Hacker News with Generative AI: Accidents

The Derelict (2015) (damninteresting.com)
Under ordinary circumstances, the final evening of a cruise aboard the luxury turbo-electric ocean liner SS Morro Castle was a splendid event.

History, Maritime, Accidents

33 points by EndXA 17 hours ago | 3 comments

SpaceX loses Ship 33 during Starship Flight 7 (twitter.com)

SpaceX, Starship, Space Travel, Rocketry, Accidents

9 points by LorenDB 1 day ago | 5 comments

Trapped in dark for 35 hours Red Sea dive-boat survivors tell terrifying escapes (bbc.com)
Spending 35 hours trapped in a pitch-black air pocket in the upturned hull of a boat has taken its toll on Lucianna Galetta, her voice cracking as she recounts her ordeal.

Survival, Accidents, Diving, Red Sea

8 points by nradov 3 days ago | 3 comments

Jeju Air jet black boxes stopped recording before crash: transport ministry (koreatimes.co.kr)
The black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the crashed Jeju Air flight that left 179 people dead stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.

Aviation Safety, Accidents, South Korea

24 points by gslin 7 days ago | 26 comments

Black boxes from Jeju Air 2216 stopped recording four minutes before crash (cnn.com)

Aviation, Accidents, South Korea

93 points by BostonFern 7 days ago | 93 comments

Drone collides with firefighting aircraft over Palisades fire (latimes.com)
A drone collided with a firefighting aircraft flying over the Palisades fire on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Drones, Wildfires, Aviation, Accidents

13 points by tjohns 8 days ago | 2 comments

Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles (bbc.com)
Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.

Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Accidents, Arizona

73 points by ksec 9 days ago | 138 comments

DEF CON's hacker-in-chief faces fortune in medical bills (theregister.com)
Marc Rogers, DEF CON's head of security, faces tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills following an accident that left him with a broken neck and temporary quadriplegia.

Cybersecurity, Health, Accidents, DEF CON

37 points by pjmlp 10 days ago | 18 comments

Man trapped inside driverless Waymo car as it spins in circles (bbc.co.uk)
Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.

Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Accidents, Transportation

66 points by whyleyc 10 days ago | 87 comments

Self-driving Tesla steers Calif. tech founder onto train tracks (sfgate.com)

Self-driving cars, Accidents, Technology, California

15 points by quantified 12 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion (apnews.com)
Your car is spying on you.

Tesla, Data Privacy, Law Enforcement, Accidents

6 points by geox 13 days ago | 0 comments

Toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak factory removed after 40 years (bbc.com)
Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from a chemical factory that witnessed one of the world's deadliest gas leaks 40 years ago.

Environmental Issues, India, Accidents, History, Chemical Industry

9 points by sohkamyung 16 days ago | 0 comments

The Cybertruck that exploded and the New Orleans vehicle both rented using Turo (businessinsider.com)
The Tesla Cybertruck that exploded on Wednesday in Las Vegas was rented on Turo, the same car-sharing app used to rent the pickup truck used in the New Orleans attack early Wednesday.

Car Sharing, Tesla, Accidents, Crime

34 points by alex_young 16 days ago | 89 comments

One dead after Tesla Cybertruck catches fire outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas (theguardian.com)
One person died and seven more were injured on Wednesday when a Tesla truck caught fire and exploded outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, authorities said.

Tesla, Accidents, Las Vegas, Electric Vehicles

13 points by n1b0m 16 days ago | 9 comments

A Tesla Cybertruck 'blew up' outside Trump's hotel in Las Vegas (theverge.com)
A Tesla Cybertruck exploded just outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday morning, law enforcement authorities have just confirmed.

Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Accidents, Las Vegas, News

77 points by wslh 16 days ago | 37 comments

At least 10 killed after vehicle hits crowd of people in New Orleans (news.sky.com)
At least 10 people have been killed after a vehicle struck a crowd celebrating the New Year in New Orleans, emergency officials have said.

