Globespan Airways were fined at Southwark Crown Court in London this week after a plane which flew from Liverpool to New York via Knock was faulty when it made its 6,000-mile transatlantic trip.
The Boeing 757 had a problem with its engine monitors after it had been struck by lightning — this problem was detected on the flight from New York's JFK airport to Liverpool. Despite this, the airline breached civil aviation regulations by declaring the aircraft “serviceable” to fly later that day.
The Scottish based company admitted offences under Britain's Air Navigation Order 2005 of flying a plane without a valid certification of airworthiness or a valid operator's certificate and were fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £4,280 costs.
