The wind was blowing hard from the Asian mainland to the west of Japan, and the air was clear and dry,, giving unusually good visibility, and, less happily, what Macarthur Job calls mountain wave systems. Because the undercarriage was retracted, the warning horn sounded when the flight engineer fully retarded the thrust lever; the check pilot and flight engineer simultaneously went for and pulled the horn cancel switch on the pedestal whilst the co-pilot, instinctively, but in error, pressed the fire bell cancel button in front of him. Shortly afterwards, witnesses reported seeing the aircraft trailing white vapour. BOAC Flight 781 was a scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) passenger flight from Singapore to London. "[9], This accident was one of five fatal aircraft disastersfour commercial and one militaryin Japan in 1966 and occurred less than 24 hours after Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 crashed and burned on landing at Haneda. The airplane slid for hundreds yards before coming to rest. The weather there had since improved behind a cold front with a steep pressure gradient bringing cool dry air from the Asian mainland on a strong west-northwest flow, with crystal-clear sky conditions. [3] The Boeing was commanded by Captain Bernard Dobson, 45, from Dorset, described as a very experienced 707 pilot who had been flying the type since 1960. At 13:42 hours [from Fukuoka, where the place had been diverted] the crew contacted ATC requesting permission to start the engines and clearance for a VMC climb via Fuji-Rebel-Kushimoto. The mid-aft fuselage together with the wing, making a slow flat spin to the right, crashed into a forest at the foot of Mount Fuji. 19 California residents. ATC originally offered the pilot-in-command a landing back on Runway 28L and alerted the fire services but after the "Mayday" call he was offered Runway 05 R which was accepted as it would resulting a shorter flight path. Darren Christopher Bohan. [citation needed], Official findings concerning BOAC Flight 781 and South African Airways Flight 201 were released jointly on 1 February 1955, in Civil Aircraft Accident: Report of the Court of Inquiry into the Accidents to Comet G-ALYP on 10 January 1954 and Comet G-ALYY on 8 April 1954. Meantime Meteorological Reports had been passing from ground to air. Possibly with the intention of shortening the flying time to Hong Kong, the captain of the flight elected not to follow the usual southbound departure from Tokyo toward the island of Izu Oshima. The runway to be used was Runway 31 which required the approach to be made from the southeast. Aviation Safety Network: "BOAC Flight 911 was a scheduled service from San Francisco (SFO) to Hong Kong (HKG) via Honolulu (HNL) and Tokyo (HND). Almost simultaneously the pilot-in-command ordered fire drill on the remaining engines. The aircraft left the ramp at 13:50. The lack of a flight deck voice recorder makes it impossible to establish a second by second timing of events, but at about this time the check pilot looked out of a flight deck window on the port side and reported a serious fire in No. London Prestwick Shannon Gander New York. [7] After the equivalent of 3,000 flights simulated with G-ALYU, investigators at the RAE were able to conclude that the crash of G-ALYP had been due to failure of the pressure cabin at the forward ADF window in the roof. It was instructed to make "a right turn after take off", and departed Tokyo Airport at 13:58. Illinois: John J. Kimutis East St. Louis 2 engine "kicked" towards the closed position and at the same time the instruments showed that the engine was running down. John L. Markovich Modesto 124 (89 US). Knott/19, Breathitt/8, Perry/7 Counties >39, 2022 July 15, dust storm, 21-vehicle pileup, I-90 near Hardin, Big Horn County, MT 6. The Boeing 707 jetliner involved disintegrated mid-air shortly after departing from Tokyo, as a result of severe clear-air turbulence. Learn how your comment data is processed. Ruby Irene Crouch The airplane departed London-Heathrow Airport at 1010LT on a test flight regarding the renewal of its Certificate of Airworthiness. Susan M Bochino. Fujis Freak Winds Tore at Death Jet. Independent Press Telegram, Long Beach, CA. Several passengers decided to cancel their tickets at the last moment in order to see a ninja demonstration. The use of reverse thrust caused the flames to be deflected in towards the fuselage. Miss Eileen E. Jenkel, 22 Revere At noon, the Weather Bureau said the winds at Mt. Indiana: George F. Ross Indianapolis It was determined that the failure of the support member for the starboard main gear uplock caused the gear to fall in flight, damaging hydraulic system lines. The aircraft became airborne from Runway 28 Left at 1527 hours GMT and 20 seconds later, just before the time for the noise abatement power reduction, the flight crew felt and heard a combined shock and bang. 1. John P Bocchi. Mabel Ann Fleming Fuji was registering winds of 60-70kts. The passengers commenced evacuation from the two starboard overwing exits and shortly afterwards, when the escape chutes had been inflated, from the rear starboard galley door and then the forward starboard galley door. brakes, reverse thrust from No. Several booked passengers cancelled their tickets at the last moment to see a ninja demonstration. Fornari was confused by the pattern of injuries because he could find no evidence of an explosion.