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BA flight hit by technical problem at Newcastle Airport

PASSENGERS were hauled off a flight minutes before it was due to depart after engineers discovered a “technical problem” yesterday.Read

Hi-tech scanners trialled at Newcastle Airport

AIRLINE passengers could soon be able to take bottles of liquids on planes again thanks to hi-tech security scanners being trialled at a North airport.Read

Chess in the air

AS we bag our duty-free and enjoy our in-flight drinks, few of us give a thought to the team guiding our flights in and out of the region. ROB PATTINSON met Newcastle Airport’s air-traffic controllers . . .Read

Planes come within a whisker of disaster

A SEPARATE UK Airprox Board report concluded that normal safety standards were compromised when a Tucano training plane and a harrier came within a whisker of each other mid-air, in Cumbria, on May 8. The two aircraft passed each other by just 15m (50ft) above the Hawes/Leyburn valley.Read