Fliers to U.S. must show devices work
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration is requiring passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights to power on their electronic devices.
The agency said it is requiring some overseas airports to have passengers turn on devices such as cellphones. It said devices that won’t power up won’t be allowed on planes, and those travelers might have to undergo additional screening.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson recently ordered the agency to put extra security measures in place at some international airports with direct flights to the United States.
American intelligence officials have been concerned about al-Qaida efforts to produce a bomb that would go undetected through airport security.
The agency would not disclose which airports will be conducting the additional screening.
Tot found drowned after leaving party
NEW YORK — A 2-year-old girl who wandered away from a family barbecue in a city park was found dead in a lake after a five-hour search by police and bystanders.
New York Police Department divers pulled Ruhshona Kurbonova’s body from the murky water in Prospect Park on Saturday evening. The medical examiner’s office ruled her death an accidental drowning.
In the wake of the toddler’s death, officials offered condolences and safety advice.
“No parent should ever have to bury a child,” Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said in a statement, calling the girl’s death tragic and urging adults to keep an eye on children while enjoying summer activities. “We all have a part to play in promoting safe play conditions.”
Ruhshona’s family had been grilling kabobs when she and a preschool-age male relative slipped away, her uncle Dekzod Isokov told the New York Post.
“They walked off, and we didn’t know,” he said. The boy was later found soaked, but safe, in bushes near the lake.
Officers combed the 585-acre park from bicycles and helicopters and underwater as parkgoers lent what help they could.
Witnesses said Ruhshona’s mother screamed and collapsed after hearing the news of her daughter’s death. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation and was later released.
Fuselage recovery slow in Montana
MISSOULA, Mont. — It will likely take until Tuesday to remove three airplane fuselages that slid down a steep embankment into the Clark Fork River after a train derailment in western Montana, railroad officials said Sunday.
“The progress is going extremely slow,” said Montana Rail Link spokesman Lynda Frost. “If we get one up today, it would appear it will take one day each to get them out.”
She said a crew of 50 with eight heavy-equipment machines was working to hoist the three Boeing 737 fuselages.
Six fuselages were aboard a train when 19 cars derailed Thursday about 10 miles west of Alberton. The other three plane sections fell off but stayed on land. No one was injured in the derailment, which is under investigation.
Boeing said in a statement that it has experts at the scene to assess the damage. Marc Birtel, director of media relations, said Sunday that he didn’t have further information.
The fuselages were traveling from a Spirit AeroSystems plant in Wichita, Kan., to a Boeing facility in Renton, Wash., to be assembled into airliners.
Frost said insurance considerations won’t be decided until the investigation is complete. She said the train was traveling well under the 35 mph speed limit for that section of track.
— Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports