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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Neil Lancefield

Heathrow take-offs aborted after eight planes infested by insects

Eight passenger planes were infested by insects which caused abandoned take-offs at Heathrow Airport last summer, an investigation has found.

Wasp and bee nests blocked speed-measuring pitot probes on six British Airways aircraft and one Virgin Atlantic jet over a three-week period, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in a report.

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