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On June 19, 2018, the vessel launched a rescue boat to recover a man who went overboard near Bowen Island, after the ferry had departed Horseshoe Bay for Nanaimo. The man was transferred to nearby Coast Guard vessel, and the ferry experienced minor delays in the continuation of its sailing.
Aeroflot Flight 498, the Ilyushin Il-14 crashed into mountainous terrain near Ust-Barguzin on 14 June 1981, killing 48 people in the worst accident involving an Ilyushin Il-14. Aeroflot Flight 811 , the Antonov An-24RV was taking off from Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport on 24 August 1981 when a Tupolev Tu-16K collided with the aircraft.
Deadliest ballooning accident in aviation history. 19 2 20 May 2013 Cappadocia, Turkey: Two sightseeing balloons collided mid-air during a sightseeing tour, causing one balloon to crash. [78] 3 23 6 August 2013: Death of Grant Adamson Montbovon, Fribourg, Switzerland: Balloon crashed down after contact with power lines. [79] [80] 1 4 11 August 2013
The two children were at Washington Park Lake in Albany at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday when the boy tried to walk across the frozen lake and fell through the ice, Albany police said in a news release.
Operated by the Vancouver Coal Company, the Number One mine opened in 1884 at the foot of Milton Street in Nanaimo. Its shafts and tunnels extended under the Nanaimo Harbour to Protection Island, Newcastle Island, and the Nanaimo River. After the explosion, the mine re-opened and produced 18 million tons of coal before permanently closing in 1938.
A Royal Jordanian Air Force Bell AH-1F Cobra helicopter was destroyed in an accident in Al-Baqa'a near Abu Nseir, Jordan. One of the pilots died and the other was injured. [252] [253] 20 June A Royal Canadian Air Force CH-147F, carrying four crew members, crashed during a training flight into the Ottawa River. Two crew members died and the ...
17 November 2012 – Manfalut train accident, a school bus carrying about 60 pre-school children between four and six years old was hit by a train on a rail crossing near Manfalut, 350 km (220 mi) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. At least 50 children and the bus driver were killed in the crash.
26 June – Russia – In the Komi Republic, a passenger train detailed near Inta, killing three people and injuring 40 others. [220] 27 June – Slovakia – Near Nové Zámky, a EuroCity train collided with a bus; seven people died. [221] 15 July – Russia – In Belgorod Oblast, two trains collided head-on in Stary Oskol, killing one person ...