2 Jan |
• | Japan’s National Police Agency announced road deaths
in 2007 decreased to 5743,
returning to 5000 level for
first time in 54 years |
4 Jan |
• | Small plane crashed into sea off coast of N. Venezuela,
killing all 14 people onboard |
11 Jan |
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| High-speed Macao-Hong Kong ferries collided in fog,
injuring 133 of 456 passengers and crew onboard |
15 Jan |
• | Fishing boat sank off coast of Zhejiang Province, China,
after collision with freighter, leaving 19 of 20 crew
missing |
16 Jan |
• | Work started on 2.4-km extension to Kyoto Metro–Tozai
Line between Nijo and Uzumasa-Tenjingawa stations |
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Airbus announced record 1341 orders for planes after
Boeing announced orders for 1413 planes, or 369
more than previous year and second straight annual
increase |
17 Jan |
• | British Airways Boeing 777 made emergency landing at
London Heathrow Airport and suffered major damage
after complete engine failure on landing but only 6 of
152 people onboard slightly injured |
20 Jan |
• | Bus carrying pilgrims in western India ran off road and
fell 20 meters into ravine, killing 36 people and injuring
40 others |
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• |
Overloaded tourist bus carrying people returning home
for Chinese New Year skidded on ice and ran off road
near Mingguang City, Anhui Province, China, killing 11
people and injuring 51 others |
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• |
Long-distance bus ran off road south of Yangon,
Myanmar, killing 27 passengers and injuring 10 others |
23 Jan |
• | Express train from Beijing struck and killed 18 track
maintenance workers in Shandong Province after they
started work ahead of schedule |
24 Jan |
• | DB AG started test runs of through freight container
trains between Beijing, China, and Hamburg, Germany
(approx. 10,000 km) via Mongolia, Russia, Belarus, and
Poland with aim of starting regular services in 2010 |
28 Jan |
• | Japanese National Tourist Organization announced
record of 8.349 million tourists visited Japan in 2007
(+13.8% increase over 2006), breaking 8 million barrier
for first time due to Visit Japan Campaign and cheap
Japanese yen; outbound travel by Japanese totalled
178.298 million (–1.3%), first decrease in 4 years |
29 Jan |
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Expressway bus skidded off icy road in Guizhou
Province, China, falling 63 meters to kill 25 people on
board and leave 14 others injured |
30 Jan |
• | Collision between tanker and freighter off Yangtze River
Delta near Shanghai left 15 of 17 freighter crew dead
and 1 missing |
31 Jan |
• | Record snowfalls in central and southern China caused
major damage to railway catenary and signalling
systems, delaying 2859 trains, cancelling 397, and
diverting 436, forcing more than 5.8 million people to
sleep in stations and trains |
Feb |
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4 Feb |
• | Freight train derailed in Xuanwei City of Yunnan Province,
China, striking houses and killing 2 people with two
others missing and two injured |
5 Feb |
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Large tornado struck southern Tennessee, USA, leaving
55 people dead and causing widespread damage |
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•
| Large French group Alstom announced plans to develop
next-generation high-speed AGV (Automotrice Grande
Vitesse) train running at speeds of 360 km/h with lowenergy
design and planned service start on new lines in
Italy from 2011 |
8 Feb |
• | Bus with 44 tourists onboard overturned near Durban,
S. Africa, injuring 7 people |
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• | Chichibu Railways freight train hauling limestone partly
derailed and overturned in Kagemori Station yard when
brakes failed, injuring driver |
11 Feb |
• |
Historic wooden Namdaemun south gate to Seoul City,
Korea, dating from 1398 destroyed by arsonist |
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• |
Three long-distance buses carrying people returning
from Chinese New Year holidays involved in separate
accidents in different provinces, killing 19 people and
injuring more than 40 |
12 Feb |
• |
Large bus ran off road in Renhuai City, Guizhou Province,
China, and fell down 60-m drop into river, killing 27 of 34
people onboard and leaving 13 others injured |
13 Feb |
• |
EU announced fingerprinting for non-EU visitors as
part of anti-terror campaign with expected start from
2015 following approval by national governments and
European Parliament |
15 Feb |
• |
Direct flights started between Delhi and Islamabad as
part of improved relations between India and Pakistan |
19 Feb |
• |
Japanese Self Defense Force Aegis destroyer Atago
(7700 tonnes) struck and sank small fishing boat 40
km off Chiba peninsula, leaving 2 crew of fishing boat
missing |
21 Feb |
