Radio broadcasts of Mass interfere with flights

CHURCHES broadcasting Mass on the radio to housebound worshippers have unexpectedly found a new audience — pilots flying transatlantic planes at 30,000ft.

Now churches across the country have had to cease their daily FM broadcasts following fears over interference with air traffic control communications.

But the ban has come under fire from priests as well as parishioners, who said the religious broadcasts were a lifeline for the housebound.