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Gatwick rolls out robotic car parking for passengers flying away for at least five days
Gatwick Airport has begun rolling out a robotic valet parking service for passengers flying away for five days or more, deploying automated vehicles to lift and store cars without human drivers. The launch comes at a sensitive moment for the airport, arriving just days after an air traffic control failure caused widespread flight disruption and…
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Fears for Brit tourist who missed flight home from Benidorm after disappearing on night out as desperate family launches appeal for help
A British tourist, Paul Cartwright, 39, from Greater Manchester, is feared missing in Benidorm after failing to board his flight home on Monday, prompting his wife and mother to launch a public appeal for help finding him. He was last seen by friends in the early hours of Sunday near Chaplin’s Bar, and his family…
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Serious coach crash in Swiss Alps as Burnham faces backlash over IndyRef2 remarks
Deaths reported after a tourist coach overturned in Graubünden, Switzerland, while Andy Burnham is criticised for suggesting majority support could trigger a second Scottish independence vote; also: a French father jailed over a teacher beheading threat, Meta trials Community Notes in Latin America, Clearlake nears …
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Laser attacks may lead to ‘catastrophe’, pilot says
The chief pilot of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance has warned that laser attacks on emergency helicopters could lead to catastrophe, as the charity and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) call for the practice to stop during Air Ambulance Week. Owen McTeggart said such attacks, which can distract pilots and cause eye damage, have on…
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How 9/11 ‘shattered the guise of safety’ for tennis’ travelling circus
The US Open is marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Friday, with Arthur Ashe Stadium lit blue overnight and American flags flown at half-mast in memory of the 2,977 people killed. Former world number four James Blake, who was born in New York and was competing at that year’s tournament, has told…
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Chaos at Sydney Airport as air traffic controller shortage sparks flight cancellations and major delays
A shortage of air traffic controllers forced Airservices Australia to impose flow management restrictions at Sydney Airport on Friday morning, triggering flight cancellations and lengthy delays. The disruption highlights mounting concerns over staffing levels within Australia’s air traffic control system, coming just months after a series of near-miss incidents on the airport’s runways prompted a…
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British 9/11 survivor still grieving loss of sixty-one colleagues
William Rodriguez, a janitor working two storeys underground in the North Tower, has recounted his experience of the 9/11 attacks and how he came to be described as the last person to escape before the tower collapsed. His story sits alongside that of British survivor Janice Brooks, who has spoken of losing 61 colleagues from…
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Every Aussie employer on notice over public holiday work rule following landmark BHP case: What you need to know
Australian employers are being warned to review their public holiday rostering practices after a class action seeking substantial compensation was launched against mining giant BHP. The case follows a landmark 2023 Federal Court ruling that requires employers to genuinely ask workers whether they are willing to work on public holidays, regardless of what individual contracts…
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On 9/11, as America was under attack, the order came: Get every goddamn plane out of the sky. Thirty-eight landed at an obscure airport in Newfoundland. What followed was humanity at its best…
A quarter-century after the 9/11 attacks, this feature revisits Operation Yellow Ribbon, the response that saw 38 passenger jets diverted to the small airport at Gander, Newfoundland, when the United States abruptly closed its airspace on 11 September 2001. Fearing further hijackings, President George W Bush ordered all civilian aircraft over the US to land…