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Old 16th Jul 2007, 11:31
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Changes to Southampton and Bournemouth approaches

The Southern Echo are getting hysterical about proposed changes to the approaches to Southampton and Bournemouth without giving any concrete information as to what is actually changing. Could someone knowledgeable post information about what these changes actually are?

From http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/display.var.1547978.0.fight_begins_to_divert_jet_flight_path _away_from_new_forest.php

As reported in Friday's Daily Echo, the controversial scheme has been drawn up by Swanwick's National Air Traffic Services (NATS), which wants to accommodate more aircraft by moving the flightpath boundary by five miles.
If the scheme goes ahead the planes will be able to fly at just 5,500ft across much of the New Forest and over built-up residential areas, including Totton and Romsey.
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