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Protests outside Newark’s Delaney Hall detention center entered a third day with barricades blocking transfers as detainees’ hunger strike persists; clashes with ICE included pepper spray and batons, drawing visits from lawmakers and calls for dignity and due process, amid ongoing questions about conditions and the transfer of detainee Martin Soto.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill was denied access to the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark as detainees’ hunger strike enters its fourth day; about 300 detainees are participating and protesters gathered outside demanding to meet the governor. Sherrill says her office has been coordinating with federal immigration officials to gain entry and vows to press ICE to improve conditions and push for the center's shutdown.
Immigrant detainees at Newark’s Delaney Hall continued a hunger and labor strike to demand better conditions and release; Sen. Andy Kim and Rep. Rob Menendez visited the facility to press for accountability amid detainees’ reports of pressure on families and prolonged legal delays. DHS/ICE denied an ongoing hunger strike, and GEO Group did not comment. The case highlights ongoing concerns about due process, conditions in private detention, and lengthy detention and hearings for immigrants.
New video shows United Flight 169 clipping a bakery truck during a visual approach to Newark Liberty International Airport, injuring the truck driver while all 231 passengers on board were unhurt; the event underscores the difficulty of Runway 29’s stadium visual approach and provides the clearest view yet of the collision.
A United Airlines flight inbound to Newark Liberty International Airport struck a Baltimore-based bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike; the truck driver suffered only minor cuts and was treated at a local hospital, while all 221 passengers and 10 crew members aboard the plane were unharmed as it landed safely on Runway 29.
A plane wheel crashed into a bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike, leaving the trailer undamaged but causing the driver to suffer minor injuries and be hospitalized; the plane was reportedly preparing to land in Newark, and FAA and Port Authority officials were seeking comment on the incident.
A near-collision occurred at Newark Liberty International Airport when an Alaska Airlines 737 on approach to a crossing runway aborted its landing after a FedEx 777 had already been cleared for final approach on the intersecting runway. The Alaska crew executed a go-around, narrowly avoiding a collision by about 300–325 feet. FAA and NTSB investigations are underway; FedEx landed safely. The incident is the second major runway scare at Newark in two weeks, following a separate tail-clipping incident involving a Spirit Airlines jet and a Singapore Airlines flight.
Authorities are investigating a close call between an Alaska Airlines jet and a FedEx plane at Newark Liberty International Airport; details are scarce, no injuries have been reported, and investigators are continuing to review the incident.
A repeat stowaway was busted again, this time while attempting to board a Newark-to-Milan flight, with gate security detaining the individual; authorities have offered few details on charges, but the incident adds to a pattern of recurring aviation-security breaches.
A repeat stowaway, Svetlana Dali, was taken into custody in Italy after allegedly sneaking onto United Flight 19 from Newark to Milan without a ticket, with the plane already airborne; the incident follows a prior Paris-bound Delta flight conviction linked to Dali and comes after earlier security breaches at Hartford-area and Miami airports.
A JetBlue Airbus A320 bound for West Palm Beach suffered an engine failure on takeoff from Newark Liberty International Airport, with smoke reported in the cockpit. The plane returned for an emergency landing, passengers exited via slides on a taxiway, and there were no injuries. The FAA will investigate; arrivals were briefly paused, then resumed after about an hour.
James Atkins of Newark was arrested for felony assault after a road rage incident where he blocked a woman's exit and pepper sprayed her, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries and a $10,000 bond.
A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 flight from Newark to Delhi declared an emergency shortly after departure, squawking code 7700, and has returned safely to Newark, though the cause of the emergency remains unknown.
United Airlines flight UA82 from Newark to New Delhi declared an emergency over the Gulf of Maine due to a technical issue, made a U-turn, and returned to Newark, landing almost two hours after departure.
Four detainees escaped from Delaney Hall, a Newark immigration detention center, after days of deteriorating conditions, including poor meals, overcrowding, and heat, which led to a riot and the men punching through an exterior wall to escape. The incident has raised concerns about the safety and oversight of private detention facilities amid increased immigration enforcement.