We're now coming into Gatwick - and there’s Mrs Jones sunbathing ...

Villagers have written to the Dubai carrier Emirates after it was revealed that the airline has installed cameras on the fuselage of its jets, to allow passengers to see the ground beneath them. According to a report in The Independent newspaper, residents of Dormansland, Surrey, were alerted to the alleged invasion of privacy when a woman spotted her home on the in-flight television as she returned from a holiday and the plane descended towards Gatwick airport. The vice-chairman of the local parish council reportedly told the newspaper that he considered the filming “an invasion of privacy”. He said: “There are concerns that someone might be doing some sunbathing in the garden and when an aircraft comes over and you can see it’s Emirates you know they have got the cameras rolling. It is a discomforting feeling to know people could be looking at you.” But a spokesman for Emirates said the carrier would not be turning the cameras off: “We have tried to do as much as we possibly can to reassure them that we are not invading their privacy. The images passengers see are fairly low quality; they are not magnified or recorded in any way. It is basically the same view as if people were looking out of their window. The aircraft are probably at around 2,500 feet when they fly over.” Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad