A misplaced wire label, the vulnerability of a bridge and other mishaps in protocols likely caused the collapse of ...

The lawsuit alleges the company negligently served him at least 33 alcoholic drinks and was liable for his death after crew ...

The ship's captain is the master of all - but sometimes they got it wrong. Here are the fascinating tales of two of history's ...

Hundreds dead, only 47 survivors, and an uncertain number of victims — How the sinking at Falkonera led to changes in ...

Two people were rescued from a half-sunken boat off the island of Crete on Saturday evening, but 17 others died in the wreck.

Almost a year and a half after pieces of the Mont-Blanc were discovered during dredging in Halifax harbour, plans are ...

For half an hour as the fire grew and swallowed an adjacent building, Wan watched television in his home, unaware of the danger blazing his way. Even when he heard a commotion outside and sirens ...

WASHINGTON — A new nationwide survey is out, highlighting the natural disasters Americans fear the most, and some of the results were not surprising. Here’s what the study by Talker Research survey ...

Maritime disasters are sadly not unusual, and UNESCO estimates that there are more than three million shipwrecks littering the ocean floor. Many of these ships hide ...

“This was preventable,” the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. A loose wire on a container ship and a failure by Maryland officials to conduct a crucial risk assessment ...

A UK judge ruled that BHP is strictly and fault-based liable under Brazilian law for the 2015 Fundão dam collapse that killed 19 people and devastated communities. The court allowed over 700,000 ...