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Heathrow Airport stories: 32 news summaries

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UK Cops Pull Suspected Drunk Pilot Off United Jet

London-Chicago flight canceled; Erwin Washington in custody

Nov 10, 09 6:33 PM CST
(AP) - British police pulled a United Airlines pilot off a Chicago-bound plane today at Heathrow airport and charged him with being over the alcohol limit while on the job. Police and airline officials say Erwin Vermont Washington, 51, was pulled from United Airlines Flight 949 after a co-worker suspected him of... More »

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United Airlines • Scotland Yard • pilot • Heathrow Airport • drunk • flying • Erwin Vermont Washington

UK Breaks Up London Airport Monopoly

Gov't watchdog forces Heathrow owner to sell 2 other facilities

Mar 19, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's competition authority has ordered the country's largest airport operator to sell two London airports, reports the Guardian, in the biggest shakeup of air travel in decades. BAA will retain Heathrow but must sell Gatwick and Stansted airports, along with a Scottish facility. The watchdog said that only a radical... More »

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United Kingdom • airport • monopoly • Heathrow Airport • Gatwick

 Green Protester 
 Slimes UK Minister 

Mandelson pelted with custard as he arrives at environment meeting

Mar 6, 09 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An environmental protester threw a cup of green slimy liquid onto one of Britain's most powerful ministers this morning, reports the Times of London. Peter Mandelson, the business secretary, was arriving at a meeting when he was doused with a mix of custard and green food dye. The demonstrator was... More »

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United Kingdom • protests • Britain • Heathrow Airport • environmentalists • Peter Mandelson

 S. African Crew Held 
 in $360K Coke Haul 

11 pounds of the drug discovered in suitcase

Feb 17, 09 8:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A South African Airways crew was arrested at Heathrow Airport yesterday after officials found almost $360,000 worth of cocaine on their plane, the BBC reports. Officers seized some 11 pounds of the drug from a suitcase stowed aboard the flight from Johannesburg. The 15 crew members, now in custody,... More »

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drugs • cocaine • South Africa • arrest • Britain • Heathrow Airport

Record Blizzard
Cripples
Britain

Chaos on highways, at airports amid
White Nightmare

Feb 2, 09 1:59 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the heaviest snowstorms in 20 years has covered much of England with a thick blanket of white, wreaking havoc with transportation. London is at a virtual standstill with all city buses withdrawn from service because of driving conditions, schools shut down and several flights canceled at  Heathrow and... More »

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United Kingdom • Scotland Yard • snow • Heathrow Airport • Gatwick • London City Airport • Highways Agency • Transport for London

Emma Thompson, Others
Try to Foil Heathrow Plans

Group opposed to plan aims to drag project into legal quicksand

Jan 13, 09 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A high-profile coalition led by Greenpeace has purchased a soccer field-sized piece of land intended to become part of a new runway for London’s Heathrow airport, the Times reports. The group intends to parcel out the land to thousands of individual owners, dragging out any attempt to buy it... More »

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environment • Greenpeace • air travel • Britain • Heathrow Airport • Emma Thompson • carbon emissions • noise pollution • legal action

 Green Protesters 
 Vow to Target 
 Heathrow 

'Plane Stupid' group protests climate change and airport expansions

Dec 9, 08 4:37 AM CST
(Newser) - A British anti-pollution group emboldened by protests that shut down an airport outside London yesterday has vowed to do the same at Heathrow, reports the Guardian. The group, Plane Stupid, campaigns against climate change, air travel and airport expansion plans. "We intend to continue to directly challenge airport expansion,... More »

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climate change • London • global warming • England • protests • airport • Heathrow Airport

 Winona Ryder Falls Ill on Flight  

Actress briefly hospitalized in London after undisclosed ailment

Nov 19, 08 5:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Winona Ryder became ill during a flight from Los Angeles to London today and had to be briefly hospitalized after touching down, Access Hollywood reports. The 37-year-old actress is feeling fine now, says a rep, who did not shed light on what caused the scare. It was serious enough, however,... More »

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celebrity • Heathrow Airport • Winona Ryder

US Fighter Jets Ordered to Shoot Down UFO

Aircraft carrier-sized ship darted off; pilot ordered to keep silent

Oct 20, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - US fighter jets were ordered to shoot down a UFO over England during the Cold War, newly released files reveal. What appeared to be a massive "aircraft carrier" in the sky hovered before darting off undamaged, said one of the military pilots, who was later threatened by a well-dressed... More »

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London • UFO • jet • Alitalia • Heathrow Airport • Close Encounters • Defense Ministry

 3 Guilty in '06 UK Bomb Plot 

But jury doesn't convict any of 8 in trying to blow up transatlantic airliners

Sep 8, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three men were convicted today of conspiracy to commit murder with homemade bombs, the BBC reports, but neither they nor five others were found guilty of plotting to blow up transatlantic flights in 2006. Their arrests, hailed as a major blow against terrorism, occasioned new airport regulations on liquids—soda... More »

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terrorism • counterterrorism • flights • Heathrow Airport • al-Qaeda • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • airplanes • Tanvir Hussain

