Category: wreckage

Wreckage of Submarine Found by Divers in Long Island Sound

HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound. The Defender, a 92-foot-long boat, was found Sunday by a team led by Richard Simon, a commercial diver from Coventry, Connecticut. Simon said he had been interested in the story of the…


Police Find Two More Victims at Site of Fatal Fire in Old Montreal, Total Now 4

Police say two more bodies were recovered Wednesday from the wreckage of a building in Old Montreal that was destroyed by fire last week, bringing the total number of confirmed victims to four. A Montreal police spokesman said the bodies of the third and fourth victims have been turned over to a pathologist for identification…


Divers Find Challenger Space Shuttle Wreckage Off Florida Coast

Divers from a documentary crew looking for the wreckage of a World War Two aircraft off the coast of Florida found a 20-foot section of the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded and broke apart shortly after its launch in 1986, NASA said on Thursday. The divers contacted NASA after spotting a large, clearly modern object…


Record rain leaves at least 8 dead in South Korean capital

  SEOUL—At least eight people died in and around Seoul overnight, South Korean authorities said on Tuesday, after torrential rain knocked out power, caused landslides and left roads and subways submerged. The southern part of the national capital received more than 100mm (3.9 inches) of rain per hour on late Monday, with some parts of…


Greek Divers Discover Italian World War Two Submarine Wreck

ATHENS—Greek divers have discovered the wreckage of an Italian submarine 80 years after it was sunk by the Allied Forces in the Aegean Sea during World War Two. The Jantina, which had sailed from the Greek island of Leros with 48 sailors on board, sank on July 5, 1941, after being hit by torpedoes fired…


Indonesian Divers Find Parts of Plane Wreckage in Java Sea

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesia’s capital. The head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Bagus Puruhito, said officials…