Five Canadians from a town near Toronto died in a plane crash in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday. According to report,they all come from the same family.
King Township Mayor Steve Pellegrini said on Wednesday that the community is sad about the deaths of Rimma Dotsenko, her husband Victor and their three children.
Pellegrini said that it is very sad that our closely connected community has suffered a great loss. He also expressed his sympathy to the Dotsenko family as a representative of King Township.
“We are thinking of the victims’ families during this difficult time and hope to hear more about the investigation soon. ”
The Nashville Police said in another social media post how old the victims are. Victor was 43 years old, his wife Rimma was 39, and they had three children named David, Adam, and Emma who were 12, 10, and 7 years old.
The UMCA Rich Tree Academy, a school in Vaughan, shared on social media that the Dotsenko family has been a part of the school for a long time.
The school said that Emma, Adam, and David were very cheerful and brightened up the hallways every day.
“The school said that all the students had a great attitude and were friendly towards their friends and teachers. ”
“We are very sad and grief-stricken as we mourn the loss of the Dotsenko family. It’s hard to put into words. ” This very sad event has made us all feel surprised and upset. We are thinking of and hoping for the best for the people who are close to them during this very hard time.
The school said that teachers will be there to help and support students who are having a hard time dealing with the loss.
“Please think about and pray for the Dotsenko family and their loved ones. Thank you” UMCA said we should remember the good times we had with them and help each other with love and caring.
A small plane with one engine crashed near Interstate 40 in Nashville, and the pilot and four passengers died.
The plane was kept at the Brampton Flight Centre, which is owned and run by the Brampton Flying Club, according to Allan Paige, the general manager.
He didn’t know if the plane left from there because the airport doesn’t have control and flight records.
We don’t know why the plane crashed, but the pilot told air traffic controllers that the engine stopped working and he flew past the airport. The airplane was flying at an altitude of 2,500 feet (762 metres) above the ground and was circling around to try to land.
Air traffic controllers said he could land on runway two and told him to bring the plane down smoothly. However, the plane had already moved down to 1,600 feet (488 metres) at that time, he said.
I am too distant. “I won’t be able to do it,” the pilot said.
Global Affairs Canada said it knows that five Canadians have died in Tennessee. They are talking to local authorities and helping the families.
“We are very sorry for the loss of the victims and we share our sympathy with their family and friends. ” We are thinking about their families and friends,” Global Affairs said.
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Family of five perish in plane disaster in Nashville
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Five persons dead in aviation crash near Nashville highway – Police
A small plane crashed near a road in Nashville, Tennessee, not far from the airport it was trying to land at. Five people on the plane died.
The pilot called John C. for help right away. The plane will arrive at Tune Airport at 7:40 in the evening. On Monday, there was a problem with the engine and the plane had to make an emergency landing, according to Don Aaron, a spokesperson for the Metro Nashville Police Department. A little while later, the pilot called on the radio and said that the plane wouldn’t make it to the airport.
The airplane caught on fire when it crashed in a grassy area near the highway and behind a Costco on the west side of the city. The accident happened 3 miles south of the small airport.
“Everyone on the ship seems to have died,” Aaron said.
On Tuesday, the police announced on the social media site X that five people had passed away. The Federal Aviation Administration was there and the National Transportation Safety Board will come on Tuesday.
Officials were also trying to find out where the plane came from.
No one got hurt in the car crash on the highway, according to Kendra Loney from the Nashville Fire Department. Officials said no cars or buildings were damaged. -
Photos of Black Stars players as they arrive in Nashville for USA friendly
The Black Stars have arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, in preparation for their upcoming match against the United States of America.
Ghana is set to take on the USA in their second friendly match in the early hours of Wednesday, October 18.
In their first game of the October international break, Chris Hughton’s team experienced a loss to Mexico.
The 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions managed to secure victory with two second-half goals, marking Hughton’s first defeat as the head coach of the Black Stars.
Ghana will look to bounce back to winning ways on Wednesday against USA.
Images of the team’s arrival are below.
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Nashville school shooting: What we know
The police has said that it is investigating the targeted attack at a private elementary school that killed six people, including three children.
The shooting occurred at a private school that serves about 200 students in preschool through sixth grade.
Federal and local investigators in Nashville were working on Tuesday to piece together clues about the actions and motives of the shooter who killed three students and three adults at a private school before being shot dead by the police.
The assailant who opened fire at the Christian elementary school in Nashville on Monday was identified by officials as Audrey E. Hale, a 28-year-old former student who lived in the area.