• |
Passenger boat carrying about 110 people struck
another vessel and sank in River Amazon, Brazil, leaving
13 people confirmed dead and another 10 missing |
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• |
Twin-engine ATR-400 crashed in mountains of Merida
State, Venezuela, killing all 46 people onboard |
24 Feb |
• |
Virgin Atlantic Airways B747-400 made world’s first test
flight using biofuel between London’s Heathrow Airport
and Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport |
26 Feb |
• |
Seed bank opened on Svalbard Island, Norway, to
preserve genome of world’s plant life against future
global catastrophe by storing seeds of 4.5 million
plants |
27 Feb |
• |
Light police plane crashed into sports arena in Santiago,
Chile, killing at least 11 people, including 5 on ground |
28 Feb |
• |
JR Central started test boring in southern Japanese
Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, along route (290 km) of
proposed maglev shinkansen with more tests to start in
Nagano Prefecture from March |
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Passenger ferry sunk after collision with freighter in
Buriganga River near Dacca, Bangladesh, leaving at
least 39 people dead |
29 Feb |
• |
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced plans
to issue tourist visas to small family groups of Chinese
from 3 March, permitting non-group tourism visits to
Japan by Chinese nationals |
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• |
Terminal 3 opened at Beijing Capital International Airport
as world largest airport terminal building with 986,000
square meters of floor area and gateway to 2008 Beijing
Olympics |
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1 Mar |
• |
Small plane crashed into other plane on landing at
Titusville Airport, Florida, USA, killing two people in one
plane and injuring another two |
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• |
World’s highest (165 m) Singapore Flyer Ferris wheel
opened for rides to surpass previous record holder,
London’s Big Eye (135 m); next record holder to be
Beijing’s 208-m Beijing Great Wheel when completed
next year |
5 Mar |
• |
Three-vessel collision off Kobe, Japan, left one person
dead and three missing after one vessel sank |
15 Mar |
• |
Osaka Higashi Line (9.2 km, Hanaten to Kyuhoji) running
north-south on east side of Osaka, Japan, opened for
revenue passenger services after upgrade from old JNR
freight line with northern extension (11.1 km, Shin Osaka
to Hanaten) expected to open in 2012. Third-sector
Osaka Sotokanjo Tetsudo responsible for construction
and maintenance with JR West and JR Freight operating
services as Category-2 railways |
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JR East started accepting Mobile Suica electronic money
using mobile telephones for shinkansen services |
20 Mar |
• |
Hawaii’s Aloha Airlines filed for Chapter-11 bankruptcy
protection and announced plans to restructure
company |
23 Mar |
• |
Truck with 48 people onboard overturned into 12-m
ditch in Yunan Province, China, killing 12 and injuring
20 |
26 Mar |
• |
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Transport and Infrastructure
approved construction of 45.7-km extension to Kyushu
Shinkansen using free-gauge design running on
existing 1067-mm, narrow-gauge tracks between Takeo
Onsen and Isahaya; groundbreaking ceremony held
on 28 April at Ureshino City in Saga Prefecture and
completion scheduled for 2018 |
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• |
JR East announced plans to start work on Tohoku Juukan
(through) Line from May to create new route between
Ueno and Tokyo stations using elevated tracks over
Tohoku Shinkansen near Kanda Station and allowing
through operations from Tohoku, Takasaki, and Joban
lines onto Tokaido Line via Tokyo Station from summer
2013 |
27 Mar |
• |
German government announced abandonment of plans
to build 40-km maglev between Munich Airport and
Munich Central Station due to high construction costs |
27 Mar |
• |
Coastal freighter struck bridge under construction in
Zhejiang Province, China, causing collapse killing four
bridge workers |
28 Mar |
• |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced plans to
build Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) passenger plane
following order for 25 units from ANA with delivery in
2013 |
29 Mar |
• |
JR Central and JR West started EXPRESS IC touch card
for Tokaido Shinkansen services between Tokyo and
Shin Osaka stations |
30 Mar |
• |
Yokohama Metro started Green Line (Line No. 4)
services between Nakayama and Hiyoshi (13 km) on
standard-gauge tracks (1435 mm) using linear motor
drive, linking Nakayama Station on JR East Yokohama
Line with Hiyoshi Station on Tokyu Toyoko Line via
Kohoku New Town |
30 Mar |
• |
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation opened
9.7-km Nippori-Toneri Liner new transportation system
