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The ongoing turmoil in major college sports is surprisingly ironic, especially considering how simply it could have been circumvented.
This June, the NCAA introduced a revised eligibility framework that permits athletes to compete over five seasons within a five-year timeframe, starting from their full-time enrollment or the academic year after they turn 19.
However, the NCAA opted not to extend this additional year of eligibility to the class of 2022, who were seniors last year. Curiously, they decided to grant the extra year to athletes who will still be juniors, sophomores, or freshmen in the 2025-26 seasons.
Unsurprisingly, these neglected seniors have resorted to legal action, achieving successes in some instances. A notable federal decision in Colorado granted the entire class of 2022 an additional year through a temporary injunction, yet the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily halted this order, granting the NCAA a reprieve.
In a concerning development, a deadly mosquito-borne illness has made its first local appearance in a Florida county, marking a significant public health alert for the region.
The Florida Department of Health has confirmed the inaugural locally acquired case of dengue fever in Citrus County, a location positioned on the state’s west coast, roughly an hour’s drive north of Tampa. This announcement came over the past weekend, spotlighting the potential risks posed by the disease.
This year has seen Florida grapple with 23 cases of dengue fever that did not originate from international travel. Earlier this month, Hillsborough County reported eight cases, while Pinellas County identified two, illustrating the expanding reach of the disease in the Sunshine State.
Aside from Florida, Virginia remains the only other adjoining state to register a local transmission of this disease, having documented a case earlier in the month.
Throughout the nation, the United States has seen a total of 1,575 dengue fever cases this year, encompassing both local and international transmissions. Florida, with its 108 cases, tops the list among contiguous states, underscoring an urgent need for public awareness and prevention strategies.
Most cases of dengue fever recorded in the US are linked to international travel and the disease was nearly eradicated in the US in the 1970s amid a campaign to wipe out the Aedes aegypti mosquito, identified by the white bands on its legs, which carries the virus.
After that campaign was abandoned, however, the mosquito – and dengue fever – have repeatedly triggered sporadic outbreaks, particularly in Florida, Texas and California.
There have been at least nine states in the US to report local transmission of dengue fever since 2010, data from the CDC shows.
Pictured above is an Aedes aegypti mosquito, the species which carries the dengue fever virus
Overall, since that year, more than 600 cases of dengue spreading locally in the US have been recorded.
Florida has recorded the most, followed by Hawaii, Texas and California.
Additional cases have also been recorded in Arizona, North Carolina, West Virginia and New York.
Dengue is spread through the bites of infected Aedes species mosquitoes.
Symptoms include fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, severe muscle, joint and bone pain, nausea, vomiting and a rash, usually appearing five to seven days after a mosquito bite.
Most people recover within a week, but some develop severe dengue, which can cause shock, internal bleeding and death if not treated promptly.
The new case comes as the CDC has updated its travel alert for the virus after detecting unusual upticks in cases across the world.
In particular, the agency warned travelers heading to 11 countries and territories to take precautions, highlighting a rise in cases in these areas.
The CDC said it had identified a ‘higher-than-expected number of dengue cases among US travelers returning from’ Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, New Caledonia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tonga and Vietnam.
Health officials urged travelers to wear insect repellent, long-sleeved shirts and long pants when outdoors, and to sleep in air-conditioned rooms or a room with window screens.
They warned that children under five, adults over 65 and pregnant women were considered to be at higher risk from the virus.
This article includes discussions about eating disorders.
For Kansasin Darwan, residing in the quiet town of Bajool in central Queensland, a weight-loss shot was initially seen as the key to regaining her vitality. However, the reality was far more troubling than she had ever imagined.
I was dizzy, nauseous, and I lost my appetite. To put it simply, I could barely live.
At 48, Darwan noted that weight gradually crept up on her during perimenopause. She was under the impression that her general practitioner in Australia wouldn’t consider her a candidate for weight-management medication, mainly due to not fitting the specific clinical guidelines.
In Australia, medical professionals typically prescribe GLP-1 weight loss medications for those struggling with chronic weight issues, especially when adults have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, or a BMI between 27 and 30, coupled with at least one other health condition related to weight.
Seeking alternatives, Darwan found herself at a beauty clinic in the suburbs of Bangkok during a trip back to Thailand, where she procured Mounjaro, a brand of injectable weight-loss medication.
