Pakistani train derailment kills at least 56

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Early this morning, an express passenger train (carrying about 700 passengers) derailed in Pakistan, leaving at least 56 dead and 150 more injured. At least ten of the carriages that comprised the service between Karachi and Lahore left the track and fell down an embankment, ripping them apart. The disaster occurred […]

Lift accident in Hong Kong skyscraper kills six

Sunday, September 13, 2009 Six construction workers at Hong Kong’s International Commerce Centre (ICC) were killed on Sunday when they fell seventeen stories down a lift shaft. The workers were standing on a platform on the 27th floor of the building when it collapsed. The ICC’s building developers from Sun Hung Kail Properties, Ltd., said […]

Frenchman climbs skyscraper in 20 minutes without any equipment

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  File:FrenchSpiderMan HongKong.jpg 48-year old Alain Robert, affectionately known as the ‘French Spiderman’, has climbed a 57-storey {[w|Sydney}} skyscraper without any equipment in 20 minutes. The purpose of Alain Robert’s actions was to raise awareness of global warming. Following the previous like events in other cities, he was arrested and will possibly […]