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13 Climate Activists Gather on Heathrow Runway Prompting Flight Disruptions
2015-07-13 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change activists have chained themselves together on the northern runway at Heathrow, with the airport warning of some delays and cancellations for passengers. Thirteen demonstrators from direct action group Plane Stupid cut through a perimeter fence and entered the northern runway at 3.30am on Monday. Activists wore armlocks and lay on the runway, where police brought heavy machinery to cut them free. Plane Stupid said the protesters one of whom was dressed as a polar bear were campaigning...
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Terminal tensions amid Bali flight chaos as volcanic ash cloud shuts airport
2015-07-13 06:25:14| Airlines - Topix.net
Thousands of passengers remain stranded in Bali as the Mount Raung volcanic ash cloud continues to wreak havoc on flights in and out of Denpasar Airport. Air New Zealand flight NZ245 from Auckland to Bali was forced to turn back on Sunday due to a change in wind conditions.
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Air New Zealand flight turns back due to volcanic ash
2015-07-12 05:12:30| Airlines - Topix.net
An Air New Zealand 767 jet heading for Bali has turned around over Australia, as ash from an Indonesian volcano continues to disrupt flights . The volcano in East Java has been spewing ash into the air for nearly a week, raising concerns it could interfere with aircraft safety.
Another Southwest flight with engine problem aborts takeoff
2015-07-10 15:20:15| Airlines - Topix.net
For the second time this week, a Southwest Airlines plane has aborted a takeoff at Chicago's Midway International Airport because of engine trouble. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory says the crew reported problems with one if its engines as the plane moved down the runway to begin its takeoff Friday morning.
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Flight Attendants Call for Contract Day of Action at United Airlines
2015-07-10 01:41:44| Airlines - Topix.net
The Joint Negotiating Committee of AFA-CWA flight attendants has called for a National Day of Action next Thursday, July 16, to highlight the difficulties that they are facing bargaining a contract with United Airlines. "The bottom line problem is the company's unwillingness to put the required economic resources into a Flight Attendant Contract," AFA-CWA President Sara Nelson said.
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