Airlines are being told to prepare for a future in which the biggest threat to on-time departures is not weather or crew shortages, but fragments of rockets and satellites falling back to Earth.

Turbulence is a pain at the best of times. But now it could be the trigger for a £72,000 compensation headache for our national carrier – at least if a former cabin crew member gets her way.

The flyover is set to include two B-1s, two F-15C Eagles and a pair each of Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35C Joint Strike ...