Investigators have recovered the so-called “black boxes” from an Air Canada plane involved in a deadly crash at a New York airport.
U-S National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy says crews cut a hole in the roof of the plane to retrieve the flight recorders.
Sunday night’s crash killed both pilots and injured 40 people when the jet collided with a fire truck on the runway.
It’s LaGuardia Airport’s first deadly collision in more than 30 years
A judge is expected to have a ruling this summer on a proposed settlement for a class-action lawsuit after an Air Canada flight crash landed in Halifax in 2015.
The law firms involved in the class action say the hearing is scheduled for June 22nd in Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court.
Under the terms of the settlement, Air Canada, Nav Canada, and the Halifax International Airport Authority would pay a settlement of more than 18-million dollars.
Twenty-five people were injured when Air Canada Flight 624 from Toronto struck power lines during a snowstorm and crashed about 200 metres short of an airport runway.
New Glasgow Regional Police have charged a Pictou County man with impaired driving following a traffic stop. The traffic stop was initiated after an officer spotted a vehicle with no tail lights visible travelling Northbound on North Provost Street. It resulted in a 40-year old Pictou County man being arrested and charged with impaired driving. He’s scheduled to appear in Pictou Provincial Court on May 4th.
A Crown attorney says more charges could be laid against a Nova Scotia teen accused of plotting an attack on a local school.
Shawna MacDonald says the matter involving a 15-year-old girl from Bridgewater is still under police investigation.
Police allege the youth and a 14-year-old from Manitoba had talked online about simultaneously attacking schools in both provinces.
Their arrest came weeks after a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B-C, but police say there’s no indication their alleged plans were spurred by the killings.
The hit musical “Come From Away” will land in Halifax next week. The show is opening at the Neptune Theatre on March 31st, and will run until June 21st. The award-winning musical tells the true story of the seven-thousand stranded passengers who were taken in by the town of Gander, in Newfoundland, after the terrorists attacks on September 11th, 2001. The 90-minute show features 15 performers and a live band.
