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Homeland Security officials have arrested a pilot at San Francisco International Airport on charges related to child sexual abuse material. Federal authorities confirmed the arrest on Monday. Passengers on a Delta flight from Minneapolis to San Francisco reported seeing agents board the plane and enter the cockpit soon after landing on Saturday. A Department of Homeland Security official confirmed the arrest in an email. Further details about the case are not immediately available. Delta says the pilot has been suspended and that it is cooperating with law enforcement.
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The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has identified the three people killed Saturday night when a small plane crashed off the coast of the county.
A Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, killing the pilot and at least 19 people, mostly students. The crash occurred Monday afternoon after the jet experienced what the military described as a "technical malfunction" shortly after takeoff. Officials say 171 students were rescued from the wreckage of the two-story school building, many with burns. The military says the pilot tried to divert the plane away from densely populated areas before the crash. Rescue efforts continued into the evening. Bangladesh has declared a national day of mourning on Tuesday, with flags at half-staff to honor the victims.
The National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman says heroic actions by the crew aboard an Alaska Airlines flight ensured everyone survived last year when the door plug panel blew out of the plane. But Jennifer Homendy said Tuesday that the incident never should have happened. She says Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration could have done more to ensure the safety of the Boeing 737 Max. The NTSB had already revealed that bolts were never replaced after the door plug was removed during a repair. Homendy now says Boeing's new CEO has made many safety improvements since last summer, but that more needs to be done.
After the Air India flight crashed into a medical campus, the surviving doctors rushed to save lives
Medical students who survived when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel in Ahmedabad say their first reaction was to help treat the injured. Navin Chaudhary says he had just begun eating his meal when a loud bang startled him. He turned back to see a massive fire taking over the medical college's dining area. He rushed toward a window and jumped. Soon later, he was helping the injured alongside his colleagues at the medical trauma center. At least 270 were killed on Thursday, including 242 aboard the plane and 29 others on the ground.
Indian investigators have recovered the digital flight data recorder or the black box of the Air India flight that crashed a day earlier. The crash on Thursday killed 241 people on board and at least five people on the ground. Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said that the black box recovery Friday marks an important step forward in the investigation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with the lone surviving passenger of the London-bound Boeing 787 that struck a medical college hostel when it crashed into a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff. DNA testing was being conducted to identify the victims. More bodies are expected to be found in the search at the crash site.