London Southend Airport partially reopens after plane crash that killed four

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Southend Airport reopened 'for a small number of flights'Normal operations will resume from ThursdayLONDON: London Southend Airport said on Wednesday that it had partially reopened after flights to and from the airport were suspended following a plane crash that killed four foreign nationals.A US-built Beechcraft B200 Super King Air plane had been bound for the Netherlands on Sunday when it crashed shortly after takeoff.Southend Airport, which is located about 35 miles east of the capital and used by easyJet to fly to European holiday destinations, reopened 'for a small number of flights.''Four easyJet flights will land at London Southend Airport this evening Eastern Airways will also operate an empty positioning flight,' the airport said in a statement on X.Normal operations will resume from Thursday.Police said in a separate update on Wednesday that searches by the Air Accident Investigation Branch were now complete and the aircraft was being 'carefully dismantled to move into the next phase of the investigation.'

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Poland is investigating air traffic control system outage, ministry says

Arab News

2 days ago

Arab News

Poland is investigating air traffic control system outage, ministry says

WARSAW: Polish services were investigating an air traffic management system outage, the Interior Ministry spokesman said on Saturday. 'Officers of the Internal Security Agency are collecting information on this matter, analizing it, and verifying it for potential sabotage,' he added. Warsaw's main airport had earlier reported disruptions to aircraft takeoffs, according to state news agency PAP, but later said planes were departing. 'Takeoff and landing operations at Chopin Airport have been fully restored and are now proceeding without disruptions,' Chopin Airport in Warsaw wrote on X.

Al Arabiya

2 days ago

Al Arabiya

Breaking: Poland is investigating air traffic control system outage, ministry says

Polish services were investigating an air traffic management system outage, the Interior Ministry spokesman said on Saturday. 'Officers of the Internal Security Agency are collecting information on this matter, analyzing it, and verifying it for potential sabotage,' he added. Warsaw's main airport had earlier reported disruptions to aircraft takeoffs, according to state news agency PAP, but later said planes were departing. 'Takeoff and landing operations at Chopin Airport have been fully restored and are now proceeding without disruptions,' Chopin Airport in Warsaw wrote on X.

Trump will visit Scotland, where his family has golf courses, and will talk trade with Starmer

Al Arabiya

4 days ago

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Trump will visit Scotland, where his family has golf courses, and will talk trade with Starmer

President Donald Trump will head to Scotland next week, visiting areas where his family owns two golf courses and is opening a third. He will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss trade ahead of an official state visit to Britain in September. Trump's trip from July 25-29 will see him visit Turnberry, home to a historic golf course and hotel he bought in 2014, and Aberdeen, where one Trump golf course has operated since 2012 and a new one is set to open in August, the White House said Thursday. During the trip, Trump plans to meet with Starmer to refine a previously announced trade deal, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. Trump himself had previously said he'd be discussing trade with Starmer and said those talks would take place at 'probably one of my properties in Aberdeen,' but the White House hadn't previously announced the trip. The White House hasn't commented on whether the Republican president plans to golf while in Scotland, though he played his Turnberry course during his first term in 2018 ahead of traveling to Helsinki, Finland, for a high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The president's sons Eric and Donald Jr. are now running the family business, The Trump Organization, while their father is in the White House. During her briefing with reporters, Leavitt also said Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel to the United Kingdom from Sept. 17-19 and meet with King Charles. That trip had already been confirmed by Buckingham Palace and will mark Trump's second state visit to the United Kingdom after he first had one in 2019. No US president had previously been invited for a second state visit. 'He is honored and looking forward to meeting with his majesty the king at Windsor Castle,' Leavitt said. Trump's first golf course near Aberdeen International Golf Links Scotland is set to host an event on the European tour, the Scottish Championship, from Aug. 7-10. It will be the first time the course has staged a European tour event, though it held a tournament on the seniors tour in 2023 and 2024 and will do so again this year the week before the Scottish Championship. Located on the Ayrshire coast around 200 miles (320 kilometers) southwest of Aberdeen, Trump Turnberry is one of 10 courses on the rotation to host the British Open — the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf — but hasn't staged that event since 2009 before Trump bought the resort.