[3]. This page was last updated at 2023-01-14 14:20 UTC. One of those who saw the disaster was Shizuaoka Serizawa, a weather observer near Mt. It went down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Robert Edmund Lubbers Milwaukee Air Disaster Volume 1, p.47, Job, Macaurthur. During a radio communication about weather conditions, the conversation was abruptly cut off. BOAC Flight 911 (callsign 'Speedbird 911') was a round-the-world flight operated by British . It began to sway from side to side, like a leaf, he said. [5][7]:p.11, Heathrow Airport initially listed Flight 781 as being delayed, but it was removed from the arrivals board at around 1:30pm. Iola Faye Chamberlain After the aircraft came to rest the flight engineer commenced the engine shut-down drill and closed the start levers. 2 engine caught fire following the failure of its No. In order to bring the aircraft to a stop in the shortest possible distance after landing, in addition to the wheel. After performing the necessary test, the crew requested a descent from 12,000 feet to 3,000 feet. The aircraft came to a stop just to the left of the runway centre line, about 1 800 yards from the threshold, on a heading of 0350M. According to unofficial reports, there were no Americans aboard. (mere guide at) Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport, The British Airways Heritage Collection has extensive archives back to BOAC days. "Comet Air Crash" ("Crash of the Comet"). Two crew members and 13 passengers were killed and the aircraft was destroyed. The violent forces exerted by the turbulent air could have caused structural failure of one of the engines, leading to a subsequent fire. Helen R. Kerwin The flight engineer went for the engine fire shut-off handle but he did not pull it. BOAC Flight 911 (call sign "Speedbird 911") was a round-the-world flight operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) that crashed near Mount Fuji in Japan on 5 March 1966, with the loss of all 113 passengers and 11 crew members. The investigation report concluded that the aircraft crashed as a result of its encounter with "abnormally severe turbulence over Gotemba City which imposed a gust load considerably in excess of the design limit." Wilbur G. Williamson Woodland Hills Beverly Lucille Heemstra BOAC Flight 911 was a scheduled service from San Francisco (SFO) to Hong Kong (HKG) via Honolulu (HNL) and Tokyo (HND). The passengers included 17 men, eight women, three children and an infant. Murray Leon Goldstein To find out what caused the first failure, BOAC donated G-ALYU ("Yoke Uncle") for testing. Three top company officials and many of the firms key dealers in the United States and their wives were among the dead. The C Class Flying boats Caribou and Cabot were bombed and destroyed in Norway. When you call 911, be prepared to answer the call-taker's questions, which may include: The location of the emergency, including the street address. Aircraft. Saturday 5 March 1966. British Overseas Airways Corporation BOAC, Boeing 707-436. During a fourth attempt, he descended below the glide when the aircraft hit trees and crashed 1,200 yards short of runway 11. Black Box: Why Air Safety Is No Accident. G-ALYP was the third Comet built. For the next TokyoHong Kong segment, the crew received a weather briefing from a company representative, and filed an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan calling for a southbound departure from Haneda via the island of Izu shima, then on airway JG6 to Hong Kong at flight level 310 (31,000 feet). BOAC officially took over the operations of Imperial Airways and British Airways Limited. Florida: Mr. Harold Tomas Orlando The Boeing was commanded by Captain Bernard Dobson, 45, from Dorset, described as a very experienced 707 pilot who had been flying the type since 1960. William C. Weaver Hollywood took over the Stratocruiser about 0314 hours and at 0323 hours the talk-down controller 'took over the aircraft. Having initially started an engine failure drill, the flight engineer changed directly to the engine fire drill. