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August 2016–January 2017
August16— Wagon and passenger car caught fire in road tunnel in
Nara Prefecture, Japan, after head-on collision, killing 3
people in two vehicles and injuring 2 others

2— Abe Cabinet of Japanese government announced
decision to extend interest-free ¥3 billion loan to JR
Central to facilitate extension of Maglev Chuo Shinkansen
to Osaka 8 years earlier than initially planned

17— Large passenger and freight ferry Caribbean Fantasy
caught fire in Caribbean forcing evacuation of 510
people onboard before ferry stranded and sank

3— Emirates Boeing B777-300 crashed on landing at
Dubai International Airport before catching fire but all
300 people onboard evacuated safely although one
firefighter killed by blaze

24— Richter Magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck villages incentral Italy causing collapse of many old stone houses
and leaving at least 292 dead (count at 30 August);
majority of the old buildings collapsed in hardest-hit
Amatrice, resulting in large number of deaths

3— Bridge collapsed in Maharashtra State, India, crushing
2 buses killing 2 of 22 passengers onboard and 20
others missing

29— Large American airline United Airlines (UA) announced
appointment of former president of competing American
Airlines (AA) Scott Kirby as new UA president; UA
has code sharing agreements with ANA while AA has
agreements with JAL

5— DHL Boeing B737-400 freighter overran runway on
landing at Bergamo Airport, N. Italy, before coming tostop at nearby road without injuries to crew

29— Norwegian Environment Agency announced lightning
strike killed herd of 323 reindeer in Hardangervidda
National Park; the area is a natural habitat of about
1,000 reindeers

6— Yen-loan financed 23-km Purple Line opened in Bangkok,
Thailand, connecting north and northwest section of thecity; JR East group rolling stock manufacturer supplied
63 cars with Marubeni and Toshiba supplying operation
systems including maintenance

31— Scheduled charter airline services restarted between
USA and Cuba with up to 110 daily flights after 55year suspension stemming from breakup of diplomatic
relations in the Cold War era

6— Japan’s Minister of Infrastructure, Land, Transport
and Tourism Mr Keiichi Ishi on visit to Thailand
signed memorandum of cooperation between Japanand Thailand with Thai Minister of Transport Arkhom
Termpittayapasith regarding introduction of high-speed
railway between Bangkok and Chiang Mai (about 670km) using Japanese shinkansen technology, targeting
basic development plan in 2017

September
4— Bus and gasoline tanker caught fire after collision near
Zabul, south Afghanistan, killing at least 35 people

8— Tourist bus carrying visitors to UNESCO Heritage Site
at St Paul’s Church in Macau, China, ran 100 m down
steep hill into building, injuring 30 people onboard
12— Stolen small plane crashed onto road in Peterborough,near Lake Ontario in Canada, killing thief

8— Ropeway stopped on Italian side of Mont Blanc in
French Alps, leaving 33 people stranded above glacierat 3800 m for 18 hours and another 77 rescued byhelicopter

13— Arsonist set fire and attacked passengers with knife on
train in Lichtenstein near Swiss border, killing 1 woman
and injuring 5 other people; arsonist suffered severeburns and died following day

9— Passenger train derailed in Galicia, northwest Spain,
killing 4 people including driver and injuring 49 others;
accident caused by speeding at 118 km/h or almost
four times 30 km/h speed limit

15— Overloaded bus ran over cliff near Kathmandu in central
Nepal, killing at least 33 people and injuring 38 others

9— Tokyo Metro, Tobu Railway, and Yamato truck delivery
company tested delivery system using subway network
on Yurakucho Line from Koto Ward in Tokyo to Wako City
in Saitama Prefecture linking with trucks at intermediate
stations in 10 trials running until mid-October

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10— World’s highest Beipanjiang bridge (565-m high and1341-m long) connected from both sides in Guizhou
Province, southwest China, prior to full opening inlate 2016

20— Large French electrical engineering company Alstom
demonstrated zero-emissions Coradia iLint railcar usinghydrogen fuel-cell batteries at Inno Trans 2016 withpossible world-first service introduction on railway inLower Saxony, Germany, in December 2017

