Manchester Airport hack hits 8.7 million customers as ransom refused
Millions exposed The personal data of almost nine million people across three UK airports has been exposed by a Manchester Airport hack, as criminal hackers breached Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and demanded a ransom the company says it refused to pay. Customers’ contact details, vehicle registrations and postcodes were obtained at the weekend, MAG, which […]
6 days ago
Jet2 pilot ‘incapacitated’ as flight declares emergency over UK
The plane was landed by the co-pilot Following one of its pilots becoming incapacitated, a Jet2 flight has been forced to declare an emergency. The flight from the Canary Islands to Manchester Airport declared the emergency while flying over the UK. On Tuesday, flight LS980 took off from Lanzarote at 3.45pm GMT, and was proceeding […]
7 months ago
Ryanair flight grounded at Manchester Airport as passenger attempts to open door mid-air
The flight was heading to Agadir, Morocco. A Ryanair flight has been grounded at Manchester Airport after a passenger attempted to open the door mid-air The flight, heading to Agadir, Morocco, departed Manchester Airport around 9am this morning, August 25. However, it was forced to divert and land back in Manchester just over an hour […]
1 year ago
Plane crash at airport in Manchester leaves man fighting for his life and another injured
The incident occurred late afternoon on Tuesday A light aircraft reportedly turned “upside down” at Barton Aerodrome in Greater Manchester yesterday (April 29), leaving one passenger in critical condition. Emergency responders were called out to the scene around 5.30pm, with a firefighter telling The Bolton News: “The plane is said to be upside down. Two […]
1 year ago
TUI flight carrying nearly 200 people aborted mid-air after suffering ‘serious incident’
Passengers were placed at risk of a deadly condition A TUI flight suffered a ‘serious incident’ while carrying 187 passengers and six crew members en route to Kos Airport. The Boeing 737-8K5 took off from Manchester Airport at 6.06am on October 17, 2023. However, a new report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch states that a […]
1 year ago
Man who was kicked in head by police officer has cyst on the brain, family lawyer says
It comes after GMP confirmed an officer had been suspended The man who was kicked in the head by a police officer during an incident at Manchester Airport has a cyst on the brain, the family’s lawyer says, via Sky News. Akhmed Yakoob issued a statement outside Rochdale Police Station, in which he named the […]
2 years ago