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Sunday, 02 August 2015

BBC News

• VIDEO: 'We saw massive ball of black smoke'An eyewitness has described the moment a plane
• BA to cut hand baggage allowanceBritish Airways announces it is to cut the hand baggage allowance for customers on its flights.
• Festival to resume after plane crashThe CarFest motoring event is to resume, despite the death of a pilot whose aircraft plummeted from the sky during an aerial display.

The Guardian

• MH370: flaperon arrives in France as search for truth switches to defence labThe debris washed up on Réunion will be driven from Paris to the defence laboratory in Toulouse for confirmation that it belonged to the Boeing 777 missing since March 2014Investigators in Toulouse are hoping to unlock the mystery of the disappeared Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as the piece of plane wreckage found washed up on a beach on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion arrived in France for official identification.The two-metre, barnacle-encrusted chunk of metal debris which emerged from the sea this week has raised hopes of discovering what happened to the Kuala Lumpur-Beijing...
• Pilot killed in plane crash at Chris Evans' car festivalMember of Gnat display team dies after plane comes down a mile north of site in CheshireA pilot has been killed when an aircraft taking part in an aerial show plummeted to the ground in front of horrified spectators. The accident happened shortly after 2pm at the CarFest event in Oulton Park, Cheshire, created by TV and radio presenter Chris Evans to support BBC Children in Need. The pilot was named as Kevin Whyman. Evans told reporters: “There was a tragic accident, the result of which was that one of the pilots involved in a synchro display lost his life. Our condolences go out to his family...
• Bin Laden plane crash: jet went down in near perfect conditionsQuestions raised over why state-of-the-art jet carrying three relatives of Osama Bin Laden came down at end of long runway at Blackbushe airportQuestions have been raised over the cause of Friday’s plane crash in which three members of the Bin Laden family were killed, given the aircraft had used the runway, which is fitted with hi-tech safety features, regularly in recent months.The Saudi-registered Embraer Phenom 300 jet, which had departed from Milan’s Malpensa airport, was attempting to land at Blackbushe airport on the Hampshire/Surrey border when it crashed on to dozens of vehicles parke...

The Herald

• Questions over how bin Laden family plane crashed in QUESTIONS have been raised as to how a state-of-the-art aircraft carrying relatives of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden crashed landed in

The Independent

• Bin Laden family plane crash could be due to pilot error Pilot error or brake failure are likely to have caused a private jet carrying three members of the Bin Laden family to crash land at an airport in Hampshire, killing everyone on board, aviation experts have said.
• CarFest plane crash: Pilot dies during display during Chris Evans' event at Oulton Park race track A pilot has died after a plane that was part of a display team crashed during a motoring event in Cheshire.

The Observer

• Don’t try to wing it with an airmiles flight – plan ahead for the best dealIf you can’t book the trip you want, don’t angry with your airline loyalty scheme. You just need to get smart

The Telegraph

• British Airways crack down on hand luggageThe airline claims that cabin bags were getting so big that flights were regularly delayed
• Long-haul air passengers at risk from cosmic rays, government fearsPublic Health England is currently looking into whether solar storms could produce dangerous radiation and is due to report findings in the autumn

City AM

• Bin Laden relatives among dead in Blackbushe Airport crashRelatives of Osama Bin Laden were on board a private jet which crashed near Blackbushe Airport yesterday, the Saudi Arabian embassy in the UK has said.Read more: After Osama Bin Laden’s death, is the world now a significantly safer place?The plane crashed into a car auction site near the private airport in Yateley, Hampshire yesterday afternoon and exploded upon impact.Osama Bin Laden's sister and stepmother were believed to among four people who died.A Saudi embassy statement said:His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud...has paid his condolences to the family and relat...

Mail Online

• Bin Laden family's final moments in £7m plane that crashed at Blackbushe Airport The Bin Laden private jet which crashed into the carpark of a Hampshire car auction was pushed into a steep dive after climbing rapidly less than a minute before the disaster.
• Chris Evans holds back tears after Plane crashes at CarFest North in Cheshire Dramatic footage shot at CarFest North 2015, in Oulton Park, Cheshire, shows the red Gnat stunt plane suddenly falling from the sky and crashing into trees, killing the pilot.

The Mirror

• British Airways to REDUCE size of bags allowed on its flightsThe airline is reducing the size of second bags allowed on its plane in a bid to cut delays

Birmingham Mail

• Osama Bin Laden's family killed in private jet crash in Hampshire Relatives of al Qaida founder among four people who died when private jet crash-landed at car auction site in Blackbushe

Daily Post (North Wales)

• CarFest air crash victim named as Kevin WhymanThe pilot was killed when his aircraft plummeted from the sky during an aerial display at the event in Oulton Park in Cheshire

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Plane crash at Carfest North at Oulton Park, CheshireThere are reports that a plane has crashed at the Carfest North at Oulton Park in Cheshire. It is understood that the aircraft was taking part in an aerial show when the incident occurred. It is not known at this time if anyone has been hurt. Jamie Goacher, from Swadlincote, was watching the display when the incident occurred. The 35-year-old architect said:

London Evening Standard

• Terrifying moment passenger jet forced to make emergency landing is caught on camera by British tourist A British tourist filmed the terrifying moment a passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing after smoke was detected on board.

Blackpool Gazette

• Remote drone causes security scare at BAEA remotely-controlled drone caused a security scare by flying over a BAE Systems site.

C.N.N.

• Airliners come within 100 feet of drone over New York

Other News Sources

• British Airways will 'not support expansion at Heathrow Airport'CEO of the airline's parent company International Airlines Group Willie Walsh says the costs associated with expansion are "outrageous"