Both the '' Daily Star '' and its Sunday equivalent , as well as its stablemates the '' Daily Express '' and '' Sunday Express '' , featured heavy coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in May 2007 . In 2008 , the McCann family sued the '' Star '' and '' Express '' for libel . The action concerned more than 100 stories across the '' Daily Express '' , '' Daily Star '' and their Sunday equivalents , which accused the McCanns of involvement in their daughter 's disappearance . The newspapers ' coverage was regarded by the McCanns as grossly defamatory . In a settlement at the High Court of Justice , the newspapers agreed to run a front-page apology to the McCanns on 19 March 2008 , publish another apology on the front pages of the Sunday editions on 23 March and make a statement of apology at the High Court . They also agreed to pay costs and substantial damages , which the McCanns plan to use to aid their search for their daughter . The '' Daily Star '' apologised for printing " stories suggesting the couple were responsible for , or may be responsible for , the death of their daughter Madeleine and for covering it up " and stated that " We now recognise that such a suggestion is absolutely untrue and that Kate and Gerry are completely innocent of any involvement in their daughter 's disappearance . " On 21 April 2010 , in the aftermath of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption , the '' Star '' splashed a computer-generated image on its front page of British Airways Flight 9 , which in 1982 encountered volcanic ash and suffered the temporary loss of all engines . The image , taken from a documentary , was accompanied by a headline " Terror as plane hits ash cloud " , without any indication on the front page that the image was computer-generated . The splash , on the first day that flights restarted after a six-day closure of UK airspace due to volcanic ash , led to the removal of the paper from newsagents at some UK airports
British Airways Flight 9
British Airways Flight 9
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