The Nashville police chief, John Drake, said on Monday that the attack was targeted, rather than random, but that it was too early to discuss a possible motive. Local and federal investigators working on the case were reviewing writings and had made contact with the shooter’s father, Chief Drake said.
CreditCredit…Desiree Rios/The New York Times The school, called the Covenant School, is in the wealthy Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, a few miles south of downtown, and enrolls about 200 students in preschool through sixth grade. The attack on Monday was the 13th school shooting in the United States this year that resulted in injury or death, according to Education Week.
Here’s what we know so far:
What happened?The police received a report of the shooting at 10:13 a.m. on Monday and heard gunshots on the second floor when they arrived at the school, said Don Aaron, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.
The assailant had entered the building through a side door, armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun, and went from the first floor to the second floor firing “multiple shots,” Mr. Aaron said. Officers went to the second floor, saw the assailant shooting, and two officers opened fire, killing the shooter at 10:27 a.m., Mr. Aaron said.
Surveillance video released by the police on Monday showed the shooter drive up to the school in what the police described as a Honda Fit. In the clip, two sets of glass doors shatter from bullets before the shooter ducks into the building through the broken glass. Wearing camouflage pants, a black vest and a backward red baseball cap, the shooter walks through rooms and hallways with a weapon drawn.
Surveillance video shows an attacker whom the police identified as Audrey E. Hale driving up to the Covenant School in Nashville, and then shooting out the entrance doors to get into the building.CreditCredit…Metropolitan Nashville Police DepartmentSchoolchildren and members of the school’s staff were escorted out of the building after the shooting, said Kendra Loney, a spokeswoman for the Nashville Fire Department. A total of 108 people, she added, were transported to the nearby Woodmont Baptist Church, where parents were reunited with their children.
Who were the victims?The police identified the six victims as:
— Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9
— William Kinney, 9
— Hallie Scruggs, 9, daughter of the church pastor, Chad Scruggs
— Mike Hill, 61, a school custodian
— Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher
— Katherine Koonce, 60, the head of school, according to the school website
What do we know about the shooter?The authorities identified the shooter as Audrey E. Hale. The police said they had found writings and detailed maps of the school and its security protocols.
The assailant was “prepared for a confrontation with law enforcement” and “prepared to do more harm” before being killed, Chief Drake said. At least two of the guns used in the shooting appeared to have been purchased legally in the Nashville area, he said.
In the aftermath of the shooting, there was confusion about the shooter’s gender identity. Chief Drake said the shooter identified as transgender, and officials used “she” and “her” to refer to the attacker. But according to a social media post and a LinkedIn profile, the shooter appeared to identify as male in recent months.
Investigators had made contact with the shooter’s father and were carrying out an investigation at the home, Chief Drake said. As of Monday evening, the motive was unknown.
And the school?The Covenant School is a private school that was founded in 2001 as a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. The church started the school in part because parents at the church were finding it difficult to enroll their children in other private schools in the area, according to Jim Bachmann, a former pastor at the church.
The school is “intentionally small,” according to its website, with 200 students in preschool through sixth grade, and a student-to-teacher ratio of 8-to-1. Tuition costs about $16,000 a year.
Covenant Presbyterian is a large church affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America, a theologically conservative denomination.
Chad Scruggs is the current pastor of Covenant Presbyterian. His 9-year-old daughter, Hallie Scruggs, was killed in the shooting.
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Guns at home of Nashville school shooting attacker seized
An ex-student opened fire at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, in the US, killing three children and three adults.
The Covenant School, a private Christian school with pupils ranging in age from three to eleven, was the scene of the attack.
The three dead students were all nine years old.
According to police, the suspect entered the school through a door and opened fire. Officers found other weapons during a search of their residence.
William Kinney, Evelyn Dieckhaus, and Hallie Scruggs are the three children who were killed.
The adult victims were identified as Cynthia Peak, 61, Mike Hill, 61, and Katherine Koonce, 60.
The suspect has been identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, officers said.
There has been some confusion about Hale’s gender identity – with police initially describing the attacker as a woman, and later saying that Hale identified as transgender.
A police spokesperson told Washington Post that Hale “is a biological woman who, on a social media profile, used male pronouns”.
The shooter was armed with three guns, including a semi-automatic rifle, and was shot dead by police.
They had left a manifesto and had drawn a detailed map of the school, with entry points. Police are now studying those documents.
Hale, who had no criminal record, was a former student at the school and officers said they believe “resentment” may have been a motive.
Image caption,School buses with children arrive at a church to be reunited with their families after the shooting Police received the first call about the incident at 10:13 local time (15:13 GMT) on Monday.
