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6 June | • | White Paper on Tourism reported
that more tourists headed for foreign countries
but domestic travel flattening. 187 million
people made overnight travel within
Japan and 16.69 million visited foreign
countries in 1996, up 9.1% from previous
year. Foreign tourists visiting Japan
reached 3.8 million
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8 June | • | JAL flight 706 from Hong Kong
to Nagoya encountered turbulence over
Chita Peninsula, Japan, injuring 11
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| • | Propeller plane operated by domestic
airline crashed near Bunia, Republic
of Congo (formerly Zaire) killing 30 crew
and passengers
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19 June | • | Tunnel boring machine with
world largest cross section (14.18 m) made
debut in Japan. Will excavate three tracks
over 363.8-m section, including retaining
track between Seishoko-mae and Azabu
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25 June | • | Two Union Pacific freight trains
collided head-on and exploded in huge
blast in Devine, Texas, derailing 29 rail cars,
and killing four people
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27 June | • | Explosion in toilet of train bound
for St. Petersburg from Moscow killed 3
passengers and injured 7
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28 June | • | Typhoon No. 8 hit Nagasaki
Prefecture, Japan, causing two train accidents.
Outbound train on San-in line derailed,
injuring 16 of 43 passengers.
Four-car train on Tohoku line ran into track
mired by landslide injuring 11
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2 July | • | Panamanian tanker Diamond
Grace (259,999 tonnes) ran aground off
Yokohama Port spilling approx. 1,556 kl of
crude oil into bay
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3 July | • | Helicopter crashed in Akame Valley,
Nabari City, Japan, killing four persons
on board
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5 July | • | JR West opened renovated
Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum displaying
18 steam locomotives. Museum
displays front of former Nijo Station, oldest
wooden station building in Japan
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| • | Railway accident in Stadtallendorf,
Germany, caused by 15-m long
pipe twisting off freight train and slicing
open final car of packed passing train, killing
6 and injuring 15
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7 July | • | Vienna-Warsaw express careened
off bridge in torrential rain near
Ostrava, Czech Republic, injuring 64
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| • | Romanian passenger train derailed
from buckled tracks after week-long
heat wave, injuring 12
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8 July | • | Bomb exploded in Punjab train,
killing 23 and injuring 45
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| • | Large bus fell into Chang Jiang
River in Sichuan, China, leaving 33 missing
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9 July | • | Explosion in Brazilian TAM Airways
Focker 100 flying near Sao Paulo,
Brazil, made hole in fuselage. Plane made
emergency landing south of Sao Paulo.
One male passenger killed when blown out
of hole
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10 July | • | Eurotunnel shareholders approved
debt restructuring plan allowing
creditor banks to swap $3.4 billion of debt
and unpaid interest for large stake in company.
Vote also enables Eurotunnel to operate
Channel Tunnel until 2086
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11 July | • | Cuban plane flying from
Santiago de Cupa to Havana crashed into
sea leaving 44 crew and passengers missing
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12 July | • | JR West and other companies
opened Kyoto Station Building. 60-m high,
470-m long, 19-story structure contains theatre,
hotel, and department store making it
largest station building in Japan
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17 July | • | Domestic airliner crashed in
West Java, Indonesia, killing 26
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21 July | • | L23 glider crashed after takeoff
in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, killing 78-
year old pilot and severely injuring 73-year
old instructor
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26 July | • | Small plane crashed at Ostend
Municipal Airport, western Belgium, during
acrobatics at international air show killing
8 and injuring 46
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31 July | • | Federal Express MD11 crashed
at Newark International Airport, USA, but
5 crew escaped safely
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6 August | • | Korean Air B747-300 flying
from Seoul to Guam crashed 5 km south
of Agana International Airport killing 227.
Bad weather and landing guidance system
failure blamed
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7 August | • | DC8 freight plane stalled
shortly after take-off from Miami International
Airport and crashed into nearby industrial
area killing 4 crew and 2 people on
ground
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9 August | • | Los Angeles-Chicago train derailed
by collapsed wooden bridge weakened
by heavy rain injuring 116 passengers
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10 August | • | Formosa Airline propeller
plane flying from Taipei to Mazu Island,
Taiwan, crashed into mountain killing 14
passengers and 2 crew
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11 August | • | Crowded ferry collided with
barge and overturned outside Hanoi, Vietnam
killing 4 and leaving 20 missing
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| • | Streetcar service returned
to Sydney after 36 years. Each train consists
of five cars and serves 3.6-km section
connecting city centre and nearby
vicinity
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12 August | • | Container freight train
stopped at level crossing hit by sleeper train
with approximately 300 passengers on
Numazu-Katahama section of JR Central's
Tokaido Line derailing two sleeper cars and
injuring 47 passengers
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15 August | • | Cruise ship capsized in Manila
Bay killing 7
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21 August | • | Mid-air collision over
Ryugasaki City, Japan, between Japanese
Self Defense Forces helicopter and light
plane killed 2 helicopter crew and plane
pilot
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25 August | • | Head-on collision between
two trains at Tateda Station of Konan Line
serving western Aomori Prefecture, Japan,
injured 32
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