Aviation safety news

An ATR72-500 operated by regional carrier Voepass crashed near Sao Paulo yesterday killing 57 passengers and 4 crew. The plane was operating a flight from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport when it appeared to fall out of the sky about 1 hour and 30 [read more]

The pilot and passenger of a light aircraft were killed when their aircraft crashed in a field near Selby, North Yorkshire earlier today. The incident occurred at around 09:30 this morning and Yorkshire Ambulance Service reported receiving calls about a crash involving a light aircraft near Thorganby. Yorkshire Ambulance Service [read more]

A Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed near Moscow, Russia yesterday during a post-maintenance test flight killing all onboard. The aircraft, which belonged to Gazpromavia, had been undergoing maintenance at the Lukhovitsy aviation plant and was on a test flight to Vunkovo airport when it came down in woods near Kolomensky District [read more]

Staff at Turkey’s Antalya airport refused to refuel an El Al flight which diverted into the airport with a medical emergency. El Al flight LY5102 was operating from Warsaw to Tel Aviv when a passenger became and a doctor on board recommended an immediate diversion to the nearest airport which [read more]

Activist group Just Stop Oil (JSO) is planning to target airports around the UK including London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Bristol and Manchester in a summer campaign aimed at disrupting air travel. The group, which pays volunteers for their activism, is planning to stage disruption inside airpot terminals and airside by [read more]

According to a special bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) both pilots of a TUI Boeing 737-800 failed to notice that the autothrottle had disengaged during take-off from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD). The pilots were operating a flight using a TUI Airways UK Boeing 737-800 (G-FDZS) from Bristol to [read more]

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has named the pilot who died in yesterday’s Spitfire crash as Squadron Leader Mark Long describing him as “a great friend, colleague and a passionate, professional aviator.” San Ldr Long’s Spitfire crashed on the perimeter of RAF Coningsby, where the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight [read more]

The Princess of Wales has led tributes to the pilot who lost life in the crash of a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) spitfire crash yesterday at RAF Coningsby. Kate is the honorary Air Commandant of RAF Coningbsy, home of the BBMF, after taking over the role from her [read more]