Aviation safety news

The final report into the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in October 2018 has placed the blame on the manufacturer, Boeing as well as the Pilots and airline. 189 people were killed when the Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed into the sea on the 29th October 2018 and attention [read more]

Swiss International Airlines (LX/SWR) has resumed operations with its fleet of Airbus A220 aircraft after grounding them yesterday for urgent engine checks. Around 100 flights were cancelled when the fleet was grounded following an incident on a flight between London and Geneva which made an emergency diversion to Paris. The [read more]

An inquiry has found that fatigue and reduced situational awareness contributed to the crash of a Red Arrows BAe Hawk at RAF Valley last year in which an engineer was killed. The Special Inquiry Panel found that Flight Lieutenant David Stark, who survived the accident, had a daily routine that [read more]

A 54 year-old man from Llantwit Major has been sent to prison for 32 months after he put the lives of the passengers and crew of a Tui 737 in danger by shining a ‘laser pen’ at it. Micheal Bisgrove of Berry Court, Boverton shone the laser at the Tui [read more]

Two aircraft were seconds from a mid-air collision at Sibson Aerodrome earlier this year according to a report from the UK Airprox Board. The report says that the two aircraft, both Cessna 208’s, were separated by just 50ft vertically before the control tower intervened preventing the collision on 18th April [read more]

Coffee that was spilt onto the Audio Communications Panel (ACP) caused smoke and fumes to appear in the cockpit on-board a Thomas Cook A330 aircraft (G-TCCF) mid-Atlantic. The report by the Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) said that the flight on 6th February 2019 was forced to divert to Shannon [read more]

I had a lazy morning on September 11 2001, I was having a lay-in after a previous night at work and just watching the news in bed when suddenly, everything changed. A newsflash broke on BBC news that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York. [read more]

Two people have been confirmed dead at the scene of a light aircraft accident in Stonor, Henly-on-Thames. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into a field in Stonor just after 2 pm today and emergency services were called to the scene. Police, Fire and Ambulance services attended the crash [read more]