12— Tobu Railway opened yard in Saitama Prefecture with
‘Lighting Ceremony’ and prayers for safe service of
C11 class steam locomotives due to resume operationin summer 2017 after 66 years on 23.4-km section
between Imaichi and Kinugawa Onsen (hot springs) on
Kinugawa Line

23— Kobe City, Japan, opened company briefing session
on Kobe Airport management concession attended by
26 large companies including Oryx managing KansaiInternational Airport (Osaka), with concession award
expected in April 2018

12— All billboards at Clapham Common undergroundstation, London, covered with pictures of cats for 2
weeks as part of creative campaign by CATS (Citizens
Advertising Takeover Service)

26— Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
approved LRT business plans submitted by Utsunomiya
and Hagamachi cities in Tochigi Prefecture to operate
15-km next-generation light rail tram with ¥22 billion of
total investment cost of ¥48.5 billion covered by national
budget and expected opening in December 201915— Tokyo Stock Exchange announced listing of JR Kyushu
from 25 October as first listing of so-called island
operators in JR group with sale of all stocks currently
held by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism administrative agency, and Japan Railway
Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
expected to raise total of about ¥400 billion

29— 4-car passenger train over-ran buffers at Hoboken,
New Jersey terminal station before mounting platforms,
killing 1 woman and injuring 114 other people
30— More than 50 schoolchildren fell into river when rope
bridge over river collapsed in northern Laos, leaving 2
people drowned, 3 missing and 52 rescued

15— High-speed boat carrying foreign tourists off coast ofBali, Indonesia, exploded, killing 2 tourists and injuring
18 others; accident attributed to battery fault near
fuel tanks

Octorber

15— Small plane flying in air show near Zhuang City, China,crashed killing pilot and three people onboard

8— Passenger and work train collided near New Hyde Park
Station on Long Island Railroad, New York, derailing 3
of 12 cars and injuring 33 people

16— Passenger train crashed into freight train stopped byfault near Multan, central Pakistan, killing at least 4
people and injuring more than 100 others

11— Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport
and Tourism (MLIT) issued stern warning to ANA
about incident which occurred on 30 September whencompany boarded incompletely documented passenger
on flight at Fukuoka Airport bound for Haneda Airport,
exceeding aircraft capacity by 1; oversight noticed
by cabin attendant before departure and passenger
removed from plane

18— Overloaded boat carrying Islamic worshippers crashedinto bridge pier on Chao Phraya River, Thailand, before
sinking, leaving at least 18 people dead and 12 missing
20— 3-day Inno Trans 2016 exhibition opened in Berlin,
Germany, to demonstrate railway technologies andinfrastructure, including public transport, carriage
interiors, tunnelling technologies, etc., as world’s largest
railway expo; JR East, Hitachi and Kawasaki Heavy
Industries all exhibited from Japan

12— Electrical underground cable fire in Niiza, Saitama,caused power cut to 590,000 households, businesses,
and government offices in Saitama and Tokyo as well as
stoppages on some private railway lines

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August 2016–January 201713— Tourist bus struck centre guard rail on expressway
near Ulsan, South Korea, before catching fire, killing
10 people and injuring 7 others trapped inside byjammed door

21— 20-carriage passenger train derailed and overturnedin Cameroun, Africa, killing at least 70 passengers andinjuring 300 others
21— Mi8 helicopter crashed on emergency landing near
Urengoy, northern Russia, killing 19 of 22 oil explorationcompany employees and injuring 3 others

15— Japan’s MLIT banned passengers from taking Samsung
Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones onboard all domestic
flights following phone fires and similar ban by US
aviation authority

24— Small plane carrying drug reconnaissance teamcrashed immediately after takeoff from airport on Malta
killing all 5 French nationals onboard

15— Drunk driver drove pickup truck off bridge in San Diego,
California, killing 4 people and injuring 9 others

25— JR Kyushu completed listing on Tokyo Stock Exchange
to become fourth publicly listed company in JR group
after JR East, JR Central and JR West; initial offer price¥3100 dropped to ¥2600, raising ¥478 billion

