- Aug 19
Head-on collision between patient minibus and truck kills at least 21 in Brazil
A head-on collision between a patient transport minibus and a commercial truck on highway BR-373 in Paraná left at least 21 people dead and closed the route for seven hours.
- Aug 10
Coritiba defender Jacy falls into stadium tunnel celebrating disallowed goal against Chapecoense
Coritiba captain Jacy Maranhão Oliveira plunged into an open away-team tunnel after vaulting advertising hoardings to celebrate a 41st-minute header against Chapecoense, only for VAR to disallow the goal and an ankle injury to force his substitution.
- Aug 2
TAP flight to Boston makes emergency landing in Azores, third incident in four days
The Airbus A321 declared a general emergency over the Atlantic on Sunday, landing at Lajes airbase roughly two hours after takeoff from Lisbon. It follows a depressurisation scare on a Brazil-bound flight the previous day and an engine fault on Thursday.
- Aug 2
TAP flight to Curitiba declares emergency after cabin depressurization, circles Atlantic before safe return to Lisbon
The Airbus A330-200 declared an emergency about 30 minutes after takeoff from Lisbon on Saturday, circled over the Atlantic for roughly an hour to burn fuel, and landed safely at 14:06 local time.
