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LIVERPOOL'S John Lennon Airport has been closed this morning after a private jet overshot the runway. All flights in and out of the airport were delayed after the incident unfolded about 6am. A business jet was landing at the airport this morning when it came off the runway. There were four people on board - three crew and one passenger - with no injuries reported. It is understood specialist crews are being called in to help move the business jet, which is stuck near the runway. The airport has now been closed.It is expected to reopen earlier this afternoon. The airport is advising passengers to contact their airline. A number of passengers took to social media after the incident, saying their planes had been diverted or delayed due to the incident. MOST READ IN NEWSWEDDING BASHER Best man punched bride & dragged her down stairs at his brother's wedding COP OUT Female police officer, 44, quits after she had sex on duty with abuse victim BOJO NEEDS YOU Boris pleads for your vote as … [Read more...] about Liverpool John Lennon Airport closed after private jet overshoots runway with all flights delayed

Eight female pilots and flight attendants are suing Frontier Airlines claiming the company discriminated against them during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. The women said the Denver-based airline forced them onto unpaid leave during their pregnancies and did not make it possible for them to pump breast milk while working. The lawsuits said they 'found themselves faced with mounting obstacles once they became pregnant that forced them to make impossible choices between their families and their livelihood,' The Denver Post reported.  Among the women are pilots Randi Freyer and Brandy Beck and flight attendant Melissa Hodgkins. Freyer told the New York Times she had been saving up as an expectant mother but was grounded by Frontier two months before her due date, despite her doctor saying she was fit to fly.  Scroll down for video.  Among the eight women suing Frontier Airlines are pilots Randi Freyer (right) and flight attendant Melissa Hodgkins (left) A Frontier … [Read more...] about ‘Systemic sexism won’t fly’: Eight female pilots and flight attendants sue Frontier Airlines claiming they were discriminated against while pregnant and while breastfeeding

Actress Dana Delany tweeted that her plane has been delayed to let a 'sobbing' passenger off who had just been fired by text from Conde Nast.     '[Were] there mass firings at Condé Nast today? My JetBlue flight is delaying takeoff so a sobbing woman could get off after getting fired via text,' she wrote. 'And get her luggage off. The black hearts sitting behind me say “Suck it up.” The very nice FA suggested applying at JetBlue. Jeez.'  TV and film actress Dana Delany tweeted that while seated on an airplane waiting for takeoff she witnessed a Conde Nast employee burst into tears after receiving a text message saying she was fired '[Were] there mass firings at Conde Nast today', the China Beach actress asked in the tweet she posted on Sunday, calling the passengers seated behind her 'black hearts' for saying the woman should 'suck it up' Delany's followers on Twitter reacted with outrage towards the media giant over the woman's sudden … [Read more...] about Hollywood actress Dana Delany tweets that her plane was delayed after ‘sobbing’ passenger is fired by TEXT from Conde Nast in mass pre-Christmas cull – as her followers criticize heartless ‘Conde Nasty’

Flights to and from Liverpool John Lennon Airport have been delayed or cancelled after a private jet skidded off the runway. Emergency services have been called to the scene following the incident this morning. Some flights have been grounded, while others are being diverted to Manchester. A spokesman for the airport told the Liverpool Echo: "I can confirm that around 6am a private business jet with four people on board - three crew and a passenger landed OK but then came off onto the grass. For whatever reason it has skidded off the runway. "There are no injuries but because of where it has ended up we have had to close the runway. Passengers are advised to check with their airlines before travelling." Have you been affected by this story? Email [email protected] The runway will be closed until at least this afternoon, an airport spokesman added. Some travellers are reporting delays of up to four hours. Eric Henderson, 44, from North Wales, is among passengers affected. He … [Read more...] about Liverpool John Lennon Airport: Jet misses runway causing long delays

More than 100 flights across Europe have been cancelled and many others delayed due to a strike by French air traffic controllers just over a week before the Euro 2016 football tournament begins in the country. Dozens were cancelled in the UK alone, with services to and from France as well as those that travelled over French airspace to Italy or Spain among those affected. Heathrow confirmed 40 flights had been called off on Thursday. Gatwick said a total of 28 flights had been cancelled. Other airports appeared less affected, with one departure to Spain cancelled at Birmingham, and two at Glasgow. The strike is part of wider union action in France against proposed government changes to the country’s labour laws that would make hiring and firing employees easier. French rail services were affected, but the impact on air traffic control services was minimised after only one union, the CGT, took part. France’s transport minister, Alain Vidalies, said the government hoped to … [Read more...] about More than 100 flights across Europe cancelled amid French strikes