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Saturday, 03 December 2016

BBC News

• App helps drone pilots avoid no-fly zonesA new app lets drone pilots know if they are flying their craft in or near restricted airspace.
• Icelandair to begin operating from Belfast City AirportAn airline new to Northern Ireland is to launch flights to Icelandic capital Reykjavik next June
• Airline pilot suffers heart attack at Glasgow AirportThe pilot of an airliner with 128 people on board suffers a heart attack as he taxies the plane to the runway at Glasgow Airport.

Financial Times

• Bolivia vows tough action over fatal air crashFlight that killed most of a Brazilian football team might have run out of fuel

The Guardian

• Pilot suffers heart attack at Glasgow airport as he prepares to take off with 128 aboardKLM captain on Amsterdam route was resuscitated by crew and a passenger after becoming unwell while heading for runwayThe pilot of a plane carrying 128 people suffered a heart attack as he taxied to the runway at Glasgow airport.The captain of the KLM aircraft became unwell as he was about to leave for Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He was resuscitated by the crew with the help of a passenger. Continue reading...
• Little sympathy for Colombia plane crash pilot: 'What he did was mass murder'Miguel Quiroga’s father-in-law asked for forgiveness, as flight plan revealed inadequate fuel reserve for journey that killed most of a Brazilian football teamThe father-in-law of the pilot who was operating the charter flight which crashed in the Andes killing 71 people, has asked for forgiveness, amid growing evidence that the aeroplane embarked with barely enough fuel to complete the journey. Related: Chapecoense plane crash: fans' anger after confirmation plane ran out of fuel Continue reading...

The Herald

• Pilot suffered heart attack as he taxied to runway at Glasgow AirportA pilot suffered a heart attack as he taxied to the runway at Glasgow Airport.

Mail Online

• Colombia plane crash: Chapecoense player Moises Santos claims players were 'ASSASSINATED' Clearly still in a state of shock, Moises Santos, who did not travel on the doomed jet because of injury, claimed pilot�Miguel Quiroga 'was the only guilty one' in the Colombian tragedy.

Wales Online

• Flights in and out of Cardiff Airport delayed and cancelled due to the weatherConditions are affecting flights between Cardiff and Dublin, Edinburgh, Paris, Milan and London

Aviation Industry

• Industry calls for airspace change to allow massive traffic growthThe aviation industry has today launched a campaign calling for Government to commit to airspace modernisation to facilitate a huge increase in the number of flights in UK airspace. The coalition of airports, airlines and air navigation providers, led by …