Beauty clinics in Thailand are generally supervised by doctors. However, the screening process for GLP-1 use can be less extensive than the assessment typically conducted by GPs in Australia. For example, some customers at beauty clinics may be prescribed GLP-1 drugs even if they do not have diabetes or are within a healthy weight range.
Darwan brought the drugs back to Australia and began using them to lose weight.
“I couldn’t concentrate while driving. I wasn’t feeling like myself. I couldn’t sleep. Even my children noticed that I was different,” she tells SBS Thai.
Eighteen out of every 1,000 Australians, or almost 2 per cent of the population, are now taking GLP-1s regularly, according to a study by scientists at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) published in November 2025.
Darwan’s experience offers a glimpse into a fast-growing market for weight-loss injections, where some Australians are seeking access overseas, while others are obtaining medicines through social-media sellers and informal supply channels.
An investigation by SBS Thai found weight-loss medicines being offered without a doctor’s prescription in Australian community groups, reports of products entering the country through informal channels, and unapproved peptides being marketed as weight-loss products.
But access to these medicines is not uniformly occurring outside the established medical system. Many Australians obtain weight-loss drugs through registered health professionals and pharmacies.
For consumers navigating this market, the distinction between an approved prescription medicine, an experimental drug and an unapproved product can be difficult to see — with experts and authorities warning that using medicines outside approved pathways can carry serious risks.
The unregulated supply chain
For some consumers, access does not require a trip overseas.
SBS Thai found GLP-1 injectable medicines openly advertised in Australian Thai community Facebook groups, with some sellers offering the products without requiring a prescription.
We contacted one Melbourne-based seller, posing as a potential customer interested in buying “Mounjaro”. The seller offered a 5mg vial for $750, saying it had been sourced from a beauty clinic in Udon Thani, a provincial city in north-east Thailand.
We contacted the clinic identified by the seller, which confirmed that it supplied products to the Melbourne-based seller.
SBS Thai has not independently established the circumstances of every shipment or whether every product sold through the channel was imported in accordance with Australian requirements.
The price for the 5mg multi-dose pre-filled injection pen also appeared significantly higher than the price we found for the same branded medicine at Australian pharmacies, where it was listed between $375 and $415 depending on the pharmacy and required a prescription.
The seller’s claim of easy access raises significant regulatory and health concerns.
In response to an SBS Thai query, a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) spokesperson said: “It is not legal to import GLP-1 medicines or peptide products into Australia for commercial purposes without appropriate authorisation and declaration.”
The spokesperson said GLP-1 receptor agonists, including semaglutide and tirzepatide, are prescription-only medicines in Australia and should be used under the supervision of a qualified health professional.
The regulator has also warned about unregistered products being sold as GLP-1 medicines, particularly those obtained online or from overseas.
In March, TGA testing found several imported products labelled as containing GLP-1 or GLP-1 analogues contained none of those ingredients. The regulator advised consumers to obtain prescription medicines from registered Australian pharmacies rather than social media or other digital platforms.
The regulator has also increased its focus on unapproved peptide products.
Earlier this month, with assistance from NSW Police, the TGA seized more than $120,000 worth of unapproved peptide and anabolic steroid products from two NSW properties. The TGA said the products had allegedly been imported, relabelled and promoted for sale through social media and a website.
One of the products seized was labelled “retatrutide” — a name that also appeared in SBS Thai’s investigation.
We found retatrutide offered at $300 for a 10mg vial at a Thai grocery store in Geelong, Victoria. The seller claimed the injectable product could help with weight loss and work similarly to other GLP-1 medicines.
Retatrutide is different from approved GLP-1 medicines such as Ozempic and Wegovy. While those medicines contain semaglutide, retatrutide is an experimental drug that acts on three hormone pathways involved in appetite and metabolism. It is not approved for sale as a medicine in Australia.
SBS Thai did not independently test the product or establish what was inside the vial. The TGA says unapproved peptide products have not been evaluated for safety, quality or effectiveness.
There is also a separate health warning involving products labelled retatrutide.
In June, Victoria’s Department of Health said it had been notified of six cases of acute liver injury since January among people who had used products labelled as retatrutide. The department said investigations were continuing.
