179 dead, 2 rescued after plane crashes while landing in South Korea.
An Azeri passenger flight crash-landed in Kazakhstan after being hit by Russian anti-aircraft systems.
Norway became the first country in the world where electric cars outnumbered petrol cars.
Two rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24/7 in San Francisco, California.
NASA announced that 16 researchers would be a part of a nine-month study on unidentified aerial phenomena or UFOs.
Volkswagen launched the Flying Tiger, its first working prototype flying car.
Tesla recalled 54,000 of their Model S Sedans, Model 3 Sedans, Model Y SUVs, and X SUVs due to a software malfunction on their 'Full Self Driving' feature.
The world's fastest train, a maglev bullet train with speeds of 373 mph (600 km/h), debuted in China.
The world's largest twin-engine airliner completed its first trip.
Elon Musk revealed Tesla's first electric cyber truck with shatterproof windows.
Jessi Combs broke the female fastest land speed record when her jet-powered vehicle reached a speed of 522.783 mph (841.338 kph).
Thousands of anti-government protesters disrupted Hong Kong International Airport.
Simon Pagenaud of France finished the 2016 Indy 500 just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi.
Uber became a public company, opening on the New York Stock Exchange.
A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found in the Black Sea became the world's oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered.
A plane stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport flew for over an hour before crashing on a wooded island.
Saudi Arabia became the last country in the world to lift a ban on women driving cars.
The San Jose, which sank in 1708, was found near Columbia.
Two passenger trains derailed in Madhya Pradesh, India.
A ban on diesel cars was called for in France.
During tests, Virgin Galactic's experimental spaceplane, VSS Enterprise, crashed into the Mojave Desert.
Seven people were killed when a French passenger train derailed in Brétigny-Sur-Orge.
The first electric car charging network debuted in Estonia.
A 100-vehicle pile-up on a highway in Texas killed two people and injured 120 more.
The brand-new Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crashes.
The cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks, killing 32.
Officers closed a highway in Alberta, Canada, after a truck carrying 104 beehives overturned.
The worst air crash involving a Boeing 737 kills 158 in India.
The President of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, dies in a plane crash.
Air France flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic.
General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Morgan Freeman's car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.
Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.
The Airbus A380 passenger airliner successfully underwent its maiden flight.
The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
A world record commercial railway train speed of 311 mph (500 kph) was achieved by Shanghai Transrapid Railway Systems.
Volkswagen stopped production of the old VW Beetle.
Tesla Motors was incorporated in Palo Alto, California, US.
The Columbia space shuttle took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its final time.
Africa's worst ever train disaster kills 281.
Steve Fossett takes off on his record-breaking balloon flight.
Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes into the sea.
A strike began at a General Motors parts factory.
101 people die in the Eschede train disaster.
A series of unidentified lights appear over Phoenix, Arizona.
ValuJet flight 592 crashes into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff.
A Boeing 737 crashes in the Andes, killing all 123 on board.
The crash of a Boeing 757 aircraft leaves no survivors.
Japanese terrorists release poisonous gas in the Tokyo subway.
The world's largest twinjet (Boeing 777) takes off on its maiden flight.