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. AP. Washington County has a shared repeater on 453.150 MHz located on Fairview Mountain with a license of KNEX271. Instead, he followed a more direct westbound route, passing over Mount Fuji. On 10 January 1954, a de Havilland Comet passenger jet operating the flight suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed, killing all 35 people on board. Witnesses to the crash were a group of Italian fishermen who rushed to the scene to recover the bodies and to search for possible survivors, of whom there were none. Before this could be carried out there was an explosion from the port wing which increased the intensity of the fire and blew fragments of the wing over to the starboard side of the aircraft. Minnesota: Ralph Vincent Kerwin Minneapolis For help, advice and discussion about stuff not related to aviation. ATC ordered other landing aircraft to overshoot in order to ensure a clear approach to Runway 05 R and to clear Runway 28R for the passage of the fire vehicles. 2000 m, the forward fuselage broke away. Following an uneventful mission, the pilot returned to the airport when, on final approach, the right engine suffered technical problems and failed. [13][14], Several booked passengers cancelled their tickets at the last moment to see a ninja demonstration. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Fuji to allow his 124 passengers onboard the Boing 707 a rare view of the Japanese landmark. Bertha Erma Freestone 1 engine indicated that it might fail, although it did not do so. Winds of such velocity are very conducive to the formation of mountain waves. Aviation accidents and incidents on British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) flights Pages in category "British Overseas Airways Corporation accidents and incidents" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. Bodies had been recovered late into the night, and although the search had continued in the freezing water, there was little hope of finding any survivors. And once when you look death in the face, Your email address will not be published. Three crew members and 29 passengers were killed. The aircraft, trailing white vapor, then suddenly lost altitude over the Takigahara area, and parts of the aircraft began to break away over Tsuchiyadai and Ichirimatsu. Once when you are born Carolina: Charles Allen Varner Charlotte At 13:42 the crew contacted air traffic control requesting permission to start the engines, and amending their clearance request to a visual meteorological conditions (VMC) climb westbound via the Fuji-Rebel-Kushimoto waypoints, which would take them nearer to Mount Fuji, possibly to give the passengers a better view of the landmark. Jan Crosby This page was last changed on 22 July 2022, at 11:14. London: Boxtree, 1996. A relative is doing some family research. Accessed 3-14-2020 at: https://www.nytimes.com/1966/03/06/archives/all-on-plane-are-dead-in-crash-into-japans-fuji-jetliner-crashes-on.html, UPI (United Press International). After it exploded, the debris from the explosion fell into the sea near Elba Island, off the Italian coast. All 27 occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. In order to simulate the crash, the investigators deliberately ruptured the model fuselage by increasing the air pressure inside until it exploded. BOAC Flight 911 ( call sign "Speedbird 911") was a round-the-world flight operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) that crashed near Mount Fuji in Japan on 5 March 1966, with the loss of all 113 passengers and 11 crew members. Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-of-Life Events, (10 or more lives lost with notable exceptions), 1966 March 5, air turbulence, BOAC plane breakup/crash, Mount Fuji, Japan124/US89, 2022 Sep 28-29, Hurricane Ian, FL (139-140), esp. Torrance Women Among Victims of BOAC Disaster. 3-6-1966, p. 1. At various places along the flight path a number of engine fragments and pieces of cowling had already fallen away, but these caused no injury to persons or damage to property. The engine fire shut-off handies were not pulled and the fuel booster pumps and main electrical supply were not switched off. The camera and film were recovered from the wreckage and the film was developed as part of the investigation. BOAC Flight 911 was a round-the-world flight operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation that crashed near Mount Fuji in Japan on 5 March 1966, with the loss of all 113 passengers and 11 crew members. During this period and subsequently, according to his evidence, the check pilot directed his attention to monitoring the state of the fire on the wing and to providing the pilot-in-command with comments intended