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Fake bombs test security at Kennedy airport (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Woodley reports on two French reporters placing fake bombs in luggage at Kennedy airport to test security, the bombs were found and the reporters arrested. Includes interview with an unimpressed airport...

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Bournemouth Airport Special; Hurn Airport (1988)

A special report about Bournemouth International Airport: lost or untargeted? There is at the moment a controversy about the way that the airport has been managed. The programme includes a short history...

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Airport security to be improved following Lockerbie (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

Oni Bhattacharya reports on the new airport security measures announced by Transport Secretary Paul Channon following the Lockerbie bombings. Includes announcement by Paul Channon; comments by Chris...

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Near-miss for two jets at Gatwick (1988)

Genre

Speech

Two British holiday jets came close to crashing into each other at Gatwick Airport last night. A British Island Airways BAC 111 apparently landed on the wrong runway, just as the second plane was...

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Faro Airport DC10 plane crash (1992)

Genre

News report; Interview

A Dutch DC10 plane has crashed at Faro Airport in Portugal exploding in flames during appalling weather conditions, with the death toll currently at 54 and many others burned. The report includes eyewitness...

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Jet crashes at air show (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Alan Turner reports on a vintage jet fighter plane crash at an air show at Coventry Airport yesterday. Flight Lieutenant Peter Stacey who died in the crash may have fought with the controls of the Meteor...

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Million pound hold-up at Heathrow airport (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

Simon Hobbs reports from Heathrow Airport following the robbery of £1million from a private security firm at Terminal One. Includes interview with Detective Inspector Norman Walker; Andrew Mackay, British...

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Safety concerns over Gatwick Airport (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Air traffic controllers say the threat of a major runway disaster will hang over Gatwick Airport until there is a major change in the way planes queue for take-off. After the latest near miss between two...

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Heathrow airport thief sentenced (1994)

Genre

Interview

Angela Rippon interviews Detective Inspector Norman Walker of Heathrow Police from a radio car for her Drivetime show about Phil Wells, who has been jailed for six years at Isleworth Court today for stealing...

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Eddie The Eagle arrives home (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

Davina Payne reports on the reception for ski jumper Eddie the Eagle Edwards (born Michael Edwards) returning from the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada after breaking the British record. Including...

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