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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Tuesday, February 18th. Here's what we're covering.
This is an active investigation. It's very early on. It's really important that we do not speculate.
Authorities have released only a few details about the dramatic crash landing of a Delta Airlines flight in Toronto yesterday. The small jet was carrying 80 people on a flight from Minneapolis when it tried to touch down amid heavy winds and drifting snow. As it landed, it flipped upside down, losing its tail and a wing. No one was killed, but 18 people were injured.
There was no real indication of anything. And then, yeah, we hit the ground and We were sideways and then we were upside down, hanging like bats. And then everybody was just like, get out, get out, get out. We could smell like jet fuel.
And then we just crawled out the back of the airplane. Passengers described having to climb out of the overturned plane as part of it burst into flames.
It's not clear what caused the crash, but it's the latest in a series of recent airline disasters that has travelers on edge, including a deadly crash in South Korea in December where a plane slid off the runway, and the midair collision near Washington last month between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter.
As the Trump administration tries to carry out its plan for sweeping deportations, it's faced a major challenge. Many migrants in the U.S. come from countries it's not easy to deport them back to for various reasons, like Afghanistan, Iran, or China. Now the administration has come up with an alternate plan. Send them to another country that is willing to take them. In the last week, the U.S.
military has flown hundreds of people who come from countries in Asia, Africa, or the Middle East to Panama. 350 of them are now locked in a hotel in Panama City. They've been told they're going to be sent to a camp near the jungle, then on to their home countries.
The government of Panama is not allowing journalists to come and visit these migrants and interview them. But they're visible from their windows of their hotel. And they were able to get their messages out through holding up signs, such as one woman did, holding up a piece of paper that read Afghan.
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