16— Suspension bridge (100-m long) collapsed on small
island near Bali, Indonesia, dropping people on bridge
into sea, killing 8 and injuring 30 others
17— Sojitz Corporation announced additional order worth¥64 billion for works on freight line (DFC West Line)between Delhi and Mumbai, India, to be constructedwith Japanese government yen loan and making
largest-ever yen loan totaling ¥350 billion

25— Accident at Dreamworld theme park on Thunder River
Rapids ride at Gold Coast, Australia, killed 4 visitors
28— JR Freight announced considering stock listing withconcrete plans for IPO will be pursued after reaching
70% increase (¥10 billion, compared to FY2015) inordinary profits in FY2018

18— Japanese cabinet announced first revision in 120 yearsof legislation governing commercial aviation businesswith changes to clarify for compensation for damage to
air freight in addition to air transport rules

28— Malayan Railways (KTMB) freight train derailed andoverturned in north Malaysia to block both up and down
tracks, causing delays for 12,000 commuters

18— Institute of Urban Strategies at The Mori Memorial
Foundation announced 2016 Global Power City Index
with Tokyo replacing Paris in third place behind New
York in second place and London in top place; first
upward jump for Tokyo since ranking of world’s 42 cities
started in 2008

28— Starboard wing of American Airlines Boeing 767 caught
fire on takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport but all
170 passengers onboard safely evacuated down
emergency chutes with 20 minor injuries
31— Japan Tourism Agency announced inbound foreign
tourists exceeded 20 million on 30 October 2016,
breaking 20 million number for first time; Asian visitorsfrom China, Korea and Taiwan increased along withmore visits from cruise liners—annual total for 2016
expected to reach 24 million

20— Bus overturned on mountain road near San Jose, Costa
Rica, killing 12 passengers and injuring 12 others
20— Odakyu Railway announced March 2018 introductionof new Class 70000 Romance Car and revision to train
timetable following completion of quadruple tracking
between Higashi-Kitazawa and Izumi-Tamagawa
stations on Odakyu Line

31— JR West announced purchase of real estate businessfrom Mitsubishi Heavy Engineering for ¥97 billion as
70% stock holding and taking control of 400 properties,
including rental apartments and offices in Tokyo
metropolitan and Kinki regions

21— Largest Chinese rolling stock maker, China Railway
Rolling Stock Corporation, announced start ofdevelopment of linear motor car with maximum
operations speed of 600 km/h as national project fordeveloping domestic technology; linear motor car
using German technology opened in Shanghai in 2002
running at 430 km/h

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Norbember

18— JR Central applied to Japan Railway Construction,
Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) for ¥3 trillion
to cover part of construction costs of Linear Maglev; twotranches of ¥1.5 trillion to be borrowed from Treasury
investments and loans via JRTT until 2017

1— Following minor scrape with other vehicle, empty schoolbus crossed centre line before crashing head-on into
oncoming commuter bus in Maryland, USA, killing atleast 6 people and injuring 10 others

20— Express train derailed and overturned near Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh, north India, killing at least 120 people
and injuring 131 others

3— Express train collided with another express standingin station in Karachi, south Pakistan, killing at least 20
people and injuring some 60 others

21— School bus overturned and hit tree in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, USA, killing 6 people and injuring 23 others

6— Tourist bus overturned on expressway in central South
Korea, killing 4 people and injuring 42 others

22— Transavia Airlines of Taiwan filed for bankruptcy andceased operations following loss of customers andsevere business conditions after fatal accidents in 2014
and 2015

8— Large sinkhole 15-m deep and 30-m wide openedin front of JR Kyushu Hakata Station, due to tunnel
collapse at nearby Fukuoka City Nanakuma subway line
extension under construction

24— Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism (MLIT) announced ¥860 million in financial
assistance for recovery of JR Hokkaido Sekisho Line,
Nemuro Line and other track sections damaged byAugust 2016 typhoon and flooding; total recovery costs
estimated at ¥3.8 billion with JR Hokkaido to bear ¥2billion of costs