linking Nippori and Minumadai Shinsui Koen, following
construction by Tokyo Metro |
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• |
Private executive jet crashed into house near
Farnborough, UK, soon after takeoff from Biggin Hill
Airport, killing all five people onboard without injuring
anyone on ground |
31 Mar |
• |
Third-sector Miki Railway (6.6 km, Miki to Yakujin) taken
over from old JNR, closed with services replaced by
bus |
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• |
Southern section of Shimabara Railway line (78.5 km,
Isahaya to Kazusa) in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan,
closed between Shimabara Gaiko and Kazusa (35.3
km) following long-term stoppage due to volcanic
explosion of Mt Unzen |
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• |
Milan, Italy, announced as site of 2105 Expo following
Milan City proposal for Environment and Energy theme |
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1 Apr |
• |
All Nippon Airways (ANA) started late-night charter
flights between Tokyo Airport (Haneda) and Hong
Kong as longest international flight for domestic airline
operating from Haneda |
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• |
Five companies including ANA, Nittsu, and Kintetsu
Express, established All Express joint venture for
international carriage of small freight under ALLEX
brand |
3 Apr |
• |
Antonov 28 crashed on landing in Suriname, S. America,
killing 20 people on board |
4 Apr |
• |
French 88-m luxury yacht Le Ponant hijacked by pirates
off Somalia, Africa, with 30 people on board taken
hostage |
9 Apr |
• |
Small plane carrying visitors to Nazca UNESCO World
Heritage Site in Peru crashed killing 5 French tourists
and seriously injuring pilot |
|
• |
Boeing announced further delays in delivery of its fuelefficient,
next-generation B787 Dreamliner with plans
slipping 15 months behind first delivery estimates |
11 Apr |
• |
News museum called Newseum opened in Washington
DC, USA |
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• |
Collision in S. China Sea between Chinese fishing boat
and Hong Kong coastal freighter left 3 crew dead and
13 missing after fishing boat sank |
14 Apr |
• |
US Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines announced
merger creating world’s largest airline in terms of flown
scheduled passenger-km with new company to be
called Delta Airlines |
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• |
Passenger rail services resumed between India and
Bangladesh (538 km) after 43-year break following
1965 Indo-Pakistan War |
15 Apr |
• |
DC9 aircraft with 85 passengers and crew operated by
Hewa Bora Airways crashed into town and burned soon
after takeoff from Goma Airport in DR Congo, Africa,
killing 40 people and leaving 111 injured |
16 Apr |
• |
Bus carrying students sitting entrance exams drove off
road into river in Gujarat, India, killing at least 44 |
18 Apr |
• |
Construction of 1318-km high-speed railway line started
between Beijing and Shanghai with completion expected
in 5 years to link both cities in 5 hours operating at 300
km/h |
22 Apr |
• |
IATA announced plans to promote achievement of CO2
free plane emissions in 50 years |
25 Apr |
• |
Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and
Transport finalized establishment of Japan Tourism
Agency with government approval and simultaneously
integrated Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation
Commission and Marine Accident Inquiry Agency as
new body called Transportation Safety Commission
with responsibility for examining causes of land, sea
and air accidents |
26 Apr |
• |
German Intercity Express (ICE) high-speed train derailed
in tunnel in Hessen slightly injuring 23 passengers |
28 Apr |
• |
Groundbreaking ceremony held at start of construction
of Isahaya to Takeo-Onsen (45 km) section of Nagasaki
route of Kyushu Shinkansen with completion expected
in 2010 |
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• |
Speeding high-speed passenger train derailed near
Zibo, Shandong Province, China, and slammed into
another local train, killing 70 people and injuring more
than 400 others |
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1 May |
• |
World’s longest Hangzhou Bay Bridge (36 km, six lanes
each way) opened over Hangzhou Bay of East China
Sea linking Shanghai and Ningbo, cutting distance
between two cities from 400 km to 120 km |
|
• |
Tourist recreational vehicle visiting Salar de Uyuni at
3700-m asl in southwest Bolivia crashed into other
vehicle and caught fire, killing 6 people |
|
• |
Collision between small motor cruiser and fishing trawler
in Sydney Harbour left 5 people dead and 9 injured |
|
• |
Tourist bus overturned near Hong Kong, killing 18
people and injuring 43 |
3 May |
• |
Tropical cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar leaving at least
43,000 people dead and more than 20,000 missing
