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Passengers flee smoking jet on emergency slide after apparent landing gear problem at Denver airport
DENVER — Passengers slid down an emergency slide of a smoking jet at Denver's airport due to a possible problem with the plane's landing gear, authorities said. American Airlines Flight 3023 reported a 'possible landing gear incident' during its departure from Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 was on its way to Miami International Airport. Video aired by local media showed people sliding down the inflatable chute near the front of the plane while clutching luggage and small children. Some of the passengers, including at least one adult carrying a young child, tripped at the end of the slide and fell onto the concrete runway tarmac. The passengers were then taken to the terminal by bus. One of the passengers was transported to a medical facility, authorities said. Five people were evaluated for injuries at the scene but did not require hospitalization, Denver International Airport officials said in a statement. 'About halfway to takeoff speed, we hear a big bang and a pop,' passenger Shaun Williams told KUSA-TV. 'The pilot immediately started abort procedures for taking off. You could feel him start to hit the brakes.' Firefighters called to the airport extinguished a fire after responding to the aircraft, the Denver Fire Department said. In a statement, the FAA said it will investigate. Associated Press, The Associated Press
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‘They just want to live': Palestinian-Canadian family pleads for aid as family suffers in Gaza
Najah Ashour watches a video of her cousin, Enaia Shurrab, in Gaza City — sobbing over the lifeless body of her five-month-old son — who she says died from starvation. 'I feel very sad,' Ashour whispers, sitting in her family's apartment in Burlington, Ont. 'She call[ed] me, 'Please send me anything, can you buy milk for my baby?' It broke my heart every minute. I tried to help.' But she couldn't get food to the Gaza Strip fast enough. Within days of that desperate phone call, her cousin's infant son had died. 'She had … two babies,' Ashour says. Now, one of them [is] dead." Ashour says her entire extended family is in Gaza, including aunts, uncles and cousins. All of them are starving, only having one meal a day in the evening, which she says is just a little bit of bread and water in the evening. 'I'm very, very worried about them, they keep calling me. All of my cousins, they need help.' Surviving on bread and water Her husband, Ahmed Ashour, has his brother and his family in Gaza, which includes three children. He says they barely have enough bread and water between them to keep them alive for much longer. 'There's no food,' he says. 'There's just bread and water. They mix the water with sugar and salt to keep them awake. Because if they don't take water with salt or sugar, they may (pass) out." He hasn't heard from them in the past few days — and doesn't know if they're getting enough to eat. 'I don't know what I should do or where I should go. I feel helpless,' said Ahmed. 'I don't know right now if they are OK or not. I just pray for them every day.' Ahmed says that although there is some food available, it is unaffordable — and he isn't able to get his family the money they need to afford basic necessities. 'One kilogram of flour is more than 70 U.S. dollars — it is 100 Canadian dollars," said Ahmed. 'The price of one piece of tomato is 70 shekels — it is 70 U.S. dollars. So if you're going to buy this, how many people are going to eat this? It is nothing," added Ahmed. 'Even a kilogram of sugar or a kilogram of salt is 500 shekels — it's 150 U.S. dollars." Responsibility for delivering aid Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, earlier this week, condemned 'the Israeli government's failure to prevent the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian disaster in Gaza' — calling it 'a violation of international law' and saying Israel's control of aid distribution 'must be replaced.' Israel's ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, responded by saying 'Israel has neither interfered with nor blocked any aid, including Canadian-funded assistance,' claiming that 'the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has made great strides in improving the efficiency and impact of the aid delivery program.' Since Israel took control of aid distribution in Gaza — which it said was to prevent Hamas from stealing food and using it for profit — more than a thousand Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops while trying to access aid at distribution points. The U.N. food agency accused Israel of using tanks, snipers and other weapons to fire on a crowd of starving Palestinians. Israel maintains its soldiers were firing warning shots 'to remove an immediate threat,' and questioned the death toll. Israel has also claimed the tonnes of aid sitting outside — and some of it even inside the Gaza border — are waiting to be distributed by United Nations aid groups, blaming them for food not reaching hungry and malnourished Palestinians. But the U.N. has said that Israel has made the process of distributing aid difficult, filling it with bureaucracy and not guaranteeing safety to aid workers. 'What is missing right now is safe, sustained access. Aid workers face constant danger, crossings are unreliable, and critical items are routinely blocked,' said Stephanie Tremblay, associate spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, on Friday from the United Nations headquarters in New York. 'As access constraints continue — yesterday, out of 15 attempts to coordinate humanitarian movements inside Gaza, four were outright denied, with another three impeded. One was postponed, and two others had to be cancelled by the organizers,' she added. Israel says aid airdrops resumed Saturday The Israeli military said this week it will resume airdrop aid into the enclave on Saturday night. 'The airdrops will include seven pallets of aid containing flour, sugar and canned food to be provided by international organizations,' the military said in a statement — while adding it will establish humanitarian corridors for United Nations convoys. All the while, the Ashour family is waiting to hear from their loved ones — not interested in playing politics — but instead just wishing for food to reach them before it's too late. They've started a GoFundMe page to help their family in Gaza. 'They just want to live in peace. They just want to save their children, their lives,' said Najah Ashour. 'They just want to live.'
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IN PICTURES: Regina's new permanent emergency shelter set to open
WATCH: New permanent emergency shelter will go into operation on July 28 following months of planning and deliberations. Wayne Mantyka reports. After months planning and deliberations, Regina's new permanent emergency shelter will go into operation next week. The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in the city. Expand Autoplay 1 of 16 Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) An official opening ceremony was held on Friday, with Regina Mayor Chad Bachynski outlining what the facility will provide. 'It offers not just a shelter but connection. Three meals a day, access to wellness and cultural supports and the kind of care that truly helps people begin again,' he explained. The shelter replaces a temporary facility in the former YMCA building downtown, with all the programs there moving over to the new facility. Regina shelter The New Beginning Shelter is a 50-bed facility and will offer wraparound services to a growing number of homeless people in Regina. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) 'Not only are folks having a safe place to stay but that cultural component and addictions awareness to work alongside the shelter, so in essence I think today just represents [a] milestone from being in a temporary operation to permanent operations,' Natasha Kennedy, the executive director of Regina Treaty Status Indian Services said on Friday. The $6.8 million shelter is funded by the three levels of government. It was built in a record time of just 18 weeks but was met with some resistance from neighbouring businesses. Discussions will be ongoing to make certain any concerns are addressed. 'That's not a one and done type of thing. The expectation from all parties involved is that everybody will be consistently communicating to make sure that if challenges arise, we have a mechanism to handle that,' Bachynski said. The new shelter is the same size as the facility that it is replacing. There is no time limit as to how long people can stay but the goal is to provide services needed to help people successfully transition into the community.
