Visual illusions, miscommunication, and automation combined at the worst possible time. Thrust increased, speed climbed, and ...

Residents and local officials in northern Mali say a ferry boat trying to land at a Niger River town in the Timbuktu region hit stones and sank in an accident that left dozens of people dead.

In April 2001, the fishing vessel Arctic Rose capsized and sank in the frozen Bering Sea, killing all 15 crew members on ...