9— Speeding tram overturned on curve near Croydon, south
London, UK, killing 7 people and injuring 51 others;
driver arrested for professional negligence resulting
in death
11— Japanese Prime Minister Abe met with Indian Prime
Minister Modi visiting Japan to sign cooperationagreement in nuclear power making export of reactor
to India possible; discussed 2018 start of constructionof new high-speed 500-km line between Mumbai and
Ahmadabad agreed in December 2015 using Japanese
shinkansen technology and confirmed opening in 2023

24— National Transportation Safety Board announced
findings of accident investigation into 2015 tram
derailment in Nagasaki due to worn rails with four similar
derailments at same location on sharp curve between
2007 and June this year

11— Mitsui Bussan announced ¥49 billion order from Indian
Freight Exclusive Railway Public Corporation for
civil engineering and track works on 120-km section
between Jawaharlal, Nehru Port, and Vaitarana, andtaking booked work orders to 422 km

25— Passenger ran into back of express train stopped
by human error on main line in north Iran, engulfing
two express cars in fire and derailing/overturning four
passenger train cars, killing 44 people and injuring
82 others

13— Cabinet Office and Semboku City in Akita Prefecture in
National Strategy Development Region announced 400m return-trip running tests of DeNA French unmanned
self-driving Robot Shuttle bus system on prefecturalroads along shore of Lake Tazawa as first test on publicroads in Japan

28— Hokkaido Economic Federation announced proposal
targeting medium to long-term adjustment andstandardization of Hokkaido transportation systems,
including re-examination of JR Freight line usage
fees due to deteriorating JR Hokkaido businessconditions, etc.

18— JR Hokkaido announced 13 sections of 10 lines runningat deficit totalling almost 1237 km or almost half of JR
Hokkaido lines with intention to close three sections(47.6 km between Health Sciences University of
Hokkaido and Shintotsukawa on Sassho Line; 81.7 km
between Furano and Shintoku on Nemuro Line; and50.1 km between Fukagawa and Rumoi on Rumoi Line)

28— British Aerospace Avro RJ85 chartered by Lamia
Airlines of Bolivia and carrying players, families, andstaff of Brazilian Chapecoense soccer club team togame in Medellin, Colombia, crashed in mountains,
killing 71 people onboard with 6 rescued

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August 2016–January 201728— JR Kyushu announced new investment in company
targeting acquisition of management rights for Fukuoka
Airport; new management company formed by local
alliance of companies, including JR West, Kyushu
Electric, etc.

10— Last two gas tanker wagons of 24-wagon trainset
touched electric power lines after train derailed innortheast Bulgaria before exploding, killing 7 people,
injuring 53 others, destroying 20 nearby houses andforcing residents to evacuate

MILESTONES

10— Truck carrying flammable materials collided with vehicle
convoy near Nairobi, Kenya, before exploding, killing atleast 39 people

Mr Yoshihiro Omori died aged 87 on 10 November.
Joined old Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1955 after
graduating from University of Tokyo Faculty of Law. Heldpost as President of JR Hokkaido until 1996 following JNR
privatization and division. After retiring as President, held
posts as Chairman, Councillor, and Special Advisor between
2007 and 2010. Also held post of secretary of Hokkaido
Association of Small Business Owners from 1990 to 2006

11— World’s longest St Gotthard Base Tunnel (57 km) under
Swiss Alps opened to trains piggy-backing passenger
vehicles, pushing previous Seikan Tunnel (53.9 km) into
second place longest tunnel
11— Iran Air concluded procurement contract with Boeingfor 80 passenger planes split into 50 units of B737 and
30 units of B777 worth US$16.6 billion. Agreement ofprocurement was reached in June 2016 following liftingof US economic sanctions

December

13— Malaysia and Singapore signed joint agreement to build
high-speed 350-km railway line linking Kuala Lumpurand Singapore in 90 minutes; international bidding forrail systems expected in Q4 2017

1— Hitachi Ltd., announced rolling stock maintenancecontract agreement with Trenitalia operator to service
and provide spares for 400 Hitachi-built high-speed
carriages for 9 years along with further 2-year
maintenance contract for 80 dual-level commuter cars

16— JR Central announced 4 March 2017 timetable revisions
with unification of Tokaido Shinkansen regular Nozomi
and Hikari services into high-speed N700A services