according to government announcements |
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• |
Large boat overturned in Solimoes River, northwest
Brazil, leaving 15 people dead and about 30 missing |
4 May |
• |
Freak high waves struck coast of Yellow Sea, S. Korea,
drowning 9 people fishing and injuring 14 others |
5 May |
• |
Long-distance bus caught fire near Shanghai, China,
killing 3 people and injuring 12 others |
10 May |
• |
Ferry carrying more than 100 passengers and crew
sank near Port au Prince, Haiti, drowning at least 20 |
12 May |
• |
Magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Sichuan Province in
west China, causing massive damage and casualties
with at least 69,000 people dead and 18,000 missing
(at 1 June 2008) |
20 May |
• |
New Tokyo International Airport (Narita) marked 30
years since opening, ranking sixth in passenger
numbers (38.86 million) and third in airfreight (2.24
million tonnes) for 2006 |
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• |
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Tetsuzo
Fuyushiba, announced plans to expand international
operations from Haneda Airport six fold by expanding
late night slots to America and Europe and relieving
pressure on overstretched Narita |
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• |
JR Central announced plans to build JR Central Museum
(provisional name with scheduled opening in spring
2011) near Nagoya Bay to exhibit 35 pieces of rolling
stock including various shinkansen series and maglev
test vehicles |
23 May |
• |
Tourist bus overturned into roadside drain in Anhui
Province, China, killing 9 people and injuring 20 others |
25 May |
• |
Boeing 747 air-cargo plane overran runway on takeoff
from Brussels Airport, Belgium, suffering heavy damage
but only slightly injuring 4 crew |
27 May |
• |
Japanese government announced drop in 2007 road
deaths below 6000 level to 5744 (9.6% year-on-year
drop) and seventh successive annual decrease to reach
same level as 1953・attributed to severe penalties for
drunk driving and increase in seat belt usage |
30 May |
• |
Airbus A320 carrying 135 passengers and crew overran
runway on landing at International Airport in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras, to hit 2 vehicles at airport perimeter, killing at
least 4 people and injuring 65 |
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1 Jun |
• |
IATA announced end of paper tickets by member
airlines, achieving annual savings of $3.9 billion with
transition to all e-tickets |
2 Jun |
• |
IATA announced expected $2.3 billion losses in airline
industry due to rising fuel costs, reversing $4.5 billion
profit forecast in March |
8 Jun |
• |
Light aircraft crashed into houses in Ohio, USA, killing all
six people onboard on same day as helicopter crashed
in Texas killing all four onboard |
10 Jun |
• |
Airbus A310 crashed on landing at Khar toum
International Airport, Sudan, before catching fire, killing
28 people on board and leaving 66 missing |
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• |
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport
approved suspension of 465 flights by new Skymark
Airlines during July and August due to shortage of
pilots, following 168 suspended flights and ministerial
order to improve airline administration |
12 Jun |
• |
Chinese government announced victims of 12 May
magnitude 8 earthquake reached 69,159 dead, 374,141
injured, and 17,469 missing |
14 Jun |
• |
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Iwate Prefecture, Japan,
left 12 people dead and 10 missing |
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• |
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line opened, linking southern
Saitama Prefecture with Ikebukuro and Shibuya in Tokyo
and connecting with existing Tobu Tojo, Seibu Ikebukuro
and Yurakucho lines |
15 Jun |
• |
Light aircraft crashed in Semi-autonomous Region of
Inner Mongolia, China, killing 3 people and seriously
injuring 1 other |
17 Jun |
• |
Light aircraft on sightseeing trip crashed on Hawaii
Island killing pilot and two people on board |
20 Jun |
• |
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport
announced strengthened anti-terror measures from 1
July for all international passengers at all airports in
Japan |
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• |
Korean government announced completion of second
stage expansion at Incheon International Airport with
opening of 4000-m runway and new passenger and
luggage terminal building to increase capacity |
21 Jun |
• |
Ferry capsized and sank off Philippine island of Sibuyan
during typhoon, leaving only 48 survivors out of 862
passengers and crew onboard |
|
• |
Railway bridge collapsed during construction in
Zhejiang Province, China, crushing nearby houses and
killing 7 people with 21 more injured |
23 Jun |
• |
Japanese fishing boat (135 tonnes) capsized some
