PLANE DANGLES OFF CLIFF AFTER SKIDDING OFF RUNWAY
TURKEY» A commercial TRABZON, plane that skidded off a runway after landing in northern Turkey dangled precariously off a muddy cliff with its nose only a few feet from the sea.
Some of the 168 people on board the Boeing 737800 described it as a “miracle” that everyone was evacuated safely.
Images show the aircraft on its belly and at an acute angle just above the water. If it had slid any farther along the slope, the plane probably would have plunged into the Black Sea.
The incident late Saturday created panic among the 162 passengers on board Pegasus Airlines Flight PC8622. The sixmember crew, including two pilots, was evacuated, and Pegasus said there were no injuries. Flights were suspended at Trabzon Airport for several hours before resuming again Sunday.
Earthquake in Peru kills one man.
A powerful earthquake struck off Peru’s coast early Sunday, tumbling adobe homes in small, rural towns, killing at least one person and leaving dozens injured, officials said.
The earthquake destroyed 63 homes, displacing about 130 people, and it injured 65 people, Peru’s Chief of Civil Defense Jorge Chavez said.
The sole fatality was a man killed when he was crushed by a fallen rock.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the early-morning quake had a magnitude of 7.1 and was centered 25 miles from Acari in southwestern Peru.
Lewandowski says he will testify this week in House Russia probe.
Corey Lewandowski, President Trump’s former campaign manager, said Sunday he will give testimony this week to a House committee probing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Lewandowski said on WABC-AM radio in New York that he expects to appear before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday or Thursday to discuss the campaign. He told host Rita Crosby that he has not been contacted by Justice Department investigators led by special counsel Robert Mueller, who are conducting a parallel investigation.
Man files complaint, says ex-Gov. Spitzer threatened him.
Detectives are looking into a man’s claim that disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer threatened to stab him during an irate interaction in a restaurant, police said Sunday.
Jamie Antolini said he was having dinner Jan. 2 when Spitzer went into the Manhattan restaurant and became angry at hearing Antolini loudly praise someone Spitzer had publicly fought with during his years in the public sector.
Police said Antolini accused Spitzer of threatening him with bodily harm, including stabbing him with a knife, and making statements that he would kill him.
“Jumanji” tops “The Post,” “The Commuter” at box office.
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Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Taraji P. Henson and Paddington Bear and all rushed into movie theaters during the weekend, but “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” still roared the loudest, with an estimated $27 million in ticket sales Friday to Sunday.