Demand is surging
The informal market is emerging alongside a rapid increase in legitimate use of GLP-1 medicines.
Researchers at UNSW found that total sales of GLP-1 medicines rose from about 58,000 in May 2020 to 500,000 in April 2025. They also noted a significant disruption in sales from late 2022 to early 2024, when a drug shortage caused sales to drop by almost 80 per cent.
The researchers found that private, non-subsidised access had grown sharply, accounting for 43.8 per cent of estimated use by April 2025, with prices up to $600 per month.
The study did not include Wegovy and Saxenda, which are marketed specifically for weight loss. The researchers said their figures should therefore be regarded as a minimum estimate of overall GLP-1 use.
That expanding market is also being discussed heavily on social media.
Like Darwan, Ople Petchdee, who lives in Croydon South in Melbourne’s east, also bought a GLP-1 injectable from a beauty clinic just outside the Thai capital, Bangkok.
Petchdee, who has called Australia home for the past 15 years, says she became interested in the medicines after seeing friends post about their experiences.
“Everyone posted on their Facebook, on their social media, that these medications helped them lose weight. So, my friends suggested I use them, too,” she tells SBS Thai.
Beyond the weight-loss promise
For Trevor Steward, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Melbourne, the concern is not only how people obtain GLP-1 medicines but also how the drugs are presented and understood online.
Steward is currently running a clinical trial examining how GLP-1 drugs affect the neurobiological function of people with binge eating disorder.
It’s not about aesthetics. It’s not about achieving a certain number on a scale.
“It’s about someone’s mental and physical wellbeing. And that’s something that needs to be considered holistically with a doctor involved,” Steward tells SBS Thai.
He says there are also unanswered questions about what happens when treatment stops for people with eating disorders.
“If the weight comes back, we can maybe stipulate that the food noise will come back. And how will that person cope with that, thinking that they have achieved a certain sense of recovery and then falling back into that old pattern of behaviour before.”
Steward says social media often strips away that nuance, framing GLP-1 medicines as a shortcut to achieving a particular body shape or weight, rather than treating them as serious medications to be considered in the context of a person’s overall mental and physical health.
For Darwan, who had gone looking for a way to lose weight, reality was harder.
“My mood was depressing. I suffered from energy loss.”
I will not use [GLP-1 drugs] again.
This story was produced in collaboration with SBS Thai.
Readers seeking support with mental health can contact Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636. More information is available at beyondblue.org.au. Embrace Multicultural Mental Health supports people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Readers seeking support for eating disorders or body image concerns can call the Butterfly National Helpline on 1800 ED HOPE (1800 33 4673) or visit www.butterfly.org.au
Disclaimer: This article is for general information only and should not be relied on as a substitute for professional medical advice. Readers are advised to consult a qualified health professional for guidance specific to their situation.
A man from Charlotte, facing serious allegations of planning attacks on five local educational institutions, found himself out of jail just a short stint before the school doors reopened. The timing raised eyebrows as students were only days away from returning to their classrooms.
On the morning of August 22, 33-year-old Drew Andres Owens walked out of Mecklenburg County Jail. Coincidentally, students from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools were set to resume classes just three days later, on August 25.
Back in March 2025, a grand jury in Mecklenburg County had charged Owens with five instances of issuing mass violence threats aimed at schools. Despite these serious allegations, Owens has maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty, with these legal matters still unresolved.
The jail log, confirmed by News Media, shows that Owens was released from custody at precisely 11:30 a.m. on August 22. This has been corroborated by records from the Mecklenburg County Jail.
The indictment includes accusations that Owens dispatched alarming emails on February 15, 2025, targeting several schools: West Charlotte High School, Ardrey Kell High School, Community House Middle School, and Hawk Ridge Elementary School. Four specific charges detail these communications.
According to court documents reviewed by News Media, Owens allegedly sent messages threatening to “slaughter staff and students.”
A separate indictment alleges a mailed threat against Garinger High School. The affidavit claimed that a student, who was armed with two shotguns and an AR-15, would carry out the mass shooting. School administrators later determined that no student by that name was enrolled there, according to the affidavit.
The warrant affidavit states that Darryl Owens, Drew’s father and a West Charlotte High School ROTC instructor, told police he also believed his son was responsible for the school threats.
