4 h. ago 8 remain hospitalized from skydiving plane's crash shortly after takeoff from New Jersey airport

Eight people remain hospitalized after a skydiving plane crashed at Cross Keys Airport in southern New Jersey on Wednesday evening

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8 h. ago Passengers left ‘critically injured’ after skydiving plane carrying 15 crashes near New Jersey airport

Passengers on board the downed Cessna 208B near Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown were doused in jet fuel and triaged by trauma surgeons

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11 h. ago Skydiving plane crashes leaving at 14 injured as people 'covered in jet fuel'

The plane, a Cessna 208B, went off the end of a runway as it was taking off from a small airport in New Jersey in the US, injuring 14 people on board, three of them critically

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13 h. ago Skydiving plane careers off runway and crashes into woods leaving 15 people injured

Injuries varied from minor to critical, with the plane suffering severe damage. Some passengers, drenched in jet fuel, required decontamination prior to hospital admission

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13 h. ago New Jersey skydiving plane crashes in mass casualty event as victims covered in jet fuel

A skydiving plane crashed at Cross Keys Airport, New Jersey, this morning in what has been described as a mass casualty event - 15 people were rushed to hospital

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18 h. ago Skydiving plane goes off New Jersey runway and crashes into woods, sending at least 15 to hospital

Authorities say at least 15 people were injured when a small skydiving aircraft went off the end of a runway at an airport in southern New Jersey and crashed in a wooded area

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18 h. ago Mass casualty incident declared after plane crash near New Jersey airport

At least five people were taken to the hospital, according to a local report

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2 w. ago Poison in the water: the town with the world’s worst case of forever chemicals contamination

When a small Swedish town discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of Pfas, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children’s futureIf Agneta Bruno closes her eyes, the soapy smell takes her back to childhood. Cycling home to the barracks where she lived with her father, an air force major, she would whiz through patches of snowy-white foam near the entrance of the base. The foam resembled the bubbles you get in the bathtub, just thicker. “I had to lift my feet up to avoid getting wet,” Bruno told me.Aqueous film-forming foam (Afff) is a miracle of firefighting: it’s highly effective in putting out flammable liquid fires, such as those caused by jet fuel spills. Chemicals in the foam create a stable blanket over liquid fuel, trapping the flammable vapours and extinguishing the fire. At the air force base in Bruno’s home town of Kallinge in Sweden, firefighters were trained to douse flames using the foam. New recruits came every few week...

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