Wreck of Pan Am Clipper Endeavor found 74 years after crash that introduced mandatory safety briefings
The Douglas DC-4 went down on 11 April 1952 with 69 people aboard; only 17 survived. The disaster led to compulsory pre-flight safety demonstrations on every commercial flight.
Barcelona gas explosion at Plaça de Sants metro works injures 8, two seriously; flame extinguished after 12 hours
A gas leak during accessibility works at Plaça de Sants station ignited late Wednesday, leaving eight workers injured and a towering flame that burned for over 12 hours before firefighters cut off the supply.
Afghanistan flash floods kill at least 20 in Nuristan, over 100 missing including Parun's mayor
Heavy flooding struck Nuristan province in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 20 people, injuring 80, and leaving more than 100 residents unaccounted for in the provincial capital of Parun, according to the national disaster agency.
Seven rescued, including girl, 7, after Indonesia ferry sinks; search for 20 missing continues
A fishing boat and search teams pulled seven survivors from the sea off South Sulawesi, days after the KM Nurul Salsa sank with 78 aboard. At least 20 remain missing.
France lifts storm alert after tornado-like winds leave 53,000 without power and extensive damage across centre and east
A mini-tornado toppled two lorries on the A72 near Saint-Étienne, hail ignited a house fire in Haute-Savoie and a road worker was seriously hurt, as the most intense thunderstorm episode of the year swept France on 16 July. The orange vigilance was lifted early on 17 July while the heatwave receded to the south-east.
NTSB points to bird strike as probable cause of 2025 Hudson helicopter crash that killed Spanish family of five
Over a year after a Bell 206 helicopter plunged into the Hudson River killing six, the NTSB has released a 2,000-page report identifying a mixed flock of Brant and Canada geese as the probable cause.
India launches first hydrogen-powered train, joining select group of nations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the NaMo Green Rail at Jind station in Haryana, a pilot project to test zero-emission technology on non-electrified lines.
Rader High Bridge funding gap threatens A7 bottleneck as first span nears completion and second remains unfinanced
Schleswig-Holstein's transport minister Claus Ruhe Madsen demands Berlin commit money for the second span of the Rader High Bridge, warning that leaving the A7 project half-finished would create a permanent traffic jam on a key Scandinavian corridor.
Global Meta outage locks users out of Facebook, Messenger and Instagram
Users worldwide, including in Poland, reported login failures and inaccessible feeds on Sunday morning, with nearly 4,000 complaints logged on DownDetector by 10:00 a.m. local time.
Driver, 68, ignores STOP sign and collides with freight train at unguarded crossing in Prostki, Poland
Two people were taken to hospital after a passenger car drove into the path of a freight train on the Ełk–Białystok line. The 68-year-old driver failed to stop at a B-20 sign, police said.
Gotthard traffic jam stretches 18 km, Uri villagers protest overflow with pedestrian blockade
A 18-kilometer queue at the Gotthard north portal on Saturday trapped holidaymakers for up to three hours, while around 60 residents of Amsteg used a pedestrian crossing to block overflow traffic through their village.
Corfu storm: trees uprooted, power knocked out and two fires ignited in midnight squall
The storm struck just after midnight, hitting the Diapontia Islands first before ripping into Corfu, uprooting trees, cutting power and igniting two fires within minutes.
Brăila Bridge lane shut for three weeks as drainage channel works begin on Danube crossing
One lane of the Brăila Bridge over the Danube is closed for three weeks starting Monday, 20 July 2026, as crews build a drainage channel on the Brăila-Jijila carriageway.
France records 708 km of traffic jams as summer holiday departures peak on Saturday
Bison Futé recorded a peak of 708 km of cumulative traffic jams at midday on Saturday, with the A7 motorway alone accounting for 170 km, as the country was placed on red alert for departures.
EU's new in-car driver camera gets data protection green light, but safety proof is still missing
New EU rules require every newly registered car to monitor the driver's attention with an infrared camera. German data protection officials have now confirmed the system does not violate privacy laws.
