10/11/2011 Spotlight

The heart stopping moment a wheel fell off this aircraft. Passengers

were evacuated after an emergency landing.

Good evening. A report into the incident last March says safety

measures are now in place - we'll be live at Exeter Airport.

Also on Spotlight tonight... Free to park, but for how long? A

consultation's underway at the regions largest hospital, but what

do car park users think? I don't know the answers. So many people

obviously need attention but parking is a nightmare, an absolute

nightmare. And the Cornish aid workers falling

victim to a second earthquake in Turkey.

A report out today reveals the dramatic moment a wheel fell off a

passenger plane, seconds after it had taken off. The aircraft, owned

by Flybe, was forced to make an emergency landing at Exeter airport.

The incident happened in March but the details have only just been

published by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch. All 39

passengers were asked to adopt the brace position as the plane

returned to Exeter. Our correspondent Simon Hall is live at

Flybe's headquarters at Exeter Airport tonight.

This is a story of cool, calm and courage on the part of the pilots

and cabin crew, as they worked together to contain a situation

which could have been very much worse for them, not to mention 39

passengers who safety gear were entrusted with. It was within

seconds of take-off that a wheel on the right side of the plane fell

off. It was photographed by a passenger, as was the aftermath.

The pilot broadcast a May Day. Passengers were told to brace. They

carried out an emergency landing successfully and no one was hurt.

Game was one of the most scary part of it. It is the moment of truth,

you think, are we going to land safely? There was a member of the

cabin crew at the front, and at the back of the plane. They were

shouting over and over, get your heads down, keep your heads down,

to make sure everybody stayed in the kiss position. I understand why

that needed to happen but it seemed intent. Their report into what

happened by the Air Accidents The plane was similar to this. It

was on a flight from Exeter to Newcastle in March. 39 passengers

were on board. No one from Flybe has been available for interview. A

statement said incidents such as this were extremely rare. Flybe had

put in place safety measures to ensure there was no repeat and the

statement added that the City of passengers and crew was Flybe's

number one Verity. -- safety. The South West's biggest hospital

is consulting on controversial plans to make disabled drivers pay

to park. At the moment, only Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton

charges blue badge holders. The proposals at Derriford Hospital in

Plymouth are part of a big shake up, which could also see a cut in the

current free parking period for all drivers from 45 minutes to just 15

minutes. Spotlight's Johnny Rutherford reports.

Over the last five years, Darren has struggled to use the parking at

Derriford Hospital. He lost his lower leg in a motorbike accident

and said he will need treatment for the rest of his life. If the

proposed parking changes go ahead, he may end up paying for the

disabled parking. Charging for parking, especially if somebody is

disabled, they often have more visits to the hospital. It would

mean more parking charges for the light of myself. I do have to go to

that hospital each week and it would add up to quite a bit out of

my own pocket. Sylvia and her husband are willing to pay if it

means closer parking. It would be closer -- better and I don't mind

paying if we can get a space. If you come down here at about 11

o'clock, you will not find a space for love nor money. At the moment

we are working on proposals to try and establish how best we can see

the needs of disabled users and also, of what the cost is. We may

have to charge disabled users. It is a consultation process so

people's faults being fed back would be great. Among proposed new

things are... To help pay for the changes, the hospital says it will

reduce its free 45 minute drop off time to 15 minutes and apparently,

that will pay �130,000 a year towards the costs. Derriford

Hospital says the 15 minute drop- off time matters most other area

macro hospitals and the changes will not happen until next table. -

- next April. Well throughout the day you've been

letting us know what you think of the changes to parking being

considered at Derriford. Clair in Pensilva in Cornwall says: I am

registered disabled as a result of MS. I have noticed that it has

become normal practice to expect disabled people to pay for parking.

I feel a society should be judged on how it treats its most

vulnerable members. Our society treats us as second class citizens.

Penn in Brixham says: As a wheelchair driver, I am not able to

use a parking meter by myself. If I am forced to pay to park even

though I've got a blue badge then this strips away my independence to

drive. This email is from Caroline who

says: Parking at hospitals should be free. Let's face it, going to

hospital is not always a joyful event and people going there

generally feel stressed enough without having to worry about

parking charges. But Tina says: I don't see why

people with a disability should not pay for parking. They get a

disability living allowance. Keep you comments coming via email

or Twitter. A contractor has died after falling

from a building in the Princesshay shopping complex in Exeter. The

accident happened near Debenhams last night and involved a man in

his 60s from South Wales. He was taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter

Hospital and died later. The contractors and health and safety

executive have launched an investigation.

Three of the four unions at Devonport Dockyard have accepted a

new pay offer. The GMB, UCATT and UNITE have agreed a deal that will

give workers �1,000 this year and �900 next year from Babcock Marine

to mitigate a two year pay freeze. The Prospect union has yet to give

its verdict. There are fears that heavy rain

could further destabilise a section of river wall that collapsed in

Bridgwater. Cracks appeared in the wall holding up the road on West

Quay on Friday. People have already been told they may not be allowed

to return to homes and businesses until next year.