to help him position the aircraft for the landing. The Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A) was established in Geneva in 1990 for the purpose to deal with all information related to aviation accidentology. Fujis Freak Winds Tore at Death Jet. Independent Press Telegram, Long Beach, CA. Beverly Duke Carter In a two-minute reel, the Academy paid tribute to the longest-running film franchise in cinema history. Four of the passengers and one stewardess were overcome by heat and smoke at the rear of the aircraft and did not escape, whilst thirty-eight passengers sustained . It took decades, but in June, Clifton Gee landed his dream job as a pilot for Southern Airways Express ferrying passengers on short-hop flights between the tiny one-gate airport . It then contacted the runway and sustained considerable damage, and came to rest with the passenger compartment in an inverted position on the south side of the runway about 550 yards from the threshold. Myron G. Peterson, 37 College Park by | Nov 4, 2020 | Uncategorized. [11], The investigation report concluded that the aircraft crashed as a result of its encounter with "abnormally severe turbulence over Gotemba City which imposed a gust load considerably in excess of the design limit. Ralph Silverman Creve Coeur Explore our past: 1940. Tests suggested that the two empty frames may have been the result of structural loads of up to 7.5 g momentarily jamming the camera's feeding mechanism. License. Air Disaster Volume 1, p.4445, Job, Macaurthur. To find more evidence concerning the cause of the crash, the bodies were brought to the coroner for post-mortem. 17 California residents. Sidney Elmer Cochran In 2016, Lind released a charity documentary film entitled 'A Bond For Life - How James Bond changed my Life' in support of UNICEF. It was the third fatal passenger airline accident . These passengers, Cubby Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, Ken Adams, Lewis Gilbert and Freddie Young, were in Japan scouting locations for the fifth James Bond film, You Only Live Twice. The New York Times reported on 12 January that BOAC had temporarily withdrawn all of their de Havilland Comet jet airliners from service, as a result of the crash, and that the two French airlines that used the CometAir France and Union Aero Maritime des Transportshad also suspended their Comet services. While the official investigation efforts began, BOAC were determined to return their Comets to passenger service as soon as possible, and succeeded in doing so on 23 March, just ten weeks after the crash. Finally over Tarobo at an altitude of approx. The great majority of the survivors left the aircraft via the forward galley door escape chute. The aircraft began taxiing at 13:50 and took off into the northwest wind at 13:58. Lawrence Francis Boisseau. The five men had been on a location scouting tour in Japan for the fifth James Bond film You Only Live Twice. 2 fire shut-off handle was seen to be on and the pilot-in-command ordered an "Engine Fire Drill". Michael Leopoldo Bocchino. [5] It then turned right again toward the mountain, flying over Gotemba on a heading of approximately 298, at an indicated airspeed of 320 to 370 knots, and an altitude of approximately 16,000ft (4,900m), well above the 12,388ft (3,776m) mountain peak. This was unknown to the flight crew but because of the separation the light in the fire handle would have gone out. Marion Luthy Heideman The Boeing 707 jetliner involved disintegrated mid-air shortly after departing from Tokyo, as a result of severe clear-air turbulence. Al-Qaeda hijacked four planes, each with the aim of crashing into a prominent American landmark. Elsie Ersilia Kawa Fuji, reaching 17,000ft. Accessed 3-13-2020 at: https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660305-1. BOAC Flight 911 Last Takeoff 40,842 views Jan 3, 2017 at the beginning of the video you can see the Boeing 707-400 of the British airline BOAC prefix G-APFE, taxiing t .more .more 239. Beverly Ann Havlik In addition, it was discovered that the stresses around pressure cabin apertures were considerably higher than had been anticipated, particularly around sharp-cornered cut-outs, such as square windows. May. The forward fuselage crashed into the forest approx. However, due to poor meteorological conditions at Tokyo and because the precision approach radar (PAR) of the GCA was out of service, it diverted to Fukuoka (FUK) and landed there at 18:00. The worst turbulence in such conditions is found in a standing rotor, a highly agitated body of air rotating about a horizontal axis downwind from and parallel to the mountain ridge producing the air disturbance. If yes, you're in for a shocker! New York: John Thomas Buffalo Except for the front