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Thursday, 20 June 2019

BBC News

• Holidaymaker calls for nuts to be banned on planesA British holidaymaker has accused an airline of discrimination after it forced him off a plane when he told cabin crew he had a nut allergy.
• Boeing crashes: Pilot 'Sully' knows of desperate fight for lifeA pilot whose story became a Hollywood film knows the panic that faced crews on Boeing's doomed aircraft.

The Guardian

• Heathrow plans mean schoolchildren face illegal pollution levelsA primary school is to be demolished and rebuilt in an area where pollution levels regularly breach legal limits in order to build the third runway at Heathrow, the airport’s master plan reveals.

The Independent

• Heathrow expansion: Boris Johnson urged to scrap the third runway by campaignersAs Boris Johnson’s journey to Downing Street looks increasingly certain, campaigners against Heathrow expansion are calling for the frontrunner for prime minister to scrap the planned third runway.

North Wales Live

• Airbus enjoys bumper deal day at Paris Air ShowThere were several announcements involving more than 180 planes on day three of the event

Aviation Industry

• PARIS 2019 BLOG: The significance of the A321XLR’s long legsDay three of the air show was a good one for Airbus and particularly its newly-launched A321XLR, which is demonstrating early on that airlines see how they can stretch their networks, enter new markets and do good business with a longer-legged narrowbody. read more
• Four men charged with MH17 Boeing 777 shootdownFour men, including an alleged former Russian intelligence service colonel, have been charged with bringing the missile into Ukraine that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, killing all those onboard the Boeing 777-200. read more
• Retired airline captain Sully urges simulator training for 737 MAX pilotsRetired pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who gained fame after he landed a US Airways Airbus A320 in the Hudson River off Manhattan in 2009, told US House lawmakers that pilots flying the Boeing 737 MAX should receive additional Level D full flight simulator (FFS) training.