Sir, – A hundred years ago, when the aviation industry was in its infancy, and when air travel was more fascinating and dangerous than it is today, the regular media reporting of flight diversions to Shannon Airport and elsewhere made some sense. However, the weekly news report that an aircraft is being diverted to Shannon because of a drunk passenger, broken toilets, an ill passenger, or some other event, has become quite tedious. Isn’t it time that either we moved on from this quaint practice, or alternatively, in the interests of consistency, that we also reported similar incidents on our buses and trains? – Yours, etc,
LESLIE LAWLESS,
Dublin 4.