Archive for July, 2011
Another first for China,China’s submersible reaches depth of 5,038 m
BEIJING – A Chinese manned submersible successfully reached a depth of 5,038.5 meters during a test dive conducted Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said. The test dive started at 3:38 am Tuesday, with the submersible Jiaolong carrying three people to the depth of 5,038.5 meters in an international area of [...]
Crash Raises Concern Over China’s Bullet Train Plans
The bullet train crash that killed dozens of people in China this weekend has underscored doubts about the safety of the country’s rapidly-expanding high speed rail network. One train rammed into the back of another that had stalled after being hit by lightning Saturday in China’s deadliest rail accident since 2008. Six carriages derailed and [...]
Bullet train crashes in China; at least 32 killed
Lightning strikes a high-speed train, which loses power and is rear-ended by another train on an elevated track in Wenzhou. The safety of the national network has been called into question after a corruption scandal. At least 32 people were killed and scores of others were injured Saturday when a bullet train in eastern China [...]
At least 11 dead after trains collides in eastern China, 2 cars derail
BEIJING, July 23 (Reuters) – At least 11 people have died after two high-speed trains crashed into each other in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang on Saturday causing two carriages to fall off a bridge, state news agency Xinhua reported. At least 11 people have died after two high-speed trains crashed into each other in [...]
