlines' pilot sends cabin into panic

Photo courtesy of Reuters
A pilot caused momentary panic on board a flight after wishing happy birthday to the mother of an air traffic controller.

The problem was he said there was a "mom on board" and many people on the flight thought he said there was a "bomb on board."

According to the New York Daily News, many of the passengers on the Southwest flight between Baltimore and Long Island went into a panic when they heard

Sunday

Via train derailment in Ontario kills 3

Viarail Derailment ~ Photo courtesy of CBC News
A Via Rail train derailment on Sunday has claimed the lives of three people in southern Ontario.

Halton Regional Police confirmed that three people are dead and at least two people have been taken to hospital via air ambulance.

The Toronto-bound train was travelling from the Niagara area of