portion of the fuselage which lay on its port side, severe damage resulted from fire which broke out and spread rapidly, due probably to the partial detachment of the port wing and rupture of the fuel tanks. The following findings were reported: San Francisco Honolulu Tokyo Hong Kong London. Incredible twist of fate. March 6: Gotemba, Japan, Sunday (AP) A British jetliner with 124 persons at least 89 of them Americans broke up in the freakish air over Mt. The initial notification to the Airport Emergency Services of the expected landing on Runway 28 L was also revised. Although the US bound flight had to stop to refuel in Newfoundland, the London flight made the journey non-stop in six hours and 11 minutes. Lillian Weiss Doris V. Williamson Required fields are marked *. About 14 minutes after the start of the fire, No. ), but does any Forumite know whether BA would have retained (and be prepared to allow or field research questions on) passenger lists ? July 7, 2017. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. The aircraft was then seen to be shedding pieces and then a large puff of vapour came from the aircrafts tail. BOAC Flight 911 (callsign 'Speedbird 911') was a round-the-world flight operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation that crashed near Mount Fuji in Japan on 5 March 1966, with the loss of all 113 passengers and 11 crew members. Email. Finally over Tarobo at an altitude of approx. American Airlines flight 11 was the first to hit, striking the North Tower of the World Trade Centre in New York City at 8.46am local time. All rights reserved. Louisiana Mrs. Philemine D. McDonald New Orleans area Iowa: Howard C. Maxwell Altoona Nellie D. Kimutis Just minutes after the BOAC 707 took off at 1:58 p.m. for Hong Kong en route to London, the Tokyo Weather Bureau reported severe winds over Mt. The check pilot suggested, and the co-pilot with the pilot-in-command's approval broadcast, a "Mayday" call. The New York Times wrote that, despite initial reports of fire and explosion, aviation experts were of the opinion that wind conditions around the volcanic cone may have caused the crash, the vicinity of the peak being notorious for its difficult air currents. Layeta A. Hollenbeck [3], On 11 January 1954, The New York Times reported that "35 persons were almost certainly killed when a British Comet jet airliner crashed into the sea between the islands of Elba and Montecristo, off the Italian western coast." Ever since the US tech giant swallowed MGM, fans have been wondering what the future holds for To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. In a certain confusion, the pilot mistakenly shut down the left engine, causing the aircraft to stall and to crashed short of runway. Saturday 11 September marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, that killed almost 3,000 people. Then there were flames, with both segments burning. Initial examination and reconstruction of the wreckage of G-ALYP revealed several signs of inflight break-up: With most of the wreckage recovered, investigators found that fractures started in the roof of the cabin, a window then smashed into the elevators, the rear fuselage then tore away, the outer wing structure fell, then the outer wing tips and finally the cockpit broke away and fuel from the wings set the debris on fire. Accessed 3-13-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/independent-press-telegram-mar-06-1966-p-1/, Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation. For the Amazon is the new home of James Bond. However, a second BOAC de Havilland Comet, registered G-ALYY, was lost on 8 April 1954: a charter flight, operating as South African Airways Flight 201, departed from Rome bound for Egypt with fourteen passengers and seven crew on board; thirty-three minutes into the flight the pilot reported on course flying at 10,000 metres, then all contact was lost. The possibility of failure of the pressure cabin was also considered, but this theory was discounted because the Comet's cabin had been designed to a considerably higher strength than was considered necessary at the time. Vincent M Boland, Jr. The aircraft was operating Flight BA. Ralph William Porter Black Box: Why Air Safety Is No Accident. All on Plane Are Dead in Crash into Japans Fuji; Jetliner Crashes on Mount Fuji after Take-Off from Tokyo Airport. Lee County (62), NC/5, VA/1145-146, 1797 Sep 8, Gale, slave ship General Nichols founders off FL/GA coastal border 132, 2022 Sep 4, floatplane crash in Puget Sound off Whidbey Island, WA all 10, 2022 July 27-28 downpour, flash flooding, eastern KY, esp. Clara Lee Long Kansas: Claude Ray Chamberlain Wichita Analysis of the location of wreckage allowed the accident investigators to determine that