BBC London News Item on Battersea Heliport Report

Three London Borough's have released the Heliport Report written by the Acoustics Group of London South Bank University. The findings have been taken up by the BBC as a news item today. The findings suggest that he Heliport is a danger to health with medium risk of long term health effects (hyper tension, higher cortisol levels, and the possible of cardiac arrest) for local residents. The recommended maximum noise levels were exceeded 36 times a day, in line with each and every helicopter movement, indicating that helicopters were to blame. The simplest solution would to curtain the number of flights to the 1500 exceedances allowed per year for commercial flights.