Delta jet flips on landing at Toronto Pearson Airport
Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis with 76 passengers and four crew flipped onto its roof during landing in gusty blowing snow at Pearson. All 80 aboard survived with minor injuries to some. investigation by authorities continues as fire crews douse the flames and passengers evacuate onto the tarmac.
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Life threatening cold grips central U S as polar vortex erupts
A brutal polar vortex sweeps the Rocky Mountains and Northern Plains with wind chills plunging to minus 60 in North Dakota and minus 50 in Montana. The blast follows weekend floods across the East that killed at least 13, with up to 11 flood deaths in Kentucky and extensive travel disruptions from severe weather nationwide.
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Trump begins firings of FAA staff weeks after DC crash
The Trump administration fired several hundred FAA employees including radar and navigation staff amid a busy travel weekend. The terminations targeted probationary workers and those on an urgent Hawaii missile warning radar project linked to the National Defense Program. Union and air traffic groups voiced safety concerns and described the actions as without cause, noting the emails came from an exec order Microsoft account.
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