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Wednesday, 31 October 2018

BBC News

• Police ground drones after reports they fall out of the skySome incidents in which DJI drones

ITV News

• Bid to identify plane crash victims as search continues off IndonesiaRescuers are continuing their search of the sea following the Indonesia plane crash that killed 189 people.

Times Online

• Safety alert over drones that drop out of sky after power failures [Subscription]A safety warning has been issued by the aviation watchdog after drones suddenly plummeted out of the sky because of a power failure.
• Irish firm lands €320m contract to build new Dublin runway [Subscription]Dublin airport has awarded the main contract for the construction of its new €320 million runway to a joint Irish-Spanish venture.
• Lufthansa pays price for Air Berlin deal [Subscription]Profits at Lufthansa have dived, dragged down by the cost of soaring fuel prices, compensating passengers for cancelled and delayed flights and its acquisition of part of the failed Air Berlin.
• Passengers tell of panic on Lion Air flight before crash [Subscription]Passengers aboard the Lion Air Boeing jet the day before it crashed in the sea off Jakarta have described panic during a “roller coaster” journey from Bali.

Reuters News

• UK airlines hit out at higher levy on long-haul flightsBritain's aviation industry hit out at the government on Monday over its decision to increase a tax on long-haul flights, saying it made a mockery of the government's ambition for a 'Global Britain' after it leaves the European Union.

C.N.N.

• Lion Air crash: Investigators detect 'pings' which could lead to flight recordersIndonesian investigators searching for the flight data recorder of crashed Lion Air flight 610 have heard a transponder