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Pilot breaks longest tunnel flight world record in Istanbul
Professional race and stunt pilot Dario Costa broke the world record of the longest tunnel flight made by plane, going through the two tunnels on the Northern Marmara Highway in Istanbul's Çatalca district.
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Italian stunt pilot breaks longest tunnel flight world record in Istanbul
Professional race and stunt pilot Dario Costa broke the world record of longest tunnel flight by plane, going through the two tunnels on the Northern Marmara Highway in Istanbul's Çatalca district.
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Below a pyramid, a treasure trove sheds new light on ancient Mexican rites
More than a decade after Sergio Gomez began excavating a tunnel under a towering Mexican pyramid, the archeologist still spends most of his time studying the massive cache of sacred artifacts carefully placed there by priests some 2,000 years ago.
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Construction of Balkans' Longest Tunnel between Sofia and Burgas Starts in Bulgaria
Bulgaria has begun construction of the longest tunnel in the Balkans, as part of the railway between Sofia and the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas.
The tunnel is located about 30 kilometres from Sofia in a mountainous area and is 6.8 kilometres long, making it twice as long as Bulgaria's current longest tunnel, in Koznitsa.
Official Start of Longest Railway Tunnel in Bulgaria
Caretaker Minister of Transport Georgi Todorov gave the official start to the modernization of the Elin Pelin-Vakarel railway line which includes the construction of the longest railway tunnel in the country. The entire section is 20 kms. long, the length of the tunnel is 6.8 kms.
Ljubljana beltway tunnel fully renovated
Ljubljana – An upgrade of the eastern tube of the Golovec tunnel on the north-eastern section of the Ljubljana ring road has been completed. The tube will partly reopen to traffic on Saturday, lane restrictions will have been completely gone by Sunday evening.
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Turkish forces detect tunnel dug from Syria
Turkish Border guards detected a tunnel dug from Syria to Turkey, said the country's Defense Ministry on May 1.
"Thanks to the vigilance of our heroic border guards in [the southern] Hatay province, it was found that a tunnel was dug from Syria to Turkey," the ministry said on Twitter.
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Train crashes in eastern Taiwan, killing 36, injuring dozens
A vehicle rolled down a hill and smashed into a passing train, partially derailing it outside a rail tunnel in Taiwan and killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens. Survivors climbed out windows and onto roofs to reach safety in Taiwan's deadliest railway disaster.
Train derails in eastern Taiwan, killing dozens
A train partially derailed in eastern Taiwan on April 2 after colliding with an unmanned vehicle that had rolled down a hill, killing 48 people. With the train still partly in a tunnel, survivors climbed out of windows and walked along the train's roof to reach safety after the country's deadliest railway disaster.
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Train crashes in eastern Taiwan, killing 34, injuring dozens
A passenger train smashed into a vehicle on its tracks and partially derailed outside a rail tunnel in Taiwan on April 2, and police said at least 34 people were killed and dozens injured. Survivors were climbing out windows and onto roofs to reach safety in the island's worst railway disaster in decades.