Tag: evacuated
War or Terror in the Gulf of Oman? Oil Tankers in flames, crew rescued and taken to Iran
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 13, 2019 09:27A maritime safety group warned earlier today of an unspecific threat in the Gulf Oman urging extreme caution amid US- Iran tension. The near the Strait of Hormuz is a ... Read More
Helicopter crashes into midtown Manhattan building, one person killed
Chief Assignment Editor- June 10, 2019 19:01The helicopter crash-landed onto the roof of a midtown Manhattan 54-story office building on New York's 7th avenue, north of the Theater District and Times Square, just before 2pm. One ... Read More
Eiffel Tower closed, tourists evacuated after man scales Paris landmark
Chief Assignment Editor- May 20, 2019 15:18The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been evacuated after a man was caught climbing up the 324 meters (1,063 ft) tall French landmark. Footage from the scene shows a man ... Read More
Armed terrorists storm five-star hotel in Pakistan, one person killed in attack
Chief Assignment Editor- May 11, 2019 15:46Gunshots were heard as a group of armed gunmen stormed a private five-star hotel in the southwestern Pakistani port-city of Gwadar, officials confirmed. At least one person has been killed ... Read More
Burning Superjet-100 plane crash-lands at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport
Chief Assignment Editor- May 5, 2019 16:48Russian pilots landed a flaming Superjet-100 aircraft at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, after an in-flight emergency forced a crash landing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkwBukD3nQs Aeroflot Flight SU1492 declared an emergency shortly after departing Sheremetyevo ... Read More
Bomb threat triggers Kiev International Airport evacuation
Chief Assignment Editor- April 23, 2019 15:14More than 1,000 airline passengers were evacuated at Kiev International Airport (Zhuliany) on Tuesday due to a bomb threat, media reports say. The decision was made at noon after the ... Read More
Singapore Grand Hyatt Hotel ablaze: 500 evacuated
editor- March 28, 2019 03:07A fire broke out at the luxury Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Singapore today forcing the evacuation of around 500 hotel guests. In TV footage, thick black smoke could be ... Read More
Passenger evacuation underway from Viking Sky cruise ship stranded off Norway
Chief Assignment Editor- March 23, 2019 17:10The cruise ship Viking Sky, which lost engine power and drifted towards land off Norway earlier on Saturday managed to start one of its engines and is now anchored 2km ... Read More
Jerusalem’s tourist landmark Temple Mount shut down after firebombing
Chief Assignment Editor- March 12, 2019 22:20Unrest at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount (also known as Haram esh-Sharif and the Al Aqsa Compound) led Israeli police to shut off access on Tuesday after several weeks of tension at ... Read More
Air China Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Russian Chukotka
Chief Assignment Editor- March 4, 2019 22:25The crew of Air China Boeing 777 reported that plane's fire alarm had been triggered during the flight, prompting the captain to make an emergency landing in Anadyr, the capital ... Read More
Train station on fire Cairo: Blow to tourism in deadly fire
Dmytro Makarov- February 27, 2019 10:54A majr fire at a train station killed more than 28 people and more than 50 injured in a Cairo train fire, according to a source in Egypt's Health Ministry. The state TV reported ... Read More
1 killed, at least 76 injured in Catalonia two-train head-on collision
Chief Assignment Editor- February 8, 2019 21:50One passenger was killed, at least three were critically injured and 16 others sustained less severe wounds, as two commuter trains collided head-on in Catalonia, the local Civil Protection service ... Read More
Hundreds of people evacuated as Indonesia’s Mount Karangetang erupts
Chief Assignment Editor- February 5, 2019 15:20An eruption of one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes sent lava and searing gas clouds out of the crater, causing villagers to flee the slopes, volcanology officials said on Tuesday. ... Read More
Brisbane International Airport evacuated over bomb scare
Chief Assignment Editor- February 2, 2019 16:28"Emergency situation" triggered evacuation of Brisbane International Airport earlier today, after Queensland Police arrested a man who claimed to have an explosive device on him. The man was threatening people ... Read More
Deadly terror attack on Catholic Cathedral during mass putting tourism plans on hold
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 27, 2019 09:35Jolo Island in the Philippines means a mixture of Muslims and Christians trying to live together. The region had big plans to become a Boracay type tourist spot in the Philippines 6 ... Read More
De-icing an Air Transat A321 made 185 passengers sick
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 25, 2019 07:18An airplane leaving from Quebec City's Jean Lesage airport was quickly evacuated today after passengers began to fall ill. A dozen passengers received medical attention after they fell ill on an ... Read More
US Government shut down: Hawaiian Kingdom separatist group storms building to take over
editor- January 18, 2019 01:34Hawaii doesn’t need a US Federal Government. This is the opinion of a separatist group named the Kingdom of Atooi that stormed the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in Honolulu today ... Read More
Al-Qaeda terrorists attack hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, fatalities reported
Chief Assignment Editor- January 15, 2019 15:29A hotel and office complex in an upscale area of the Kenyan capital Nairobi were hit by two explosions earlier on Tuesday, with live footage from the scene also capturing ... Read More
Tourists Evacuated, stranded, cancellations: Chaos in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 7, 2019 06:05Thousands of tourists ended the last Christmas holiday in the Alps on Sunday being evacuated. This included visitors to the famous glacier Matterhorn in Switzerland. Airports and trains experienced mass ... Read More
One killed, one missing as Tropical Storm Pabuk batters Thailand’s southern coast
Chief Assignment Editor- January 4, 2019 15:25One person was killed as the first tropical storm to hit Thailand in three decades pounded its southern coast on Friday, flooding the roads, blowing tiles off roofs and uprooting ... Read More
Up in flames: Maldives private island luxury resort burns, tourists evacuated
Chief Assignment Editor- January 3, 2019 03:31A top-notch ultra-luxury secluded private island resort in the Maldives was devastated by giant inferno that engulfed the property on Wednesday around 11 pm local time. Video footage from the ... Read More
‘Suspicious package’ triggers evacuation of Strasbourg main train station
Chief Assignment Editor- December 27, 2018 20:02The main railway station in Strasbourg, France was shut down and all the passengers were evacuated after a bomb threat was received earlier tonight. Strasbourg has been on high alert ... Read More
Avoiding dangerous vacations 2018
Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson- September 19, 2018 21:27This is the sixth year that we have posted dangerous vacations destination information collected from news articles and reported law cases. Read More
Tourists evacuated after fatal Costa Rica earthquake
editor- January 10, 2009 02:32VARA BLANCA, Costa Rica - Rescue helicopters ferried stranded tourists on Friday from a picturesque volcanic area in Costa Rica where a strong earthquake killed at least 13 people. Read More
Trapped passengers evacuate Singapore ferris wheel
editor- December 24, 2008 03:18SINGAPORE – More than 100 passengers stranded for six hours on the world's largest ferris wheel were being evacuated and given medical treatment in Singapore after the attraction ground to ... Read More
Oregon tourist stabbed in Ecuador is evacuated to US
editor- October 22, 2008 02:41QUITO, Ecuador — An Oregon man who was stabbed repeatedly in an attack on a beach in Ecuador was evacuated to the United States in critical condition on Tuesday, officials ... Read More