An emergency team from the Cornish disaster relief charity, Shelterbox,

has been caught up in the second earthquake in the Turkish city of

Van. Two hotels, where journalists and humanitarian workers were

staying, collapsed. The team from Cornwall are unhurt. Spotlight's

David George has been speaking to them.

Once again, rescue workers dig through rubble and masonry, trying

to find people trapped inside. This is the second earthquake in just

over two weeks. The three-man team from ShelterBox and a colleague

from Canada are all well. I spoke to a team member who is a

firefighter. Everyone is fine. We experienced the earthquake

yesterday. They just seemed like someone had grabbed the building

and were shaking the life out of it. The floors were moving underneath,

the walls were moving, there was stuff dropping off the walls, lots

of panic. The team are now deploying tens for use by Turkish

rescue workers. Back at the Cornish charity's headquarters, it has been

a worrying time. There is always the worry about the safety of the

team, which is paramount. They go through a comprehensive training.

We teach them to look out for the signs and choose their

accommodation carefully and to understand the escape route and

immediate actions. It is always a worry and we got in touch

straightaway. In Turkey, the second earthquake means there is a greater

demand for shelter against the cold weather. The tent which ShelterBox

are sending have been specially adapted with this thermal layer to

try and help deal with the cold conditions. They have got 2000 on

the way with another 3,000 committed to the area.

One of the biggest military parades for years will take place in

Plymouth tomorrow. The event will combine the homecoming of 3

Commando Brigade from service in Afghanistan and commemorations for

Armistice Day. Sections of the city centre will be closed for much of

the morning. Hamish Marshall is here now to look ahead. How they'd

won the event be? There will be 1,000 military personnel marching

through the streets of Plymouth tomorrow. A big event, perhaps the

biggest march through Plymouth since the Second World War. They

have just come back as part of 3 Commando Brigade from a tour of

duty in Afghanistan. They are made up of marines and armoured

personnel. Over the last few weeks, we have seen emotional scenes when

people have been returning home, reunited with friends and family.

Tomorrow it will be the turn of the general public to turn out. Some

are saying 10,000 people could be in Plymouth tomorrow. Where will

this take place? Two places. 30 Commando will be getting their

Afghanistan campaign medals from -- and from 1030 the other groups will

be forming for the Armistice Day service. As well as remembering the

fallen, there were seven members of 4-2 Commando who lost their lives.

At around 11:10pm, the groups will march towards the city centre.

Where is the best place to get a view? The parade will work its way

through the city centre. This is the parade from 2009. That looks

big enough but the one tomorrow will be much bigger. There will be

a salute taken Abigail Hall. The parade is expected to take about an

hour. The West Somerset coroner has begun

the task of trying to discover how seven people died in last Friday's

M5 creche. Police revealed they have had almost 200 calls a free

information. -- offering information.

Six days since the terrible crash, six days since people lost their

lives and the inquests into their deaths were opened by the West

Somerset coroner. Opening the inquest today, the coroner

expressed his sympathy to the family's saying, each one of these

deaths is a tragedy. People bound on a normal evening's journey

suddenly thrust into the middle of an horrific incident. I hope it is

comfort to them that their sorrow is shared by so many who live in

this county. One by one, the victims were named. Their ages were

given and details of how they were identified and for some, the causes

of death were read out. Terry price was 55. He was a lorry driver, but

he was a passenger in one of the trucks driven by a colleague who

survived. PY Thomas worked for the same firm

and was driving another lorry. In both cases it is not yet known how

they died. Michael Barton was in the back seat

of a Ford Fiesta. The family were heading to Windsor. He died from

chest injuries. Next to him was his daughter, Maggie, she sustained

fatal neck, chest and abdominal injuries. She was 30. Her sister,

Emma, remains in a coma. Malcolm Beecham had been with his

wife and daughter in Taunton and they were heading back home in

different cars when he was caught up in the crash. A head injury

claimed his life. Tony Adams and his wife were driving to Newport.

Both in their seventies, their cause of death is not yet known.

Outside the inquest, the size and scale of the police investigation

became apparent as the head of the major crime unit made this

statement. Says this event occurred we have been working non-stop to

establish what happened and those investigations are still ongoing. I

am leading a team of 30 officers and staff, putting together a vast

range of skills and neck Ritter's - - skills and expertise. We have

received a huge number of calls and messages from members of the public

and I am grateful for this. This has raised nearly 200 actions for

us to follow up. Colleagues from all three blue light services have

been invited to a vigil near the crash site tomorrow. Not a public

gathering, but a chance for victims, families and those directly

affected to come together in thanks, in grief, and for some, in prayer.

Plympton Hospital is to close as part of an overhaul of mental

health services for people over 65. The two wards will move to Mount

Gould and three beds will be lost. Plymouth Community Healthcare say

community services will be improved to prevent crises, reduce hospital

admissions and support people in their own homes.

