Air Safety news and insight from around the United Kingdom
The Wiltshire Air Ambulance was targeted by a laser while attempting to land at an emergency last night. The Air Ambulance was attempting to land near Trowbridge, Wiltshire when the laser was directed at the aircraft from the South West area of the town. In a statement, Wiltshire Air Ambulance [read more]
A pilot from the Bremont Great War Display Team has had a miraculous escape as his replica Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c nose-dived into the ground at Sywell Aerodrome during a practice display. The pilot, named as Matthew Boddington, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is understood to have [read more]
The 2nd of September is a sombre day for the team at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland because of two tragedies, 11 years apart to the day. The base is home to 120 Squadron (previously at RAF Kinloss) and was one of the former homes of the RAF Nimrod, a submarine [read more]
Two Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons were launched on Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) earlier this evening to intercept Ryanair flight FR7364. The two aircraft took off from RAF Conningsby along with an RAF Voyager tanker from RAF Brize Norton. The tasking was to a Laudamotion Airbus A320 (OE-LMB), which was [read more]
One of the Boeing B52-H Bombers currently deployed to RAF Fairford as part of the Bomber Task Force has been involved what the US Air Force describes as an ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ interception by a Russian fighter. The incident, which occurred on Friday 28th August Aug. 28, 2020, involved two [read more]
A light aircraft has been forced to land near a golf course just short of the runway at St Athan airfield in South Wales. The aircraft, a Piper PA-28 Cherokee G-OFTI, is understood to have suffered a loss of power and was unable to make the runway. The aircraft landed [read more]
An Air India Express flight from Dubai skidded off the end of the runway and crashed after landing at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India. According to local reports the aircraft, a Boeing 737, was carrying 191 passengers. An image (shown above) widely shared on social media by twitter user [read more]
A Hawker Sea Fury has crashed during a routine flight from Duxford. A picture, shared widely on social media, shows the aircraft amongst trees after suffering an apparent engine failure. Two people have sustained injuries in the accident and were treated at the scene. The crash, which occurred this afternoon, [read more]
Emergency services are at the scene of a light aircraft crash near Heathfield, East Sussex. The aircraft reportedly crashed on open ground just after 11am this morning. East Sussex Rire and Rescue confirmed they were attending the scene and had extinguished a fire on arrical. Sussex Police also confirmed “Emergency [read more]
Pakistan International Airlines (PK/PIA), which is currently banned from flying in Europe, is targeting a return using chartered aircraft according to sources. The airline is apparently planning to wet-lease several aircraft with European Air Operators Certificates (AOC) including an A330-900neo from Hi-Fly destined for UK routes. A formal announcement is [read more]
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