Investigation into Amazon Cargo Plane Crash Begins; GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas This Week | NTD Good Morning (Sept. 7)
An Amazon cargo plane went off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sept. 6, hitting multiple vehicles and leaving at least five people dead. Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins said during a news conference that five more people were injured. Amazon is still gathering details about what happened, company spokesperson Kelly Nantel said. The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate the crash.
The Republican Party will hold a first-of-a-kind midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Sept. 9–10.
“President Trump turns out voters like no other candidate, and this convention will provide the momentum needed to expand our majorities in November,” Republican National Committee spokesperson Natalie Baldassarre said in a statement.
Nepal held a day of mourning Monday, with flags lowered at government offices and families concluding mourning rituals, to remember those killed in the Aug. 26 floods. Monday was the 13th day since the flooding, which killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal and Tibet and left some 5,000 missing, including foreigners, according to Nepal’s disaster management agency.
In predominantly Hindu Nepal, mourning periods last 13 days, during which close family members stay home and relatives visit to pay their respects. Rituals are held on the final day to pray for the souls of the departed.
