A plane due to land at Luton Airport had to be diverted on Friday afternoon, after an engine problem was detected.
Monarch flight ZB895 left Tenerife airport at 12.32pm local Spanish time, heading for Luton.
But as preparations were made for landing, an engine problem in the airbus A321 jet was found and the pilot decided to redirect to Gatwick where the runway is longer.
More than 11,000 people were forced to evacuate Tuesday in the Canary Islands as firefighters struggled to extinguish fires on two of the archipelago’s popular tourist islands.About 6,000 people were evacuated from homes on Tenerife, where fires have burned 11,000 acres of forest on the western part of the island since Monday, said Paulino Rivero, the president of the Canary Islands regional government.
He described the situation as “dramatic.”
No, I'm not talking about faux news or even carbuncles of massive tourism and, it comes (to me) as no surprise that the island of Tenerife generates 2,000 tons of residues (rubbish) each day, because we've been slowly joining the first-world in wasteful consumption levels and, of course, then there's the trash generated by and on behalf of Tenerife's 3.5 million annual foreign visitors.
Amongst other green and sustainable tourism issues, it's reported that, "The island is also working on the need for increased waste management using the principle of the 3 R's and the 3 M's: "Reduction, Recycling and Reutilisation" and "Maintenance (of the Compost Plant), Modernisation (of the Urban Waste Transfer Plants) and Management (of the six Clean Points)."
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A heavy storm Tuesday unleashed its fury on the Spanish Canary Island of El Hierro, tearing off roofs, knocking phone booths over and hurling advertising billboards through the air, officials said. Wind gusts reached speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour, devastating mango and avocado fields and hothouses. A hotel was evacuated over roof damage, several roads were blocked, and many schools remained closed. The authorities advised the island's 8,000 residents to stay indoors if possible. Electricity was, however, re-established after stormy weather left half of the island's inhabitants without power for 24 hours.
(Taken from the article at EarthTimes)
Howls of outrage have greeted pronouncements made by the Bishop of Tenerife recently in a press interview in which he appeared to defend paedophiles when he said that many young people are themselves responsible for the abuse and he questioned whether some paedophiles should be labelled sick.
A Sunderland man has appeared in court after being accused of murdering a 25-year-old outside a nightclub in Tenerife.
Spanish police spent the weekend quizzing the man, along with another man believed to be from the Liverpool area.
Three migrants among dozens trying to reach Spain from Northwest Africa in a wooden boat died and two others were in serious condition, officials said Saturday.A Spanish patrol ship spotted the boat, which was carrying 88 people, in the Atlantic Ocean off the southern coast of the Canary Island of Tenerife early Saturday, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman said. The survivors were rescued, she said.
“Disney on Ice”, the latest show from the world’s biggest dream factory, comes to Tenerife from 14-17 March 2008 at the Santiago Martín stadium in La Laguna. The Tenerife production firm Essencial Group is promoting the event in association with the Cabildo de Tenerife, the Canary Islands Government and La Laguna City Council.