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Packed Passenger Plane Has Near Miss At Birmingham Airport
Written by Yvonne Dawson January 19th 2011

A Flybe passenger plane came within inches of disaster as it waited to take off at Birmingham Airport. Air safety sources confirmed that the Flybe aircraft was at a standstill when a privately operated TBM 700 light aircraft from Belgium landed ‘dangerously’ close to it. An urgent investigation

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Manchester Is Hotter Than Miami
Written by Yvonne Dawson January 17th 2011

When people think of Manchester the first thing that usually springs to mind is football, then perhaps the music scene, and quite often grey skies and rain. So it comes as somewhat of a surprise that it appears in the top twenty of the New York Times’ top twenty list of ‘must see’ destinations

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Ryanair Accused Of Breaking Spanish Law
Written by Yvonne Dawson January 17th 2011

Ryanair’s decision to start charging for printing boarding passes at the airport has been ruled illegal by a Spanish court. Judge Barbara Maria Cordoba Ardao ruled that Ryanair were breaking international laws by charging the levy at a sitting at Commercial Court Number One in Barcelona, and state

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Sympathetic Pilot Refuses To Take Off Without Grieving Passenger…
Written by Yvonne Dawson January 13th 2011

A sympathetic pilot told a grieving passenger: “They can’t go anywhere without me and I wasn’t going anywhere without you” as he held back a flight so the man could say goodbye to his dying grandson. The Southwest Airlines pilot had been made aware of the gentleman’s circumstances and refu

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Pirates Were NOT On The Menu…
Written by Yvonne Dawson January 13th 2011

Guests aboard a Saga cruise in the Indian Ocean were forced to take cover as menacing Somali Pirates drew alongside their ship. The incident took place recently as the Spirit of Adventure sailed from Madagascar to Zanzibar and terrified passengers were ordered to take shelter below deck in the middl

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EasyJet Threaten To Have Passengers Arrested
Written by Yvonne Dawson January 12th 2011

Leading low cost airline EasyJet has been forced to apologise to customers after they were told to get off a flight or face arrest. The incident occurred on a Birmingham to Geneva flight which had accidently been over filled with10 tonnes too much fuel and was therefore too heavy to take off. The pi

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Continental Airlines Found Guilty Over Concorde Crash
Written by Yvonne Dawson December 7th 2010

A court in Paris has found Continental Airlines guilty of involuntary manslaughter for its part in the Air France Concorde crash in July 2000, according to recent reports. The controversial verdict made at Pontoise Correctional Court, just a few miles away from the site of the horrific crash, declar

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Rolls Royce Face A Legal Battle As Qantas Threaten To Sue
Written by Yvonne Dawson December 6th 2010

After grounding the entire fleet of the Airbus A380s, Qantas is now threatening to sue Rolls Royce over the fault in the engines after safety investigators identified a potentially “catastrophic” problem with the turbine. The Australian airline grounded the six aircrafts following an incident on

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We Think This Is Cold…
Written by Yvonne Dawson December 6th 2010

Most of us in the UK have woken up to snow at some point over the last week or so, with temperatures dropping well below freezing. Roads have been blocked, trains cancelled and airports shut, whilst many schools throughout the UK have been closed. But spare a thought for the pupils attending school

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Drunk Passenger Brings His Cruise To An Abrupt Halt
Written by Lewis Lane December 1st 2010

A cruise ship passenger, who was enjoying his Caribbean adventure so much he tried to delay the vessel’s arrival back port, will no doubt be regretting his actions now. Ryan Ehlert’s attempt to delay the vessel went completely overboard as in a drunken stupor, he released the anchor of Holland A

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