17-year-old student from UP preparing for JEE dies of electrocution in hostel in Kota
Kota (Rajasthan) June 1 (PTI): A 17-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) died of electrocution at a hostel here, police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on Dakaniya Road in Vigyan Nagar area in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday when Anandvardhan Pratap Singh, hailing from Manikpur village in Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh, was attempting to retrieve clothes stuck on a public power line, they said.
Singh was using a stick from the hostel balcony when he got electrocuted, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Lokendra Paliwal said.
Three to four other hostelmates, who were with him at the time, escaped unhurt as they were wearing slippers, the officer added.
He was taken to New Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, police said.
Based on a complaint from Singh's parents a case of under Section 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against the hostel owner and caretaker.
The body was handed over to his family after post-mortem on Sunday afternoon, the DSP said.
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Boeing aircraft catches fire on runway at Denver Airport; Panicked passengers slide out amid smoke
Denver: A major accident was narrowly averted at Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon when an American Airlines flight to Miami had to stop takeoff after its landing gear resulted in smoke and fire on the runway.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, operating as flight AA-3023, had 173 passengers on board, all of whom were safely evacuated. However, one person reportedly suffered a minor injury and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
A footage circulating online shows the moment panic-stricken passengers rushed down emergency slides while thick smoke rose from the aircraft’s left rear wheel.
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Watch as passengers and crew evacuate American Airlines Flight 3023, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, at Denver International Airport. The Miami-bound jet was forced… pic.twitter.com/RmUrXYj5Jp
American Airlines, in a statement, said that the aircraft ‘experienced a maintenance issue’ with a tire on the landing gear just before taking off. “All customers and crew deplaned safely, and the aircraft was taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance team,” the airlines added.
The US aviation watchdog, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is investigating the incident which led to the fire after malfunction in the landing gear.
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