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Flybe plane from Edinburgh to Brussels makes emergency landing in Birmingham

By AOL Travel, May 21, 2013

A passenger plane flying from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels was forced to make an emergency landing at Birmingham Airport after it started to lose hydraulic fluid. The Flybe flight to Brussels...
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'Full-scale emergency' as plane door bursts open mid-air in Scotland

By AOL Travel, May 10, 2013

A small plane carrying 17 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing at Orkney's Kirkwall Airport in Scotland, after a cargo door burst open mid-air. The FlyBe aircraft, operated by...
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Airport luggage driver crashes into Flybe plane after heart attack

By Ruth Doherty, May 29, 2012

An airport luggage driver has crashed into a Flybe plane on the Isle of Man after suffering a heart attack at the wheel. The driver was taken from the tarmac in an ambulance, and a Flybe...
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At last! Flybe becomes first budget airline to drop debit card fees

By Ruth Doherty, Apr 27, 2012

Budget airline Flybe has become the first low-cost carrier to drop its £9 debit card fee. The move may have come following calls from the Office of Fair Trading for all airlines to...
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Two British pilots sacked after mid-air row

By Ceri Roberts, Apr 20, 2012

Two British pilots have been sacked after having a foul-mouthed row in the cockpit as they approached Malaga airport. The Mirror reports that an employment tribunal heard how Captain...
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Near miss! Passenger plane flies into RAF 'war games'

By Ruth Doherty, Feb 09, 2012

A Flybe passenger plane coming into land at the Western Isles main airport in Scotland got caught up in war games involving 14 military aircraft. An investigation into the "needless...
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Wheel falls off plane over Exeter - but passengers don't mention it

By Katy Holland, Nov 10, 2011

Passengers on a Flybe aircraft departing from Exeter Airport watched through the window as a wheel fell off just after takeoff - but they didn't alert the cabin crew. The wheel plummeted to the...
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Cattle class! Duke and Duchess surprise passengers on Flybe

By Ruth Doherty, Aug 02, 2011

Everybody knows that weddings can be an expensive affair - but, even so, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tightened their belts for Mike and Zara's nuptials this weekend. Kate and William...
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