Birmingham Airport

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The Ultimate Guide to Birmingham Airport
Written by Julie McCubbin May 12th 2015

Birmingham Airport is the 7th busiest airport in the UK, and in 2014 sent 9.7 million people packing. Getting to this airport is pretty straightforward as it is located on many primary routes, making your journey to and from the airport relatively

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Packed Passenger Plane Has Near Miss At Birmingham Airport
Written by Yvonne Dawson January 19th 2011

A Flybe passenger plane came within inches of disaster as it waited to take off at Birmingham Airport. Air safety sources confirmed that the Flybe aircraft was at a standstill when a privately operated TBM 700 light aircraft from Belgium landed ‘dangerously’ close to it. An urgent investigation

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Transplant Plane Crash Lands Into Birmingham Airport
Written by Lewis Lane November 23rd 2010

Birmingham airport was closed on Friday following the crash of a light aeroplane carrying a liver for a transplant operation as it attempted to land in thick fog. The privately-operated, two-seater Cessna was coming in to land just after 3.30pm and crashed just as it hit the runway before being

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