The suspect drove to the school and got in by firing through one of the school doors, which were all locked.
Video later released by Nashville police show Hale using a gun to gain entry by shattering glass panes on the front doors, then wandering the school’s deserted corridors – at one point walking past a room labelled “Children’s Ministry”.
In the CCTV footage, Hale is wearing what looks like a protective vest and carrying an assault-style rifle in one hand, with a second, similar weapon also visible hanging from the left hip.
Hale fired shots on the ground floor before moving to the upper floor.
As police cars arrived, Hale fired on them, striking one in the windscreen, said police.
One officer was injured by broken glass. Police rushed inside and shot the suspect dead at 10:27.
A search of a nearby parked car led officers to “firmly believe” that Hale was a former student of the school, said police.
Police spoke with the attacker’s father during a search of a nearby home that was listed as the shooter’s address.
Nashville Police Chief John Drake said investigators there found a manifesto and “a map of how all of this was going to play out”, including entry and exit points at the school building.
He also said the shooter had conducted surveillance while planning the attack.
In a search of the shooter’s home, more weapons were recovered, in addition to the ones used in the attack, including a sawed-off shotgun and a second shotgun.
Hale’s mother, Norma Hale, told ABC News: “It is very, very difficult right now”, before asking for privacy.
Image caption,A police handout photo shows bullet holes in arriving police vehicles The Presbyterian-affiliated Covenant School is located in the upmarket Green Hills neighbourhood, south of central Nashville.
In a statement, the school said “our community is heartbroken”.
“We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church.”
The mother of one pupil said her son had been left traumatised. “I think he’s doing better now that he knows that the shooter is dead,” Shaundelle Brooks told BBC News.
“These are conversations we shouldn’t be having,” she added. “We’re failing our children.”
Hours after the shooting, a memorial service for the victims was held at the nearby Woodmont Christian Church.
Senior minister Clay Stauffer tearfully said that Evelyn Dieckhaus’s sister, who is 11, had plans to be baptised in a few weeks, according to local outlet the Tennessean.
Evelyn’s sister cried as she said, “I don’t want to be an only child.”
Image caption,Vigils took place at the Woodmont Christian Church President Joe Biden called the shooting a “family’s worst nightmare”.
“We have to do more to stop gun violence,” he said, once again urging Congress to pass tougher gun control laws. “It is ripping our communities apart, and ripping at the very soul of this nation.”
The attack was America’s 129th mass shooting of 2023, according to Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit that tracks gun violence data.
According to data compiled by Education Week, there have been 12 school shootings that have resulted in deaths or injuries in the US this year up until the end of last week.
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Tennessee family wants answers after Airline sent dog to Saudi Arabia instead of Nashville
A Tennessee family is looking for answers after their beloved dog Bluebell was sent to Saudi Arabia, not Nashville, due to a reported airline mishap.
Per a report from local Nashville outlet WSMV, Madison Miller and her family were making a move from London to Tennessee, complete with Bluebell. However, upon arrival at the Nashville International Airport, they were shocked to find that the five-year-old dog had not arrived with them. In fact, Miller said she and her husband were first met with the wrong dog.
The airline the family used was British Airways, with their departure flight originating at Heathrow Airport in London. Once in Nashville, the family says they were informed that officials’ “best guest” was that Bluebell had instead been sent to Saudi Arabia. Several days later, the family was notified that Bluebell had finally made it to Nashville after the extended debacle.
Although relieved to have Bluebell back with them at home, the family has since said that the dog is exhibiting abnormal behavior due to being “horrified” by the days-long mess.
When reached for comment on Wednesday, a rep for Heathrow Airport instead directed Complex to airline officials. Complex has since reached out to British Airways for additional comment. This story may be updated.
A statement credited to an IAG Cargo rep and included in multiple subsequent reports stated that the company has remained in contact with the family “to resolve the situation.” At the time of this writing, additional information on a possible resolution had not been made public.
When reached for comment on Wednesday, an IAG Cargo spokesperson shared the same aforementioned statement, which can be read in full below:
“We are very sorry for the recent error that occurred during Bluebell’s trip to Nashville. We take the responsibility of caring for people’s loved animals seriously and are investigating how the redirection happened. Whilst Bluebell’s route was longer than it should have been, we ensured she was on the first flight back to Nashville from London Heathrow. During her time with us she received refreshments frequently and had time outside to stretch her legs – including regular walks and eight hours with the team at the Heathrow Animal Reception centre who cared for her. Despite these measures, we understand that this has been an upsetting situation for Bluebell and her owners, and remain in contact with them to resolve the situation.”
Source: Complex.com