7— Domestic flight (ATR42 turboprop) of Pakistan
International Airlines (PIA) crashed in northwest
Pakistan, killing all 48 people onboard

20— Japan’s LDP and Komeito political parties’ shinkansen
construction promotion project team formally approved
Obama to Kyoto route of Hokuriku Shinkansen westward
beyond Tsuruga; decision on section between Kyoto
and Shin-Osaka expected to be made before end of
FY2016

9— Hitachi Ltd., announced completion of first carriage
built domestically at Hitachi Rail Europe’s UK rollingstock works and due to enter service as one of 866
cars in 122 Class 800 trainsets as part of high-speed
Intercity Express Programme (IEP)

20— JTB announced target inbound visitor numbers for2017 of 27 million (+12% over 2016) with 315 million
Japanese passenger side trips (+0.4%)

9— Myanmar Railways (MR) opened bids to build 24 railway
carriages for diesel-electric services on tracks between
Yangon and Mandalay currently being built withfinancing by Japanese government ODA assistanceand including part-financing of rolling stock

20— Local B727 cargo plane crashed immediately after
takeoff in eastern Colombia, killing 5 of 6 people onboard
21— Due to estimated recovery costs of ¥8.6 billion andsubsequent annual maintenance costs of ¥1.64
billion, JR Hokkaido proposed plan to close 116.0-km
section of Hidaka Line (Tomakomai-Samani 146.5 km)
between Mukawa and Samani following 2-year service
suspension after tsunami damage; closed services tobe replaced by local government operated bus services

10— JR East re-opened 23.2-km section of Joban Linebetween Soma and Hamayoshida following restorationof tracks (moved 14.6 km further inland) damaged byGreat East Japan Earthquake and tsunami

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21— Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), IndianRailways, and Japanese joint venture group (JV)
concluded memorandum of understanding related
to detailed railway design planning; JV composed ofJapan Consultants, Nippon Koei Co. Ltd., and Oriental
Consultants Global

1— Ship carrying some 240 tourists exploded and caught
fire in Jakarta Bay, killing 23 people, injuring 17 others,
and leaving 17 missing
4— Long Island Railroad train overran buffers at Atlantic
Station, Brooklyn, before 2 cars derailed, injuring 103
passengers

22— Ministry of Infrastructure, Land, Transport and Tourism(MILT) announced 28% year-on-year increase in
FY2017 shinkansen development expenses to ¥263
billion, broken down into ¥36 billion for Shin-HakodateHokuto to Sapporo section of JR Hokkaido Shinkansen,¥134 billion for Kanazawa to Tsuruga section of Tohoku
Shinkansen and ¥80 billion for Takeo Onsen to Nagasaki
section of JR Kyushu Shinkansen

4— Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) announced 2016
annual traffic fatalities of 3904 people (year-on-year
decline of 213 and less than 4000 for first time in 67
years since 1949) with drops in fatal pedestrian andbicycle accidents too; government aiming to cut deaths
to 2500 from peak of 16,765 in 1970
6— Japan Association of Travel Agents (JTA) announced
February establishment of Outbound Promotion Council
to increase Japanese outbound tourism numbers inpartnership with 100 other groups including tourism
bodies, airlines, railway operators, hotel groups, andJapan National Tourist Organization (JNTO), aiming toreach 20 million outbound tourists by 201822— Iran Air confirmed purchase agreement with Airbus for
100 passenger planes worth $18 billion (book value),
broken down into 46 units of smaller A320, 38 unitsof medium-range A330, and 16 units of new medium
range A350
22— Second tunnel opened to general passenger vehicle
traffic under Bosporus between European and Asiansides of Istanbul, Turkey, following 2013 opening ofparallel rail tunnel

8— Bus overturned at accident hotspot on expressway
in Saone-et-Loire Prefecture, Central France, killing 4
Portuguese tourists and injuring about 20 others
9— Wooden footbridge collapsed in Villavicencio nature
reserve in Colombia, killing 7 people and injuring
15 others

25— Russian military Tu154 plane bound for Syria crashedinto Black Sea soon after takeoff from Sochi in southern
Russia, killing all 92 people onboard including membersof Alexandrov Ensemble military choir

