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Prince Philip plane involved in near miss with jumbo jet (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a mid-air near miss - or air miss - involving Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s Andover plane which came within two miles of a British Airways jumbo jet over London. The prince, who was reported...
Croydon Airport heritage (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
A brief history of Croydon Airport and a plea to conserve it as a heritage site. Sir Peter Masefield - the recently retired chairman of London Transport - is leading the efforts to conserve Croydon and...
Brett on air traffic control (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Bill Brett, union leader representing air traffic control workers criticising the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA); on the need for the increased provision of safety measures and new equipment; recent...
Control tower message to hijacked Kuwaiti airliner crew (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Before taking off from Larnaca, Cyprus, for Algiers, the hijackers of the Kuwait Airways Flight 422 allowed twelve hostages to go free. Once the plane was airbourne, the control tower at Larnaca sent...
Control tower message to hijacked Kuwaiti airliner crew (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Special
Linda Duffin reports from Larnaca Airport, Cyprus, as hijacked Kuwait Airways Flight 422 takes off for Algiers. Includes a message sent by the Larnaca control tower to the plane’s crew.
Near-miss for two jets at Gatwick (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Two British holiday jets came close to crashing into each other at Gatwick Airport last night. A British Island Airways BAC 111 apparently landed on the wrong runway, just as the second plane was...
Safety concerns over Gatwick Airport (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Air traffic controllers say the threat of a major runway disaster will hang over Gatwick Airport until there is a major change in the way planes queue for take-off. After the latest near miss between two...
Air traffic controller warns of disaster risk (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
An air traffic controller from Surrey who has just left his job after fifteen years says a major disaster in Britain’s skies is inevitable unless the Civil Aviation Authority acknowledges that current...
Air traffic control across Europe (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Mark Percy reports from Holland for the AM programme on a prototype for an integrated air traffic control system following severe delays at airports partly caused by 40 different control systems across...
Air traffic congestion (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
The head of Britain’s air traffic control operations, Keith Mack, says delays for holidaymakers are a case of the skies getting too crowded and needing to ensure safety. Also on strikes by foreign air...