Incident at Kirkwall airport on 5 April 2019 correspondence: FOI release

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Copies of all the information Transport Scotland holds – including all correspondence (from 5 April 2019 until now) the transport minister/Transport Scotland staff have had with Highlands and Islands Airport Ltd (HIAL) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) – on an incident that happened at Kirkwall airport on 5 April 2019 when a Loganair plane with 33 passengers and three crew on board took off for Edinburgh after all air traffic controllers had ended their shift and the airport was technically closed.

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Published Date 9 Jan 2020 Subject Mode of transport