 UK Protester
 Glues Self to Brown 

Green activist gets stuck on PM during award ceremony

Jul 23, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An environmentalist tried to superglue himself to Gordon Brown last night inside 10 Downing St. Dan Glass was receiving an award from the British PM when he put his adhesive-slathered hand on the prime minister's forearm. The demonstrator stayed stuck to the PM for less than a minute, writes the... More »

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Gordon Brown • publicity stunt • glue • Heathrow Airport • environmentalists

 Supermodel 
 Campbell 
 Owns Up to 
 Air Rage 

Famous face may draw 6 months for kicking, spitting

Jun 20, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(AP) - Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty today to kicking and spitting at two police officers during an April "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. The short-tempered supermodel went ballistic when a bag was misplaced during the epic delays surrounding the opening of a new terminal. She faces 6 months in prison... More »

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London • crime • celebrity • guilty plea • assault • Heathrow Airport • Naomi Campbell • airport terminal • Terminal 5

Gold Stash May Solve $51M British Heist

Detectives aim to link secret bullion with long, bloody case

Jun 8, 08 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a long, bloody trail, British investigators may be close to cracking the case of six robbers who lifted $51 million in gold from a London warehouse 25 years ago. Last week, while tracking proceeds from organized crime, Scotland Yard detectives uncovered six suitcases packed with $15 million worth of... More »

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London • organized crime • robbery • gold • Heathrow Airport

 Naomi Charged in Cop Assault 

April Heathrow tussle lands supermodel in anger-management trouble again

May 29, 08 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Surly supermodel Naomi Campbell was officially charged today with assaulting a police officer, reports the Daily Mail, dating back to an April incident at Heathrow Airport in which she was hauled screaming and spitting from a British Airways jet after a dispute over baggage. The cantankerous catwalker—also slapped... More »

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London • celebrity trials • assault • Heathrow Airport • Naomi Campbell • supermodel

Heathrow Boss Flies the Coop

Under fire from legislators, airlines for disastrous Terminal 5 opening, Bullock quits

May 13, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Bullock, managing director of London's Heathrow airport, has stepped down in the wake of the disastrous opening of the airport's new terminal. Hundreds of flights were canceled after the March 27 debut of Terminal 5, due to a malfunctioning baggage-handling system, the Guardian reports. London Underground chief Mark Brown... More »

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British Airways • Heathrow Airport • Terminal 5 • Mark Bullock

 British Airways Bans Campbell 

Supermodel grounded after spitting and harassing airline staff and police

Apr 8, 08 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A better punishment might have been a lifetime sentence to coach: Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who was hauled off a British Airways flight last week and arrested for spitting on a Heathrow Airport officer in a row over an overweight suitcase, has been permanently grounded by her favorite airline, the Mirror... More »

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London • British Airways • arrest • ban • assault • Heathrow Airport • Naomi Campbell • supermodel





 8 'Plotted to Blow Up' 7 Airliners  

Trial of terror cell opens in London

Apr 4, 08 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Islamic terrorist cell plotted a suicide mission to blow up seven transatlantic airliners in midflight, killing more than 1,500 passengers, a prosecutor charged yesterday as a trial began for eight men in London. The explosives were to be hidden in soft drink bottles and set off by detonators... More »

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terror plots • bomb • airplane • Heathrow Airport • terror trial • soft drink bottles • Woolwich Crown Court • Peter Wright QC • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • Mohammed Gulzar

 Spitting-Mad Campbell Busted 

Disruptive diva attacks airport police after being kicked off London-LA flight

Apr 3, 08 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested today at London's Heathrow Airport for allegedly spitting at a police officer, the Sun reports. The "ranting and screaming" Briton was deemed unfit to fly and removed by police after she threw a fit when airline employees couldn't find a carry-on bag Campbell, 37,... More »

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celebrity • arrest • assault • Heathrow Airport • Naomi Campbell • supermodel

Heathrow Fiasco a 'National Embarrassment'

British Airways reeling as terminal chaos continues

Apr 1, 08 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The chaos is continuing at Heathrow's brand-new Terminal 5, with one British politician slamming the fiasco as a "national embarrassment," the Daily Telegraph reports. More than 50 flights were canceled yesterday and British Airways admitted that the mountain of stranded baggage contained as many as 28,000 bags,... More »

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United Kingdom • British Airways • airline • aviation • airport • airline delays • Heathrow Airport • Terminal 5 • lost baggage

 Chaos Continues at Heathrow 

Hundreds of volunteer staffers work to sort out baggage crisis

Mar 31, 08 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of volunteer British Airways staffers spent their day off yesterday helping to return some of the 15,000 pieces of luggage lost when the state-of-the-art baggage system failed at the airline's new terminal at London's Heathrow airport last week. Scores of tech specialists have also been deployed to fix... More »

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luggage • British Airways • Alitalia • Heathrow Airport • flight cancellation • T5 • IT • baggage handling • soft launch • Air France • stranded passengers • Open Skies Agreement • chaos • Terminal 5

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