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Red Arrows Crash Exploited in Facebook Scam

The death of a British pilot during a RAF Red Arrows aerobatic display is being exploited in a new survey scam on Facebook.Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, died this past weekend when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed while returning to base shortly after an RAF Red Arrows display.The Red Arrows is the world-renowned aerobatic...

23 August 2011
05:21 GMT

Trojan Might Have Contributed to 2008 Madrid Plane Crash

New information unearthed in the investigation of the 2008 Spanair Flight JK 5022 crash, suggests that the tragedy could have been prevented if a critical computer wouldn't have been infected with a trojan.El Pais reports (in Spanish) that a computer system tasked with monitoring technical problems and issuing a...

20 August 2010
13:25 GMT

Polish Presidential Plane Crash Exploited by Scareware Pushers

The recent plane crash that resulted in the death of Polish President Lech Kaczyński and tens of other state officials is currently being exploited via BHSEO campaigns. Search results related to the tragedy have been poisoned with malicious links that push scareware-type computer programs. On April 10th, 2010, a Tup...

12 April 2010
11:23 GMT

Jogger Killed by Plane While Listening to iPod

This kind of story may seem extracted from a lousy movie scene, but, unfortunately, it features a real fact. Apparently, listening to music on your iPod at high volume levels can damage more than your hearing abilities. Therefore, pay attention around you when walking on the street and abandoning yourselves to the me...

17 March 2010
07:37 GMT

Making Sense of the Flight 3407 Disaster

On Thursday, a National Transportation Safety Board commission held another hearing, trying to make sense of the Flight 3407 disaster that struck on February 12th, 2009, in the northeast Buffalo suburb of Clarence Center, just nine kilometers away from its landing site. The panel heard a number of experts, including ...

19 May 2009
06:33 GMT

Wanted Pilot Crashes Plane in Florida, Fakes Death

Marcus Schrenker, 38 years old, is currently being chased by the police for ejecting out of his plane on Sunday, in what apparently seems to be an attempt to fake his own death. The man is wanted for misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, most likely, he had no plan of getting caught. After parachuti...

13 January 2009
05:32 GMT

iPhone User the First to Tweet Live from a Plane Crash Scene

Denver resident Mike Wilson was a passenger on Continental Airline’s flight 737 in route to Houston, Texas, Saturday evening. At one point, the plane skidded off the runway crashing into a ravine and immediately catching fire. Wilson escaped the flames and used his iPhone to post details and pictures as he was ...

23 December 2008
04:40 GMT


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