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Gatwick Airport: Drone attack causes chaos

London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) is expected to be closed until at least 16:00hrs today following a sustained drone attack on the airport that forced it to close its runway late last night. Reports first emerged just late yesterday evening that a number of drones where being flown in the vicinity [read more]

G-VSKP seen taking off on BT Sport
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AAIB confirms Leicester crash wreckage is at Farnborough

The Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) has confirmed that the wreckage of the Augusta Westland AW169 (G-VSKP) that crashed in Leicester last week has arrived at their headquarters in Farnborough. The crash killed Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others is being examined by the AAIB who have already downloaded [read more]

G-VSKP seen taking off on BT Sport
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Leicester City owner dies in helicopter crash at Stadium

A helicopter belonging to Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has crashed outside of the stadium after taking off after today’s match. Leicester City has officially confirmed Mr Srivaddhanaprabha was on board at the time of the accident and died along with 4 other people including the pilots. Leicester City owner’s helicopter has [read more]

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Virgin and Malaysian jets in near-miss over London

A near-miss took place over West London this afternoon between two jetliners bound for London’s Heathrow airport. The incident occurred just before 5pm when a Malaysian Airlines Airbus A350-900 (9M-MAG), MH4, come into conflict with a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner (G-VOWS) operating VS251. The Malaysian Airbus from Kuala Lumpar [read more]