Reporters Jeremy James, Jeanne La Chard, John Pitman, Desmond Wilcox, Harold Williamson

This week: Aircraft Noise
Whether we like it or not, the volume of jet aircraft traffic screeching over our heads will go on for many years to come.
It is undeniable that aircraft are great money-spinners and dollar earners-London Airport handles more international traffic than any airport in the world - but for those living near airports jet aircraft noise has reached almost unbearable proportions.
But is the noise absolutely necessary? How serious a hazard to our health is it? Do the airlines respect the noise limits imposed? Can jet engines be gagged without ruining performance? Is sufficient being done to control what has become known as this obscene intrusion into our private lives'?