New Orleans, Accidents, News, Tragedy, Crime

18 points by austinallegro 17 days ago | 22 comments

Why was there a wall near runway at S Korea plane crash airport? (bbc.com)
Aviation experts have raised questions about an "unusual" concrete wall near the runway and its role in the South Korea plane crash that killed 179 people.

Aviation, Accidents, South Korea, Infrastructure

135 points by vinni2 18 days ago | 334 comments

Second Jeju Air plane experiences landing gear malfunction (joins.com)
A day after a Jeju Air passenger plane crashed at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla, another Jeju Air airplane, also a Boeing 737-800, experienced a landing gear malfunction.

Aviation, Accidents, South Korea, Jeju Air, Boeing 737

11 points by siva7 19 days ago | 1 comments

Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 disasters on same day (telanganatoday.com)
Hyderabad: The year 2024 is shaping up to be a nightmare for Boeing.

Aviation, Boeing, Accidents, Disasters

12 points by _IIIIIIIIIII_ 20 days ago | 7 comments

Multiple airplanes landing gear failures in a day (ycombinator.com)
Multiple airplanes landing gear failures in a day

Aviation, Safety, Accidents

21 points by whatever1 20 days ago | 14 comments

List of Airliner Shootdown Incidents (wikipedia.org)

Aviation, Accidents, History

9 points by dingosity 20 days ago | 1 comments

45% of Amazon Japan delivery drivers involved in accident: survey (mainichi.jp)
Around 45 percent of self-employed delivery drivers working for the Japanese unit of Amazon.com Inc. said they had been involved in a traffic accident while on the job, a recent survey conducted by a labor union has shown.

Transportation, Japan, Labor, Accidents, Amazon

11 points by e2e4 21 days ago | 0 comments

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan (bbc.com)
Dozens of people have died after a passenger plane crashed with 69 people on board in Kazakhstan, local officials say.

Aviation, Accidents, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

12 points by ammo1662 24 days ago | 1 comments

Masks, Smoke, and Mirrors: The story of EgyptAir flight 804 (medium.com)
On the 19th of May 2016, an Airbus A320 en route from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar at cruising altitude over the Mediterranean Sea, spiraling to its doom from 37,000 feet until it was dashed against the night-black water.

Airplanes, Disasters, Egypt, Accidents

257 points by gdmt 24 days ago | 132 comments

7-year-old boy undergoes heart surgery after getting hit by falling drone (cbsnews.com)
Several small drones collided and then fell into a crowd at a holiday drone show in Florida on Saturday night, the Federal Aviation Administration said. CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG reports a 7-year-old boy was injured.

Drones, Accidents, Technology, Safety

11 points by perihelions 25 days ago | 8 comments

US shoots down two of its own Navy pilots over Red Sea (theguardian.com)
Two US navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea on Sunday in an “apparent case of friendly fire”, the US military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in more than a year of the country targeting Yemen’s Houthis.

Military, International Relations, Yemen, Accidents, Friendly Fire

33 points by n1b0m 27 days ago | 53 comments

Multiple casualties after car drives into crowd at Christmas market in Germany (euronews.com)

Germany, Accidents, Christmas, News, Tragedy

11 points by jdiez17 28 days ago | 0 comments

A pilot crashed a full passenger jet into the bay, didn't lose his job (2021) (sfgate.com)
There were 96 passengers and 11 crew on Japan Air Lines Flight 2, flying from Tokyo to San Francisco on November 22, 1968. The flight was going very smoothly, until it wasn’t.

Aviation, Accidents, History

110 points by Stratoscope 31 days ago | 105 comments

The 1955 Le Mans disaster changed motorsport (essesmag.com)
It is often said that the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race is more about stamina than speed, but in the days leading up to the 1955 edition, which would go down as one of the worst tragedies in motorsport history, you couldn’t help but notice how fast the cars were going.

Motorsport, History, Accidents

174 points by bookofjoe 35 days ago | 306 comments

I just saw a self-driving car save someone's life (reddit.com)
My partner and I were riding in a Waymo, heading north on Guadalupe, just north of campus, where we literally just saw the car save a girl's life.

Self-Driving Cars, Accidents, Safety

4 points by amichail 37 days ago | 1 comments