10— Dutch Railways (NS) announced all services from
1 January (5500 per day) are run only on electricity
generated by wind power in partnership with Eneco
power utility; The plan for this world-first initiative
was started 2 years ago with target completion at
January 201828— 10-car express train derailed and overturned in Uttar
Pradesh, India, killing at least 2 people and injuring 28
others; previous derailment nearby in November 2016
killed 146 people
29— Indonesian Ministry of Transport announced cooperative
agreement with Japanese government in future track
upgrades, electrification, etc., of 750-km line acrossJava between Jakarta and Surabaya

12— Mitsui Busan (Mitsui & Co., Ltd) announced acquisitionof 40% of shares in Greater Anglia railway franchise(English subsidiary of Dutch Railways (NS) Abellio
Transport Group Limited) running public transport
services including railways and buses in East Anglia
with 1600 km of suburban routes from London to
Cambridge, Norwich, etc.

January

12— Airbus announced large year-on-year 305 drop inorders for 2016 from 731 in 2015, but record increaseof 53 units to reach 688 deliveries; competitor Boeing
announced year-on-year decreases with 668 orders(100 drop) and 748 deliveries (14 drop) but managed
better deliveries than Airbus in 2016

1— New Second Avenue Line (3-km Q Line extension)
started operation in New York, USA, after repeatedconstruction interruptions and extensions for more than
50 years

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August 2016–January 201712— N. Korean cargo vessel in E. China Sea off Nagasaki
Prefecture issued mayday emergency message before
sinking but all crew of 26 rescued from lifeboats by
Japan Coast Guard

24— Rescue helicopter crashed on Campofelice ski slope incentral Italy, killing all 6 people onboard
26— Narita International Airport Corporation announced
2016 business figures with 13.92 million incoming
foreign tourists (11% year-on-year and third successive
increase) and first ever time to exceed 13.3 million
Japanese passengers

13— Following fourth derailment since May 2007, Nagasaki
Electric Tramway announced rail deformation as
cause of June 2016 derailment and published plans to
upgrade rails, crossovers, and curves with reopening inNovember

31— Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
selected 6 ports of Yokohama, Shimizu (Shizuoka
Prefecture), Sasebo (Nagasaki Prefecture), Yatsushiro(Kumamoto Prefecture), Motobu (Okinawa Prefecture),
and Taira (Okinawa Prefecture) as bases for international
cruise ships, using funds of cruise-ship companies tomaintain ports which saw increase in cruise passengers
to 1,992,000 people in 2016 as part of government target
to reach 5 million inbound cruise passengers by 2020

16— Turkish airlines (ACT) owned freight Boeing 747 crashednear Bishkek Manas International Airport, Kyrgyzstan,killing 4 air crew and 33 other people on ground
17— JNTO announced revised inbound tourism figurefor 2016 of 24,039,000 people (21.8% year-on-yearincrease and first time over 20 million) due to increaseof tourists from E. Asia as result of more airline services
and cruises; Chinese tourists accounted for biggest
increase of 27.6% to 6,370,300 people
18— Ryobi Holdings (Okayama City) and Kanto Bus(Tokyo) announced Dream Sleeper world-first nightbus services with private passenger compartments
operating between Ikebukuro in Tokyo and Namba inOsaka for ¥20,000 one way
20— Expressway bus carrying young Hungarian passengers
crashed into pillar on expressway near Verona, Italy,
killing 16 people and injuring 36 others
21— Eight cars of passenger train derailed in Andhra Pradesh
State, India, killing 32 people and injuring more than
50 others
23— Kansai Vitality Cultural Sphere Promotion Council
formed by Kansai local governments, economics
groups, news organizations, awarded JR West’s Kyoto
Railway Museum with 2016 Kansai Vitality Culture Prizefor helping revitalize Kansai region of Japan
23— Test runs of unmanned automatic shuttle bus using
sensors and cameras started in Paris, France, along
130-m route between Austerlitz Railway Station and
R. Seine
23— Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced delay until
mid-2020 for first deliveries of MRJ passenger plane
under development by subsidiary Mitsubishi Aircraft
Corporation; fifth announced delay in first deliveries
to ANA

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