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Passengers at Heathrow, the UK’s busiest airport, face “major disruption” as 800 members of the Unite union prepare to walk out for a week.. Unite is calling out firefighters and staff in ...
The disruption at Heathrow was of a similar scale to last Sunday, when high winds caused a reduction in the number of aircraft that could be handled. More than 100 flights were grounded. More than ...
Ferry company DFDS said it had cancelled seven services between Dover and Calais due to strong winds. Network Rail warned that strong winds could "severely impact the railway, with train delays ...
Disruption is continuing at some of the UK’s busiest airports as thick fog blankets the country. Flights at Stansted airport have been affected by the weather conditions, while live departure ...
More than 20 flights to and from London Heathrow were cancelled on Friday morning due to air-traffic control “flow restrictions” – reducing the rate at which aircraft can land.
22 August – British Airtours Flight 28M operated by Boeing 737-236 G-BGJL suffered an engine fire on take-off from Manchester Airport. Take-off was aborted and an emergency evacuation was initiated. Fire spread to the passenger cabin, killing 53 and seriously injuring 15 of the 131 people on board. 1986
Some incidents are wherever possible passed onto the local authority fire service so that the airport crews can return to give fire cover to the runway. Large airport fire services such as that based at Heathrow Airport have sufficient personnel and vehicles to deal with most emergencies on-site, although the LAFRS are called to most incidents ...
British Airways Flight 268 was a regularly scheduled flight from Los Angeles to London Heathrow. On February 20, 2005, the innermost left engine burst into flames triggered by an engine compressor stall almost immediately after takeoff.