the vertical stabiliser attachment to the fuselage failed first. The movement of the dummies within the air cabin revealed the cause of the skull fractures: at the moment that the fuselage exploded, they were thrown out of their seats and slammed head-first into the ceiling. The flight engineer saw that the port forward chute had not inflated properly so he climbed down it to straighten it. This crash and flight 402 were part of a cluster of unrelated crashes in Japan in 1966. Unlike drill riveting, the imperfect nature of the hole created by punch riveting caused manufacturing defect cracks, which may have caused fatigue cracks to start around the rivet. The approach up to this point had been high but uneventful. The accident was the result of loss of height and airspeed caused by the aircraft en- countering, at approximately 250 feet after takeoff, an unpredictable thunderstorm cell which gave rise to a sudden reversal of wind direction, heavy rain, and possible downdraught conditions. lornajarrettblanchard The responsibility for the accident must rest with the captain. James Henry Walker Key Biscayne The film showed that the aircraft had experienced severe . Massachusetts Karol Kawa North Dartmouth By providing bundled vacation packages at attractive prices, Allegiant makes travel not only affordable, but also convenient. G-APFE, the aircraft involved, pictured in 1962, Aviation accidents and incidents in Japan, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17, Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight structural failure, Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707, British Overseas Airways Corporation accidents and incidents, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, In-flight break-up caused by clear air turbulence. Flight 781 was commanded by Captain Alan Gibson DFC, age 31, one of BOAC's youngest pilots. The captain decided to complete a belly landing on the sandy area alongside the runway. Sir Arnold Hall, a Cambridge University scholar and scientist and then-head of the RAE, was appointed as the head accident investigator.[3]. Rhode Island: Walter D. Jannell, Sr. North Smithfield However, immediately after it inflated it became unusable from heat and burst. Or God had a lucky star over Bond. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. 130.). Wisconsin: Donald J. Fleming Green Bay At the last moment, all of them cancelled their tickets for BOAC flight 911 to attend a Ninja demonstration and establish whether it could have a place in the upcoming film. 'Inside You Only Live Twice: An Original Documentary,' 2000, MGM Home Entertainment Inc. "On this day, 5 March 1966: Passenger jet crashes into Mount Fuji", "All on Plane Are Dead n Crash into Japan's Fuji Jetliner Crashes on Mount Fuji After Take-Off From Tokyo Airport All 124 on Jet Are Killed in Crash on Mount Fuji 89 From U.S. BOAC flew Handley Page Hermes and later Canadair Argonauts to Africa in 1950s. "At 13:42 hours [from Fukuoka, where the place had been diverted] the crew contacted ATC requesting permission to start the engines and clearance for a VMC climb via Fuji-Rebel-Kushimoto. G-ALYP, the BOAC de Havilland Comet 1, the aircraft involved in the accident. Aviation Safety Network: BOAC Flight 911 was a scheduled service from San Francisco (SFO) to Hong Kong (HKG) via Honolulu (HNL) and Tokyo (HND). Die; Cause Disputed- Witnesses Tell of Fire and Midair ExplosionOthers Blame Wind Currents", Slate Magazine: The State of the Ninja - By Grady Hendrix, Picture of the aircraft that carried BOAC Flight 911, Pilotfriend.Com - Article about BOAC Flight 911, AirDisaster.Com . There is a memorial in the cemetery of Porto Azzurro, where some of the victims are buried and a list of those (20) whose remains were never found. Elizabeth Rose Lubbers , Associated Press. 11 September marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, deadliest terrorist incident in world history, A total of 2,977 were killed in the attacks, How to use the cold weather payment postcode checker, and when the 25 is paid, Ken Bruce promises golden oldies at Greatest Hits Radio after row over Radio 2 axing classics, NHS workers will keep striking for months as ministers set to ignore pay talks until April, Tories fear 'lurch to the right' after election defeat, with Badenoch among favourites to lead, Why journalists can't name an MP arrested for rape: Inside the battle for press freedom, Braverman refuses to apologise to Holocaust survivor, 83, over refugee 'invasion' remarks, 'We have a trauma bond': Life after The Traitors. At 13:42 hours the crew contacted ATC requesting permission to start the engines and clearance for a VMC climb via Fuji-Rebel-Kushimoto. 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