350 km off coast of Chiba Prefecture, leaving only 3
survivors with remaining 17 crew dead or missing |
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• |
JAL announced demonstration flight of Boeing 747
burning biofuel in one or four engines |
24 Jun |
• |
Myanmar government announced final toll of victims of
May cyclone as 84,537 dead and 53,836 missing |
|
• |
Shizuoka Prefecture announced establishment of new
Fuji Dream Airways airline operating domestic flights
between cities in prefecture using two small jets built by
Embraer Corporation of Brazil |
28 Jun |
• |
Paris metropolitan government announced debut of first
Vogueo Seine river ‘buses’ carrying up to 70 people for
journeys of 10 km using rail and bus tickets |
29 Jun |
• |
Beijing Subway announced start of passenger hand baggage
searches using X-ray inspection equipment
as anti-terrorist measure in run-up to 2008 Beijing
Olympics |
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• |
Third-sector Hojo railway (13.6 km between Hojo City
and Ao in Hyogo Prefecture) announced Japan’s first
test run of diesel railcar using biofuel manufactured
from discarded vegetable oils |
30 Jun |
• |
New bridge (32 km) opened over Yangtze River between
Suzhou City and Nantong City in China with world’s
longest cable-stayed section of 8,146 m and setting
new records for length of main span, height of main
towers, and length of cables |
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• |
Passenger train derailed by landslide in Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region, China, slightly injuring driver and
seven passengers |
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1 Jul |
• |
Japan Post established JP Sankyu Global Logistics
joint-venture business with Sankyu Corporation focused
on distribution of international airfreight in Asia |
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• |
Passenger vessel sank in mouth of Irrawaddy Delta,
Myanmar, leaving 38 out of 82 people on board
Missing |
4 Jul |
• |
Direct weekend charter flights (18 return services from
Friday to Monday) started between China and Taiwan
with simultaneous relaxation of rules restricting Taiwan bound
tourism trips by Chinese nationals |
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• |
JTB survey of overseas trips during Japan’s August
summer vacation period (15 July to 31 August) predicted
decline of 7% to 2.25 million people compared to
previous year (second lowest since 2000) due to high
costs of air travel resulting from high fuel surcharges
|
11 Jul |
• |
Kintetsu Sharyo announced new order from American
subsidiary Kintetsu Sharyo International (Florida) for
144 light rail vehicle (LRV) carriages (48 train sets) from
Dallas Area Rapid Transport (DART), Texas, following
previous delivery of 230 carriages (115 train sets) |
14 Jul |
• |
Groundbreaking ceremony held for new 610-m terrestrial
digital broadcast mast (world’s tallest freestanding mast)
in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward, providing terrestrial digital
services from spring 2012 |
16 Jul |
• |
Level crossing accident on railway in northern Egypt
when passenger train struck back of truck stopped on
track left 40 people dead |
19 Jul |
• |
Three new lines (Line 10: 24.7 km; Line 8 (Olympic
Branch Line): 4.5 km; and Airport Line: 28.5 km) of
Beijing Metro opened in advance of 2008 Beijing
Olympics, extending total length of Metro to more than
200 km |
20 Jul |
• |
Beijing Metropolitan Government started traffic
restrictions using odd and even vehicle licence plate
numbers 20 days in advance of Olympics opening
ceremony |
21 Jul |
• |
Bomb on board bus in Yunnan Province, China, killed 2
passengers and injured 14 others |
22 Jul |
• |
Chinese government opened 8-car, high-speed, rail
link (350 km/h) between Beijing and Tianjin to foreign
media, covering approximately 120-km distance in
about 30 minutes using CRH2 based on Japan’s Hayate
shinkansen technology and independently developed
CRH3 |
25 Jul |
• |
Large freight distributor Suzuyo (FDA) with head
office in Shizuoka Prefecture announced plans for air
services based on Shizuoka Airport, starting with three
routes between Shizuoka and Komatsu, Kumamoto,
and Kagoshima on 3 September with further plans for
international services to Shanghai in 2011, following
approval from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism |
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• |
Quantas Boeing 747-400 with 365 people on board
made safe emergency landing at Manila Airport after
large 3-m hole suddenly appeared in fuselage soon
after departure from Hong Kong |
26 Jul |
• |
Light aircraft crashed into sea at Nagasaki Airport,
Japan, killing one person and injuring two others on
board |
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1 Aug |
• |
High-speed railway services started at 350 km/h
between Beijing and Tianjin using CRH2-300 rolling
