Monthly Archives: October 2011

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Southend Airport runway protesters arrested

15 members of the protest groups, Plane Stupid and Climate Rush, were arrested at Southend Airport (SEN) after they breached the perimeter and entered the manoeuvring area. In a press release, the groups had said they were planning to put solar panels on the runway… More

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Woman Executive faces jail for groping a male Flight Steward

On Thursday (27/10), Uxbridge Crown Court heard how a female executive grabbed a Virgin Atlantic steward’s crotch and demanded sex after drinking a pint of whisky on a flight between Johannesburg (JNB) and London Heathrow (LHR) in August. Katherine Goldberg pleaded guilty to sexual assault… More

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Drunk passenger forces pilot to abort landing

On Thursday (27/10), a court in Manchester heard how a drunk female passenger forced the PIC of an Easyjet flight to abort a landing at Manchester Airport (MAN) as she fought cabin crew and other pax. Her defence solicitor claimed that Lynn Grimes had a… More