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Balmoral man on a flight path to fury as planes roar over his house – Brisbane Times
With the number of people complaining about aircraft noise soaring since the new runway opened in July, one frustrated resident has taken to documenting the de…
One flight over Dr Sean Foley’s Balmoral house among eight during a 30-minute interview measured 72.5 decibels.Credit:Tony Moore
Dr Foley, who took his complaints to Airservices Australia, said every flight stopped conversation in the house.
Most of the noise over his home was in the low 70 decibels the level at which things such as a vacuum cleaner interrupt normal conversation.
His loudest reading was an 82-decibel Qantas flight arriving at 4.10pm on August 28.
“It is quite disturbing. The…
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