A fire broke out at Terminal 8 of New York’s JFK Airport on Wednesday, July 24.
Footage showed a heavy smoke cloud inside the terminal as passengers were being evacuated.
The fire was reported to have broken out on an escalator in concourse C around 7:15 am, ABC7 said. No injuries were reported and approximately 100 people were evacuated.
The airport said flight operations at the terminal were impacted. Credit: @BlankUser685806 via Storyful
“I relax in my seat with my smug smile and thinking my job here is done,” the passenger wrote in a retelling of the in-flight incident on Reddit
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A waitress who was in serious condition after jumping out of a burning hotel at a popular ski resort has succumbed to her injuries, officials and reports said Thursday, becoming the latest victim of a tragedy that has shocked the nation and revived concerns over lax safety regulations in the country. Turkish officials early on Thursday revised the number of deaths from Tuesday’s blaze at the 12-story Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya, in northwestern Bolu province, from 79 to 78, including Sevval Sahin. Authorities have detained 11 people for questioning, including the hotel’s owner, Bolu’s deputy mayor and the acting fire department chief.
Outrage over alleged safety failures at a 12-storey hotel in Turkey has escalated into a political clash between the government and the opposition-run local authorities, after a fire killed 79 people and injured more than 50. The tragedy sparked calls for accountability and reform, and independent experts have said the Grand Kartal Hotel, at the Kartalkaya ski resort in western Turkey, lacked basic fire safety measures. Authorities detained 11 people, including the hotel's owner, manager, a deputy mayor of Bolu province, and the head of the local fire department as part of a probe.
Experts have called for preventative measures and have urged authorities to 'act now'
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(Reuters) -EasyJet's shares dropped to their lowest level since October on Wednesday as the company flagged weaker revenue expectations for the second quarter, but the airline cut losses in the first quarter and kept its profit guidance for the year. EasyJet, the first UK airline to report results, produced a smaller first-quarter operating loss on easing fuel costs and strong passenger demand for travel and its holiday packages. "Looking to this summer, we have seen continuing demand for easyJet's flights and holidays where we have one million more customers already booked, with firm favourites like Palma, Faro and Alicante," new CEO Kenton Jarvis said in a statement.
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