A 9-month-old girl aboard an Afghanistan evacuation flight died soon after the plane landed in Philadelphia on Wednesday night, according to city police. Investigators said the baby girl suffered a medical emergency on a Philadelphia-bound flight that was carrying Afghan evacuees. When the flight landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 9:16 p.m. Wednesday, the girl…
U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit were monitoring the air traffic control from the runway of Hamid Karzai International Airport. US troops were assisting in the evacuation of US citizens, Special Immigrant Visa applicants and other at-risk Afghan civilians from Afghanistan under Operation Allies Refuge.
Earlier in August, a Cessna 172 was struck by a police-operated drone during the final approach into Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport, Ontario. The DJI Matrice 210 drone caused “major damage” to the Cessna 172, operated by Canadian Flyers International. The flight instructor and an aviation student were on board the aircraft. The mid-flight collision happened…