South West councils were cheated out of more than �15 million last

year. The Audit Commission says the money was obtained through

fraudulent payments for housing benefit and council tax discounts.

The total is up by 85%. After a three week delay, Taunton

got its new National Hunt season underway today. An exceptionally

dry October caused the original meeting to be called off because of

a bone hard track. But they've made up for lost time, as Spotlight's

Dave Gibbins has been discovering. The rain stayed away from Taunton

racecourse today, not good news for the officials. They had been

praying for lots of the wet stuff. An unusually dry spell made the

going hard and too dangerous. An anomaly, Taunton racecourse is

affected by -- protected by geography. Without the help of

aerating it, I wonder if we would even be running today.

Unfortunately injuries haven't whether or not a horse is racing or

on the field. -- happened. If you provide a safe service, they have

got a chance of competing and getting back in one piece, which is

the main thing. Bid is the second and his National Hunt course in

Britain but his reputation is growing, simply because of its

position and a knack to attract quality runners and riders. What's

more, the punters like it. We have been coming here for 35 years. We

look forward to it every meeting. It is all about the horses. I

sometimes do well! The economic situation does not seem to affect

the industry. There is a very good crowd for the National Hunt meeting.

They are hoping it goes well in the winter months ahead.

In tomorrow's Spotlight, Dave will be turning his attention to the

current controversy in horse racing - the illegal use of the whip.

When Britain hosts next years Olympics, it will mark an important

chapter in our history. But for one man in Cornwall, it will also be a

personal time for reflection. He's just found medals from his

grandfather's participation at the games, in 1908! Greg Wade reports.

Around the turn of the century, there was a brief lull between the

wars, and then Britain was host to the 19 you read Olympics. Now, a

Cornishman has found some of his ancestor's artefact from those

games. This is the archive of my grandfather. Bernard's grandfather

was an Olympic swimmer. We know he represented Britain and won

numerous other awards but like so many stories from the past, the

fine details are missing. From competitive swimming we have old

photographs of him winning rails. - - winning medals. He could not have

been very old, much the same age as Tom Daley. This was not a

professional career at them. They wanted to do it for King and

Country, as it were. Fahrig started swimming as a lad and won many

medals before representing his country. -- Frank. My grandfather

was described as one of the British breaststroke's fastest swimmers.

avoided World War One. 20 years later he was an ARP warden. He

carried on swimming until his 90s. He always swam. I remember right up

until the end that he swam. Do you remember anything in particular?

Keep my head above water! Bernard wants to take his grandfather's

belongings to the Olympic torch relay next May. He hopes they will

provide inspiration to others. When it comes to recording an album,

many musicians enjoy the comfort of a high tech studio. But not Devon

based singer Seth Lakeman. He's just laid down his latest songs in

an old workshop once used for making barrels. John Danks met him

at Morwellham Quay to find out more. Instead of a conventional studio we

decided to try and get more edge and rustics sound out of these

songs and record the whole thing in this environment. # Life is

solitude and everything burns away... #. For a selection of songs,

this Victorian house seemed the ideal location. Even the old tools

were put to good use. Everything surrounding us, we were scribbling

and banging and fashion. -- scraping. We try to bring back to

live the sound of a workshop. One of the songs, we recorded in the

copper buying. It is about breakers, and the way they broke solid rock

for precious minerals. We went into the mind and took the equipment.

That was quite an interesting experience. It was his six problem

since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. He is taking

the album on tour next month. How do you transfer the rock workshops

lounged the live stage? -- the raw workshops sound. We are excited to

take some of these tours on the road. At the moment, we are trying

to build a flight case for an ankle. -- Annvale. Bath interesting! -- it

is interesting! They you go, folk music with Victorian heavy metal.

His musician knows no bounds. -- Some people asking what happened to

the rain! The forecast did not go according to plan. We expected some

wet weather but it did not arrive. That is perhaps good news. The

forecast was not as it should have been. That's like a bid details for

tomorrow. It is Armistice Day in Plymouth. Not only will it be quite

wet but also quite breezy as well with a strengthening south-easterly

breeze. There will be so wet weather. No pressure moving closer

by midday tomorrow. Some rain. Behind it, it gets better and we

should see an improvement. Although we have a weather front straddling

the Channel Islands it is a week and it should move away during

Saturday. Clear skies around, but the cloud will return. Overnight,

expect things to be rather misty and grey and by morning, all of us

waking up to a cloudy start. Today, we did have a much better day.

Earlier we had some bright weather and sunshine trying to come through.

Also fine weather towards Somerset, were we also had some sunshine

coming through. In Taunton there was some blue sky with patchy cloud.

It has been a dry day in contrast. Let's look at the detail.

Temperatures lifting swiftly through the day. The rain does get

going and in the middle of the day, it becomes quite heavy and

widespread before it peters out and moves steadily eastwards.

Temperatures tomorrow up to 14 or 15 degrees. The breeze much

stronger than today. If you are heading for the remembrance

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festival at Plymouth pavilions, it Into the weekend, including on

Sunday, it is strike with showers early on Saturday, and relatively