Train Derails in India, 12 Injured

THANE: Train Derails in India, 12 Injured , At least 12 passengers sustained minor injuries when 11 coaches of the Gandhidham-Bengaluru Express derailed near Dombivili here early Wednesday, a railway official said.

THANE: Train Derails in India, 12 Injured, At least 12 passengers sustained minor injuries when 11 coaches of the Gandhidham-Bengaluru Express derailed near Dombivili here early Wednesday, a railway official said.

“The incident occurred around 2 a.m. near Dombivli on the single-line Vasai-Diva section which links the Western Railway and Central Railway,” said an official of the railway control room.

Of the 11 coaches that derailed, at least two overturned and got badly damaged in the incident.

All the passengers, most of whom were sleeping at the time of the accident, had a miraculous escape.

Relief and rescue teams were rushed to the scene of the accident and work on restoration of the railway traffic has started.

The railway was making arrangements to put the stranded passengers on a special train to their destinations.

“Twelve coaches of Gandhidham express were derailed when the train was approaching Bhiwandi in Thane district.” Central Railways spokesman said.

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Train Derails in India, 12 Injured was first posted on November 4, 2009 at 3:43 pm.

NASA Launches World’s new Tallest rocket

NASA launched Wednesday a new rocket it hopes will one day return astronauts to the Moon on a two-minute test flight.

The Ares I-X rocket blasted off at 11:30 am (1530 GMT) from Cape Canaveral in Florida after a series of delays due to poor weather conditions.

Standing 327 feet (100 meters) tall, the Ares I-X is the longest rocket ever built, and it was the first spacecraft the Kennedy Space Center has launched other than a shuttle in 30 years.

The Ares I-X is a prototype of the Ares I, which along with a new exploration vehicle called the Orion is intended to replace NASA’s aging shuttle fleet that is due to be retired in 2010.

NASA aims to gather data from more than 700 sensors placed along the rocket to enable engineers to fine-tune their design.

Ares and Orion are part of Constellation, NASA’s grand program to send astronauts back to the Moon by 2020, and then on to Mars and other destinations.

The test flight is crucial as the White House is considering a report ordered by President Barack Obama’s administration that raises concerns about Ares and the whole Constellation project.