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Saturday, 30 April 2016

BBC News

• UK halts Super Puma flights after crashAll UK commercial passenger flights of the Airbus EC225LP helicopter - or Super Puma - are suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority following a fatal crash in Norway.
• VIDEO: Qantas warns of weaker demand aheadA top executive at Qantas says the Australian election in July could hit demand for air travel.

The Guardian

• Briton among 13 killed in helicopter crash off NorwayEleven bodies are found after helicopter carrying oil workers from platform in North Sea came down near BergenA Briton and 12 other people have been killed in a helicopter crash off the west coast of Norway near Bergen.Eleven bodies have been found after the Airbus Super Puma aircraft crashed near the island of Tur�y on Friday. Two people remain missing, but are feared dead. Continue reading...

The Herald

• UK Super Puma flights grounded following Norway helicopter tragedyAll UK commercial passenger flights using the Airbus EC225LP helicopter have been grounded by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) following a fatal crash in Norway.

The Scotsman

• Super Puma flights grounded in UK after fatal crash in NorwayALL UK commercial passenger flights using the Airbus EC225LP helicopter have been grounded by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) following a fatal crash in Norway.

Other Regional Press

• Southampton Airport announces exotic new destination SUN and fun seekers will be able to fly direct from Hampshire to the party isle of Ibiza from 2017.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• SpaceX launches Red Dragon​SpaceX, a private spaceflight company, has announced that it is planning to send a large and unmanned probe to Mars. This mission will be the first of its kind and will operate under the name Red Dragon, reports The Manufacturer. Plans are for the probe to reach Mars' orbit by 2018 and from there it will land on the planet's surface to carry out research on its surface. The first privately-funded missions to Mars, Red Dragon is also going to be the largest of all the probes that have been sent to this planet. It will be sent on its way by a modified Dragon 2 capsule, which will launch from Sp...