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Old 6th November 2006 | 09:40
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HEATHROW DIRECTOR
 
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WHBM.. Not wishing to question you, but I would be astounded if that was true. Firstly, I'm not aware of any BM mail flights arriving at 00.30 - well outside the night curfew. Secondly, noise abatement rules, which have been in force for considerably longer than 10-15 years, required aircraft landing at that time to be established in the ILS no closer than 10miles out. Tight-in visual approaches in the middle of the night didn't happen...

There was certainly a very late BM flight from Edinburgh, but this landed around 11pm. I was told that this was often empty but used simply to keep a BM slot occupied...

If someone proves I'm talking tosh I'll withdraw gracefully!
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