Darryl Owens allegedly told authorities that his son had harassed relatives, neighbors and family friends after being removed from the family home in 2021, and had sent unsigned emails and letters threatening to kill or shoot people at multiple locations.
The father told police he had previously obtained a restraining order against his son, that Owens had been arrested for violating it and that the order was later dismissed. He also told police that Owens had recently sat outside neighbors’ homes and photographed his car at West Charlotte High School “to try to lure him outside.”
According to court records, the bond in the four-school case was lowered from $135,000 to $60,000 in May 2026. Docket records indicate the four-school case had originally been set at a $135,000 secured bond with electronic monitoring in February 2025.
A judge reduced that amount to $60,000 on May 1, 2026. The separate case tied to Garinger High School carried a secured bond of $15,000. Owens satisfied the court-ordered pretrial bond conditions and was released Saturday, Aug. 22.
Court records showed a $60,000 secured bond in the four-school case and a $15,000 secured bond in the Garinger case. A professional surety posted the $60,000 bond the previous Friday night.
An aerial view of the skyline of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, on Oct. 12, 2023.(Omar Vega/Getty Images)
WSOC previously reported that Owens’ record included arrests for resisting arrest and shoplifting. The local outlet did not report a total number of prior arrests and News Media has reached out to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for additional details.
Following his release, parents told WSOC that they are nervous to send their kids off to school as the school year kicks off.
“Is he going to show up at one of the schools? It’s not good,” said one parent. “I’m not going to feel at ease, I’m not going to pretend it’s OK.”
“In this situation it’s confusing because he had a $200K bond,” another parent said. “He’s clearly a public safety threat, so what took the threat level down?”
“He’s out and that’s it, and the rest of us have to deal with it and teachers have to go to school on Tuesday and deal with it,” another parent said.
It was not immediately clear if Owens had an attorney representing him.
In a rising storm of political discourse, Hasan Piker, the controversial Twitch streamer known for his far-left views, finds himself at the center of a heated debate. His provocative remarks concerning American Jews’ alignment with Israel have drawn intense criticism from Michigan Representative Hillary Scholten. The Congresswoman has publicly condemned Piker, particularly for comments she believes incite “talk of violence” against Jewish Michigan State Senator Jeremy Moss.
On Monday, Scholten unleashed a verbal barrage against Piker, characterizing him as “a hack who thrives on hate, shock and awe because he lacks substance.”
Scholten’s statement left no room for ambiguity, asserting, “Hasan Piker’s talk of violence against American Jews, and directly naming a Michigan elected official, and future member of Congress, Jeremy Moss, is unacceptable. Full stop. We should all be calling out this disgusting rhetoric so it loses its grip on our politics once and for all. It has no place in Michigan, and no place in our country.”
Piker, unbowed by the criticism, fired back at Scholten, accusing her of being an “Israel 1st congresswoman.”
Taking to X, Piker wrote, “if i was an israel 1st congresswoman with a possible cheating scandal with a republican in the state, i wouldn’t spend so much time vying for the spotlight by actively defaming a prominent antizionist voice to harm the dem senate majority chances over a 90/10 issue.”
Piker, who holds a large social media following, has been particularly visible in Michigan this election cycle. He backed Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in a primary earlier this month. El-Sayed was criticized for appearing with Piker during his campaign, with some saying that the streamer’s rhetoric was too extreme.
Scholten backed Stevens last month, calling her a “smart, capable, and common-sense leader.” She later praised Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for endorsing Stevens.
El-Sayed also responded to Piker’s comments, and while he did not condemn the streamer outright, he denounced antisemitism and rhetoric that puts the Jewish community in danger.
“I believe all Americans deserve the right to advocate for what they believe without fear of violence. This is particularly true for communities that have been intimidated for their beliefs in the past,” El-Sayed wrote.
“My commitment to Jewish safety is the same as my commitment to the safety of my own daughters,” he added. “Antisemitism is a scourge, and we need to address it in all its forms. And I stand against any rhetoric that puts the community at risk.”
In his statement, El-Sayed stressed that Piker did not speak for his campaign, writing that, “nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople.”
