Neowin News Feed for: Accident

Explosion at the iPad 2-producing Foxconn Chengdu plant claims two lives

Denis Wong — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:41:19 +0100

Several Chinese news sources are reporting on an explosion at a Foxconn plant in the Chinese city of Chengdu, Sichuan province. The accident appears to have been the result of a lightning strike that struck... Read more...

Cell phones & driving injured over 24,000 people in '09

Brandon Boyce — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:04:01 +0100

Last year distractions caused 5,474, or 16% of all fatal crashes, in the United States. Out of that total, 995 of those distractions were contributed directly with cell phone use. Cell phones were also responsible... Read more...

Accident records database breaks down

Darren Bolton — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 14:11:04 +0100

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Three years' accident data not added to database because of IT problems IT problems have delayed updates to the government's database of accidents that happen within the home. The Home Accident Surveillance... Read more...

Updated: Plane crash in NYC, Accident is most likely the cause

Steven Parker — Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:48:49 +0000

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Is the question on every news agency workers lips at this moment. :( An American Airlines Airbus a300 has crashed in the Queens borough of New York City. Port Authority officials say the... Read more...