Stuttgart S-Bahn core tunnel closes for eight weeks as sixth summer shutdown begins, affecting 350,000 daily passengers
The core tunnel between Hauptbahnhof and Vaihingen is closed until 12 September for digitalisation works and track renewal, with replacement buses and altered regional and long-distance services.
Lisbon’s new Luís de Camões airport: €7.9–8.9bn cost, 2035 opening target, 20-minute rail link to city centre
Portugal’s long-awaited new airport took a concrete step forward on Wednesday as operator ANA presented the first images and technical details of the Luís de Camões Airport in Alcochete, with a price tag of up to €8.9 billion and a target opening from 2035.
Storm Cherry batters eastern Germany: S-Bahn hits tree in Berlin, 129 emergency calls in Dessau-Roßlau
Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and storm gusts swept across five eastern German states on Friday evening, causing an S-Bahn train to collide with a fallen tree in Berlin and triggering more than 120 fire brigade callouts in Dessau-Roßlau alone.
UK hackers jailed for London transport cyberattack that cost £29 million
Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, were sentenced to five and a half years each for the August-September 2024 hack that forced Transport for London to pull the plug on its systems and exposed millions of commuters' data.
Facebook desktop login fails for users in Greece on Sunday morning
Users see error message citing technical problem; mobile app works normally. Meta has not commented.
Dublin joins Munich, Paris and Rome in imposing water restrictions as heatwave drains European reserves
A six-week garden-hose ban took effect in Dublin overnight, while Munich issued its first-ever compulsory water-saving order, signalling a deepening crisis across the continent after a dry winter and spring.
Two incidents disrupt Warsaw metro M1: stroller and bag on tracks close six stations
A child's stroller at Wawrzyszew and a bag at Centrum caused separate closures on line M1 on Monday, with replacement buses deployed and service restored by evening.
Rhine water level at Kaub drops to 80 cm, ships forced to carry only one-third of usual load, raising transport costs
Persistent low water on the Rhine has reduced cargo capacity to about one-third, pushing up freight costs and potentially hitting consumer prices, according to shipping company MSG.
Germany advances first North Sea hydrogen pipeline Aquaductus, ground surveys begin off Norderney
Ground investigations for the 400-km offshore pipeline are starting this week on the island of Norderney and the Aurich coast, with a preferred route landing near Hilgenriedersiel to minimize impact on the Wadden Sea.
Saaletalbrücke, Saxony-Anhalt's highest road bridge, to open by end of 2026
The 1,226-metre-long, 60-metre-high Saaletalbrücke near Bad Kösen will open to traffic at the end of 2026, connecting Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia after a €72 million construction project that began in March 2022.
Saxony plans to cut bicycle path funding to 1.3% of road budget, down from 7.4% in 2024, ADFC warns
Infrastructure Minister Regina Kraushaar (CDU) wants to reduce cycling's share of road construction funds to 1.3% by 2028, a drop of over 6 percentage points from 2024 levels, prompting sharp criticism from the ADFC.
Budapest-Bucharest train stranded for five hours after third RELOC locomotive failure since December
Train IR 12079 stopped between Caracal and Fărcășele after locomotive EA 014 broke down. The modernised unit, still under warranty from RELOC Craiova, caused an estimated five-hour delay.
Merwedebrug indefinitely closed to trucks as steel weakness threatens arch; transport sector warns of 'enormous' impact
Rijkswaterstaat closed the A27 bridge near Gorinchem to all freight traffic on Saturday after discovering the arch's steel is weaker than previously assumed, risking deformation under heavy loads. The indefinite closure, the second in a decade, compounds pressure on an already strained Dutch road network.
Italy deactivates 850 non-homologated speed cameras as long-awaited reform takes effect
The Ministry of Transport deactivated 850 non-homologated speed cameras nationwide on 18 July 2026, enforcing a decree that sets uniform rules after 34 years of legal uncertainty.
Athens cracks crisis: Kypseli buildings damaged by metro tunnel excavation, TBM suspended, prosecutor investigates
Over 20 buildings in Athens' Kypseli district show severe cracking after a tunnel boring machine caused unexpected ground subsidence on Line 4, prompting a criminal probe and an emergency city council session.