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A passenger vessel has run aground in Outokumpu, prompting an evacuation of all 30 passengers on board, the North Karelia Rescue Department reports. No injuries have been reported in the incident. The rescue department received an alert about the water traffic accident before 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, according
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A traffic accident on Itäväylä has prompted a police investigation, with authorities responding to the scene on Sunday afternoon. The Helsinki Rescue Department received an emergency call at 15:17, while Ilta-Sanomat reports that an alarm regarding the incident was initially logged at 14:50 (IS). The discrepancy in
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A small aircraft carrying tourists crashed in southern Peru on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of all thirteen people on board. Yle reports that the accident occurred when the plane went down, citing information from Peruvian police. The victims included eleven passengers and two pilots. According to Ilta-Sanomat, the
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A high-speed collision on Keskustatie in Sipoo on Saturday evening resulted in a burning vehicle and injuries to two individuals. The accident occurred shortly before 7:00 PM when a driver lost control of their car, which then struck a tree and caught fire. According to the Eastern Uusimaa
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A serious traffic accident involving three cars and ten people occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning on Highway 3 in Lempäälä. The incident took place near exit 35, the Lempäälä grade-separated interchange, on the lanes heading toward Tampere. Ilta-Sanomat reports that the collision began when one
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A serious traffic accident in Kaarina early Friday morning resulted in the deaths of two teenagers. The incident occurred on Makarlantie in Piikkiö when a passenger car departed from the road and collided with the bridge pillars of the Turku Ring Road (Kehä Road), according to police reports.
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Southwest Finland Police are investigating a single-vehicle accident that occurred early Friday morning. The incident was reported at approximately 6:30 AM (Ilta-Sanomat, Iltalehti). According to preliminary information, the accident involved a passenger car driving off the road. There were two individuals in the vehicle at the time
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The Finnish Air Force has suspended all flights involving its Hawk jet trainer fleet following a technical malfunction during a training flight on Wednesday. The decision was confirmed by the Defence Forces after reports first emerged in Keskisuomalainen and Lentoposti. The incident prompted the cancellation of the Midnight Hawks aerobatic
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The relocation of two ferries from Oulu to Turku, which ceased operations a month ago following the opening of Finland’s longest causeway, remains delayed due to protected house martin nests. The birds, which have nested on the ferries for decades, are preventing the transfer as both active and empty
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A passenger car burst into flames outside a Lidl store in Hanko on Wednesday afternoon, prompting a swift response from emergency services and bystanders. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. in front of the store on Esplanadi, though the fire did not spread to the building itself. Iltalehti reports
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The Safety Investigation Authority (Otkes) has announced it will not launch a formal safety investigation into the fatal aviation accident in Hyvinkää last week, in which one pilot died and another was seriously injured. The decision follows an assessment that an investigation would not yield generalizable safety benefits, primarily due
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A surge in visitors flocked to Puuhamaa amusement park in Tervakoski on Wednesday, creating one of the largest traffic jams of the summer. A queue of cars stretching over a kilometre formed on the road leading to the park, with local resident Hugo describing it as the biggest congestion of