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'Violently Swerving' Newark Flight Diverts After Pilot Medical Emergency: Report 'Violently Swerving' Newark Flight Diverts After Pilot Medical Emergency: Report
'Violently Swerving' Newark Flight Diverts After Pilot Medical Emergency: Report A pilot's medical emergency forced an Air Canada flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to make an emergency landing in Boston on Wednesday afternoon, June 24, according to the FAA and ABC7. Air Canada Flight 7664 landed safely at Boston Logan International Airport at approximately 2 p.m. after the crew reported a pilot medical emergency, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The flight had departed Newark and was bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Passengers described a chaotic scene aboard the aircraft, ABC7 reports. One passenger told the outlet that the plane began "v…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Passenger Ejected, Airlifted After Weekend SUV Crash In Bergen County: Police Passenger Ejected, Airlifted After Weekend SUV Crash In Bergen County: Police
Passenger Ejected, Airlifted After Weekend SUV Crash In Bergen County: Police A passenger was ejected and airlifted to Hackensack University Medical Center after a crash in Bergen County over the weekend, police said. The crash happened around 8:12 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, on Schraalenburgh Road near Elm Street, according to Harrington Park Police Chief Robert Murphy. A vehicle was traveling northbound when the driver lost control and veered off the right side of the roadway, Murphy said. One passenger was ejected from the vehicle and airlifted to HUMC, authorities said. The other occupants were taken to the hospital with less serious injuries, Murphy said. N…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Baby Born On Delta Flight After EMTs Rush To Help 'Rock Star' Mom Mid-Air Baby Born On Delta Flight After EMTs Rush To Help 'Rock Star' Mom Mid-Air
Baby Born On Delta Flight After EMTs Rush To Help 'Rock Star' Mom Mid-Air A Delta Air Lines flight turned into an emergency delivery room when a baby girl was born mid-air just before landing. The birth happened about 30 minutes before the plane made an emergency landing on Friday, April 24, a Delta spokesperson told KOIN 6 News. The flight left Atlanta and landed in Portland, Oregon, at around 10 p.m. PDT. Two paramedics on board stepped in to help after flight attendants asked for medical assistance. "The staff [asked] if anyone could help a passenger up front as she [was] in labor with contractions 3 [minutes] apart," Tina Fritz poste…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
East Rutherford Woman Dead In Crash, Driver Charged With Vehicular Homicide: Prosecutor East Rutherford Woman Dead In Crash, Driver Charged With Vehicular Homicide: Prosecutor
East Rutherford Woman Dead In Crash, Driver Charged With Vehicular Homicide: Prosecutor Authorities have identified the victim killed in a Morris County passenger van crash as a 30-year-old Bergen County woman and charged the 33-year-old driver. Alexander Serrano, 33, also of East Rutherford, was driving the 2003 Chevy Express van when it struck a tree around 5:30 a.m. on Monday, April 28, at the intersection of Howard Boulevard and Ledgewood Road/Mt. Arlington Road, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. The passenger in the van, Esmeralda Melchar, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Serrano, the driver, "exhibited signs of being under t…

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by Cecilia Levine