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Sunday, 15 February 2009

The Herald

• Passengers and crew escape unhurt after airport landing dramaA plane crash-landed at London City Airport last night when one of its wheels failed. The 67 passengers and five crew evacuated safely but two people have been taken to hospital.

The Telegraph

• London City Airport crash: BA Avro RJ jets have experienced problems before This incident is the second time in a week that a British Airways CityFlyer jet has closed the runway at London City Airport.
• Investigators probe two landing accidents at London City Airport within days Investigators are trying to discover why two airliners have been damaged landing at London City Airport in the last 10 days.

Mail Online

• 14 killed in day of carnage on the roads 14 killed in day of carnage on the roads

The Mirror

• Top Stories: Six die in head-on fireball crash in NottinghamTwo police officers braved a ferocious fire to drag a woman from a burning car yesterday in a day of road carnage which left 12 dead.

The York Press

• Petrol prices on the rise again FUEL prices in York continue to creep upwards with a fourth rise since the beginning of the year.

Chester Standard

• Chester's improved rail link to LondonVIRGIN Trains is now running a full upgraded service between Chester and London.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Railway staff suspend strikeA strike by staff at a rail firm which runs services between Essex and London has been suspended after fresh talks were agreed in a row over holiday pay.

West Sussex Gazette

• East Grinstead pedestrian killed in three car pile up namedAN East Grinstead man has been named as the pedestrian who was killed in a crash involving three cars on a rural road near Lingfield on Tuesday evening last week.

International Herald Tribune

• Taking the wheel as Toyota skidsAkio Toyoda will take charge of the car company facing its most serious setback since a crisis in the early 1950s.

Washington Post

• A No-Frills Car, Perfect for This Age of Austerity It was a car appropriate for the times -- spare, base, depressing.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Euro MPs vote in favour of road charges for lorriesMembers of the European Parliament (MEPs) on the transport committee have voted in favour of plans to charge lorries for using roads.A panel of MEPs supported the measures, which will be placed before European ministers, claiming that they will reduce congestion and cut pollution in the European Union (EU).Under the proposals, EU member states would be allowed to levy lorries using their road networks, extending current congestion charging regulations which apply only to motorways crossing borders.The revised Eurovignette directive from the European commission would permit road charging for en...

Railnews

• News: Backlash against £7.5bn Hitachi contract A BACKLASH is growing against the Government’s announcement yesterday that Britain’s biggest-ever order for inter-city trains — £7.5 billion — has been awarded to the Japanese train builder, Hitachi.

Transport for London

• Final section of Capital's orbital railway gets the go-aheadThis press release was originally issued by the Mayor's press office at the Greater London Authority.
• A New Bus for London designs showcased at London Transport MuseumThe 27 prize winning designs in the A New Bus for London competition will be on display in a free exhibition at London Transport Museum from Saturday 14 February 2009.

Aviation Industry

• Air Canada drops $1 billionAir Canada is banking on lower fuel prices to help it survive the economic downturn after a loss of more than $1 billion last year, most of it during the tumultuous final three months of the year.
• Air France plunges into heavy lossesPARIS: Europe's biggest airline, Air France-KLM, said yestserday it had plunged into loss and would have to cut jobs and spending while waiting for clearer economic skies ahead.

Other News Sources

• France given deadline to explain car aidEuropean Commission gives France four days to answer questions about its aid package for its carmakers.
• New Bus for London designs go on showThe 27 prize-winning designs for the New Bus for London competition are going on display at the London Transport Museum tomorrow.
• Anger at progress since rail deaths
• Dhaka, Delhi set to renew water transit pactDhaka and New Delhi are set to renew the inland water transit and trade deal shortly and may add Ashuganj as the ninth port of call for easy transport of Indian goods from Kolkata to Agartala through Bangladesh.

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• European yards face collapse in credit crisisSHIPBUILDERS and marine equipment industries face being wiped out if credit markets do not ease “soon,” warns Brussels.