Passenger

Small Dutch passenger ferry capsizes after crash (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

AP - A freight ship struck a passenger ferry in a canal near Amsterdam Friday, capsizing the smaller vessel and knocking several people into the water, national police say.

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Passenger plane with 91 on board crashes in China (AP)

August 24th, 2010

AP - A Henan Airlines plane with 91 people on board crashed Tuesday close to an airport in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province and rescuers were rushing to the scene, state…

Small passenger plane crashes near Nepal’s capital (AP)

August 24th, 2010

Mountains in the Everest region of the Himalayans, northeast of Kathmandu. A Nepalese passenger plane heading for the Everest region with 15 people on board crashed in bad weather near capital Kathmandu early Tuesday, the home ministry said.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)AP - A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed Tuesday outside Nepal’s capital in heavy rain with 14 people aboard, including five U.S. nationals and a…

Afghan passenger plane crashes with 44 on board (AP)

May 17th, 2010

AP - An Afghan passenger plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, crashed Monday in a mountainous northern region where poor weather was hampering efforts to locate it, officials said.…

US detains NY-bound passenger in Puerto Rico (AP)

April 23rd, 2010

AP - A man on a flight from West Africa to New York City was removed from the plane and detained Thursday after authorities apparently added him to a no-fly…

KLM pushes to resume passenger flights after tests (AP)

April 18th, 2010

A cloud of black ash looms above a building in a farm at Drangshlid 2 at Eyjafjoll April 17, 2010. An Icelandic volcano that is spewing ash into the air and wreaking havoc on flights across Europe appeared to be easing up on Saturday but could continue to erupt for days or even months to come, officials said. REUTERS/Ingolfur Juliusson  (ICELAND ANIMALS - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)AP - KLM, the Dutch subsidiary of Air France, says it has flown a plane through the cloud of volcanic ash covering Europe without suffering any damage.


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Passenger ferry freed from Baltic Sea ice (AP)

March 4th, 2010

In this handout photo released by the Swedish Coast Guard, a cargo ship is seen trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Sweden's sea rescue service says four passenger ferries with more than 1,000 people on board are trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea.  The Swedish Maritime Administration says that there are 1,133 passengers and crew on the four ships, which have been stuck for hours just off the Swedish coast. (AP Photo / Swedish Coast Guard via Scanpix)      (AP Photo/ HO / Scanpix )AP - A passenger ferry with nearly 1,000 people on board broke free early Friday from heavy pack ice that had trapped it for hours in the Baltic Sea of…