Certain types of planes would be banned from landing or leaving at night and more residents could get sound insulation in new plans to combat noise from East Midlands Airport. The airport, the UK’s centre for freight, on the outskirts of Castle Donington in Leicestershire, is drawing up a noise …
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For most of us who live near or drive past East Midlands Airport, the sound of jet engines is a regular feature of our daily lives. As the summer season brings the usual holiday boom, the noise of planes taking off and coming in to land only gets more frequent. …
Read More »Cannabis parcels intercepted at East Midlands Airport cargo centre
Parcels crammed with cannabis have been intercepted by police at East Midlands Airport. Suspicions were raised during routine screening at a cargo firm at the Castle Donington airfield yesterday evening, Thursday March 4, according to police. Officers with East Midlands Airport Police were called to the unit and, on closer …
Read More »Huge plan to redesign flight paths into and out of East Midlands Airport
East Midlands Airport has launched a complex, two year programme looking at redesigning its flight paths. Because of an increase in the amount of freight going into and out of the Castle Donington airport, management are looking at ways of improving existing flight paths without creating more noise and pollution. …
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