In addition to politicians, Piker was also criticized by Jewish organizations.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, the Jewish Federation of Detroit said that “Hasan Piker’s talk of violence against Jewish Americans while displaying a picture of a Michigan lawmaker who is Jewish is repugnant and antisemitic.”
“We call on all responsible leaders to condemn this extremist, attention-seeking conduct which divides Americans, foments hate, and makes our Jewish community less safe,” the Jewish Federation of Detroit’s statement read.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) also said on Monday that by using an image of Moss, “Piker put a target on the backs of Sen. Moss, Jewish candidates and officeholders, and American Jews alike.”
“Blaming Jews for the antisemitism directed at them is itself antisemitism,” AJC wrote on X. “Every public official who has shared his platform now has a choice: denounce this and walk away, or be complicit. There is no third option.”
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt weighed in as well, questioning whether elected officials who associate with Piker really watch his streams or if “they just see his reach and ignore the rampant antisemitism.”
“The Jewsplaining is extraordinary: Piker appoints himself an authority on antisemitism, lecturing Jews about what is and isn’t antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it,” Greenblatt said of Piker.
During his Aug. 20 stream, Piker seemed to warn American Jews against supporting Israel, saying that doing so could lead to violence against them.
“People don’t f— with Israel any longer. And if Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they’re singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone will come around and take action not against Israel, mind you, but against American Jews,” Piker said.
When he made the comment, Piker had an image of Moss, who is running to fill Stevens’ seat, in his background.
Piker’s remarks came amid a controversy over an audio clip circulating online in which Moss purportedly said that the “entire purpose” of his congressional campaign was to ensure America’s continued support for Israel.
However, the Michigan Democrat said that the clip was fabricated, calling it “a manipulated and unsourced audio, with things I never did and never would say.”
“We are in a dangerous era of disinformation. Circulating a lie because it affirms your bias or belief is equally bad whether it comes from the left or the right. We all have a choice not to spread fabricated images, videos, and audio about candidates and campaigns. We all have a role in stopping the erosion of our democracy,” Moss said about the controversy over the audio clip.
Fox News Digital reached out to Piker and Moss for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
In a bold and unusual move, Congressman Al Green has once more called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, leaving Democrats grappling with a potential political quagmire just as the fall midterm elections ramp up.
On Monday, Green put forth a resolution charging Trump with ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,’ focusing specifically on the contentious immigration-enforcement policies of his administration.
This initiative stands apart from any larger Democratic-led impeachment efforts, accentuating the friction between Green’s assertive stance and the party’s leadership, which insists that any impeachment proceedings should be rooted in thorough investigations.
Such tensions have long simmered. During Trump’s initial term, prominent House Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, pushed back against Green’s impeachment drives, advocating for more patient, investigative diligence.
A similar scenario unfolded during Trump’s subsequent term. In February 2025, Pete Aguilar, a then-leader within the House Democratic caucus, reaffirmed that Democrats were not prioritizing impeachment at that time.
Later that year, Hakeem Jeffries and other Democratic leaders again declined to fully embrace Green’s effort. Jeffries said impeachment ‘requires a comprehensive investigative process’ and that the necessary investigative work had not been done.
Josh Gottheimer has also been skeptical of another Trump impeachment, saying, ‘We saw that movie twice and it didn’t work,’ while urging Democrats to focus on congressional oversight.
Representative Al Green filed an articles of impeachment against President Trump on Monday. He alleges that ICE and CBP have been used in ways that interfere with freedom of speech
Green accused the administration of permitting unlawful searches, seizures and arrests, as well as excessive uses of force by immigration-enforcement officers
Among the most prominent cases cited by Green of deaths by ICE agents include Renée Good and Alex Pretti, both 37-year-old US citizens who were killed during encounters involving federal immigration-enforcement personnel in Minneapolis
Jamie Raskin, meanwhile, has remained open to impeachment but wants a strong factual and legal case built first.
The divide is about strategy. Green pushes for immediate action whenever he believes Trump has crossed a constitutional line, while Democratic leadership favors investigations, evidence-gathering and a coordinated approach.
That could matter enormously if Democrats retake the House. They are preparing to launch broad investigations into Trump and his administration, with impeachment becoming an option if those investigations produce a case for it.
Green, however, is once again moving ahead on his own.
Monday’s articles argue that Trump’s conduct violates his constitutional oath, and accuse his administration of allowing ICE and CBP to trample Americans’ constitutional rights.