stock based on Japan’s E2 shinkansen design following
opening of Beijing South Railway Station |
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• |
Express train caught fire in S. India state of Andhra
Pradesh, killing at least 32 people |
2 Aug |
• |
Fukuda Cabinet reshuffle appointed Sadakazu Tanigaki
as Minister of Transport |
5 Aug |
• |
Forest firefighting helicopter crashed in north California,
killing 9 of 13 firemen onboard and seriously injuring
other 4 |
8 Aug |
• |
Express train derailed in Czech Republic after collision
with road bridge, killing 7 people and injuring 70 others |
|
• |
Chartered bus carrying church members overturned on
highway in Texas, USA, killing 14 of 55 people onboard |
11 Aug |
• |
Heavy rains and landslips caused by typhoon strike on
northern Viet Nam left 98 people dead and 47 missing
as well as causing serious damage to railway tracks and
trams around Hanoi |
12 Aug |
• |
Bus carrying 30 middle-school students in Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region of China overturned on
highway killing 25 students and injuring 5 others |
15 Aug |
• |
JR Central announced purchase of large rolling
stock manufacturer Nippon Sharyo Ltd, supporting
manufacturing and maintenance of rolling stock for
planned maglev shinkansen |
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• |
Severely overloaded bus ran off road and fell 216 m
in Henan Province, China, killing 15 passengers and
injuring 20 others |
19 Aug |
• |
Cessna TU206F light aircraft crashed near intersection
on national highway in Osaka, Japan, slightly injuring
two people on board |
20 Aug |
• |
Spanair MD82 crashed on takeoff from Madrid’s Barajas
International Airport, Spain, killing 154 out of 172 people
Onboard |
24 Aug |
• |
Itek Air Boeing 737-200 crashed immediately after
takeoff from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, killing 68 people out
of 90 on board |
|
• |
Light aircraft crashed in southern Guatemala, killing 10
and injuring 4 people on board |
26 Aug |
• |
Highway bus ran off road in Jiangsu Province, China,
killing 11 people on board and injuring 31 others |
29 Aug |
• |
Italian airline company Alitalia announced restructuring
plans following filing for bankruptcy protection after
losses of €11.72 billion |
31 Aug |
• |
First Series 0 Shinkansen to run on Tokaido Shinkansen
in 1964 transported to Omiya General Rolling Stock
Centre for later display at JR East Railway Museum |
Sep |
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3 Sep |
• |
International Airline Travel Association (IATA) announced
airline industry expecting $5.2 billion in losses this year
due to high fuel costs, following estimated $5.6 billion
profits in 2007 |
8 Sep |
• |
Landslide in Shanxi Province, China, killed at least 254
people and injured another 36 |
10 Sep |
• |
JR Hokkaido announced start of Kitaca IC card ticket
services from 25 October covering services in and
around Sapporo and compatibility with JR East’s Suica
from spring 2009 |
11 Sep |
• |
Fire on truck in Channel Tunnel slightly injured 12
People |
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• |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced start of work on
building new efSET high-speed rolling stock running at
operating speeds of 350 km/h with aim of penetrating
high-speed railway world market |
13 Sep |
• |
Long-distance bus ran off mountain road in Sichuan
Province, China, and caught fire, killing 51 people
Onboard |
|
• |
Commuter train collided with freight train near Los
Angeles, USA, after driver ignored red signal, killing 25
People |
14 Sep |
• |
Boeing 737 belonging to Aeroflot subsidiary crashed
near Permi, Russia, killing all 88 people onboard |
17 Sep |
• |
British Airports Authority (BAA) announced intent to
sell Gatwick Airport, UK’s second largest airport in
response to government’s anti-monopoly measures |
|
• |
Hitachi Engineering announced successful development
of high-capacity lithium-ion battery for high-speed
diesel hybrid rolling stock to store energy produced by
regenerative braking |
18 Sep |
• |
Kosaka Railway applied to Japan’s Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to close 22.3-km
section of line between Oodate and Kosaka in Akita
Prefecture from 31 March 2009, ending 100 years of
passenger and freight operations |
20 Sep |
• |
Fire started by fireworks show in nightclub in Guandong
Province, China, killed 43 guests and employees and
injured 88 others |
24 Sep |
• |
New Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso announced new
cabinet with Nakayama Nariaki resigning as Minister of
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism soon after
on 28 September and Kazuyoshi Kaneko taking up
same post on 29 September |
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• |
4000-tonne Korean freighter overturned off Macau,
China, leaving 17 crew missing |
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