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Saturday, 28 May 2016

BBC News

• UK citizen jailed in US for airport plotA British citizen who US prosecutors say plotted to carry out a suicide bomb attack at Heathrow Airport is jailed for 40 years in the US.
• Plane in near miss with drone above cityA plane on approach to Glasgow Airport two months ago almost collided with a drone, a report by the UK Airprox Board says.

The Guardian

• Man accused in bomb plot at Heathrow gets 40 years for al-Qaida supportMinh Quang Pham was sentenced after pleading guilty in January to charges he provided material support to the terrorist group’s Arabian Peninsula affiliateA Vietnamese-born man who US authorities say was instructed by a top figure with al-Qaida’s Yemen affiliate to carry out a suicide attack at London’s Heathrow airport was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Minh Quang Pham, 33, was sentenced by US district judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan after pleading guilty in January to charges he provided material support to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The group has been designated as a terrorist or...

The Scotsman

• EgyptAir crash beacon detected as ship joins black box huntA French vessel that joined the search for the EgyptAir plane which crashed last week killing all 66 people on board has arrived in the crash area, as Egyptian officials said search teams in the Mediterranean have picked up a beacon believed to be from the doomed aircraft.

Times Online

• Flybe boss: ‘Slap congestion charge on mega-airports’ (Subscription)Heathrow and Gatwick should be hit with a central London-style congestion charge to boost regional airports, according to the boss of Britain’s biggest domestic carrier.

Daily Record

• Passenger jet comes within 100ft of hitting drone as it flies into Glasgow Airport THE pilot of the Boeing 737 had no time to take evasive action and the UK Aviation Board said there had been a definite risk of collision.

Mail Online

• Pilot killed after vintage WWII fighter plane crashes into Hudson River William Gordon, 56, was trying to crash land the P-47 Thunderbolt plane after experiencing mechanical issues when he crashed. His body was recovered from the plane three hours after it went down.

The Mirror

• Drone in near miss with Boeing 757 jet as it took off from UK airport The plane was in 'critical phase of flight' when its pilot spotted the object passing within 100ft of the plane as it left Manchester

London Evening Standard

• Ex-McDonald's worker from London jailed for 40 years in US for 'Heathrow bomb plot'A former McDonald's worker from south London was today jailed for 40 years in the US over an alleged plot to detonate a suitcase bomb at Heathrow.

Aviation Industry

• Airline passengers facing ‘summer of discontent’French strikes set to disrupt “thousands” of flights over the next week

Other News Sources

• More than a quarter of disclosed airport arrests for drunkenness took place at Gatwick MORE than a quarter of passengers arrested on suspicion of being drunk on a plane or at a British airport, in figures released yesterday, were apprehended at Gatwick.