Green alleges violations of the First and Fourth Amendments: interference with speech and protest, unlawful searches, seizures and arrests, excessive force, and violations of due process and equal protection. He describes ICE and CBP as ‘quota-driven, unaccountable paramilitary police forces.’
The Texas Democrat’s argument is that Washington’s authority to enforce immigration law does not give it license to ignore constitutional protections. He claims enforcement has involved racially targeted arrests, unjustified detention and unjustified uses of deadly force — not disputed policy, he says, but potential constitutional violations for which the president must be held responsible.
Among the cases he cites are the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, both 37-year-old US citizens killed during encounters with federal immigration-enforcement personnel in Minneapolis, which Green holds up as examples of excessive or unconstitutional force. He also points to the fatal shooting by an ICE agent of illegal migrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
Because Trump controls the executive branch and sets its immigration-enforcement policies, Green argues, the president cannot distance himself from what federal agencies do under his authority. Allowing or directing unconstitutional conduct, in Green’s view, is fundamentally incompatible with the presidential oath and potentially rises to the level of an impeachable offense.
Monday’s filing is far from Green’s first attempt. It is at least his third of Trump’s second term, part of a years-long campaign to remove him from office.
In May 2025, Green introduced H.Res. 415, titled ‘Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.’ It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee and went no further.
Weeks later, on June 24, he was back with H.Res. 537, which contained actual Articles of Impeachment accusing Trump of abusing the powers of his presidency. The House voted to table it the same day.
On December 11, Green introduced H.Res. 939, branding Trump an ‘abuser of Presidential power’ and arguing that leaving him in office would allow him to keep undermining democracy and inciting violence.
Green has said he helped lay the groundwork for Trump’s first impeachment in 2019. Trump was impeached twice by the House during his first presidency, though neither impeachment resulted in his removal by the Senate.
Now Green is back again – putting Democrats in the familiar position of deciding whether to embrace his latest effort or keep their powder dry for a broader, leadership-driven strategy against Trump.
ORLANDO, Fla. – As the week unfolds, Central Florida can expect an uptick in storm activity due to rising moisture levels returning to normal.
TUESDAY
Residents will find the thermometer settled in the low to mid-90s, though it will feel much hotter with heat indices soaring between 100 and 107 degrees.
The chances of storms are set to rise, particularly in areas near and north of Interstate 4, where chances range from 50% to 70%, especially closer to the I-4 corridor.
These storms might pack a punch with frequent lightning strikes, wind gusts reaching 40 to 50 mph, and heavy downpours, which could lead to localized flooding.
MID-LATE WEEK
Higher moisture levels bring 50% to 70% chances of storms every afternoon, initiating near the coast and migrating inland with peak coverage anticipated in the late afternoon and early evening hours.
A typical late-summer pattern settles in, with scattered to numerous afternoon storms continuing. Storm coverage may favor the interior as a light onshore flow develops as highs remain near average in the low 90s.
A Montreal airport worker sustained severe injuries after an unfortunate accident involving a plane during its pushback phase, as reported by various sources.
The victim, whose identity remains undisclosed, reportedly tripped and was hit by an Airbus A350 operated by French Bee, slated for a Paris departure on Monday night, according to Radio Canada.
An eyewitness recounted that the individual ended up beneath the aircraft while it was moving.
A signaller at Montreal airport was injured after being struck by a French Bee plane that was pushing back on Monday. @fl360aero/X
“Many travelers were screaming,” she revealed to Radio Canada.
After the incident, the injured signaller was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries, according to police in Montreal, who have chosen not to disclose additional details at this time.
Emergency service vehicles surrounded the plane in the aftermath of the accident.
The flight, operated by the French low-cost carrier, was supposed to leave Montreal-Trudeau airport at 6 p.m. local time but it did not take off until after midnight Tuesday.
It’s set to land at Paris’ Orly airport just after 1 p.m. French time.
“The precise circumstances of the incident have not yet been established,” a French Bee spokesperson said Monday, confirming the accident happened.
“French Bee is cooperating fully with Canadian authorities and the various parties involved to help establish the facts.
“The airline’s immediate priority is caring for those affected by the incident and supporting its passengers and crew.”
