Air Safety news and insight from around the United Kingdom
2017 was the safest year on record for Civil Aviation according to a report by Dutch Aviation Consultancy To70. The report showed that not a single jet-powered passenger airliner caused a fatality in 2017 and the only deaths on a commercial flight came from two turbo-prop crashes, one in Russia [read more]
Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) was closed to aircraft this evening due to a suspected electrical fire. Fire crews were called to reports of smoke appearing from a maintenance access point near the runway and it is understood that they tackled a small electrical fire. Being Christmas day air traffic is light but [read more]
Bristol Airport has been forced to close as a regional jet runs off runway in a landing incident. The BMI Regional Embraer RJ145 (Not pictured) had landed at the airport from Frankfurt but is understood to have run off the runway at the opposite end whilst taxiing. No injuries have [read more]
A plane has left the runway in a landing incident at Bristol Airport this morning. The Embraer RJ145 (not pictured) belonging to BMI Regional is understood to have left the runway whilst taxiing after landing from Frankfurt at 11:36am. Bristol Airport said none of the 25 passengers on-board flight BM1822 were injured [read more]
With drones continuing to be high on many people’s Christmas lists this year, Manchester Airport is warning users of the dangers they pose to aircraft after a spate of incidents this year. The airport has seen incidents involving drones in the airspace around Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) rise by 113% in [read more]
People who target aircraft with laser pens face tough new prison sentences under new laws proposed by the government. The Laser Misuse (Vehicles) Bill makes the offence of shining a laser pen at a vehicle, including aircraft, punishable by up to 5 years in prison. Pilots of airliners, as well [read more]
The Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) has confirmed it has sent a team to a fatal light aircraft crash near St Albans in Hertfordshire. According to Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue, Emergency services were called to reports of a light aircraft that crashed into a field shortly after taking off. Two fire engines and [read more]
Air New Zealand is the latest airline that has been forced to cancel flights due to what it described as “engine events” in their Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powered Dreamliners have been involved in a raft of recent engine issues which started with issues reported [read more]
A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 suffered damage to its wing yesterday after it’s wing was clipped by an Egypt Air Boeing 777 at New York’s JFK airport. The Virgin Atlantic aircraft, Airbus A330-300 G-VRAY, was departing New York’s John F Kennedy Airport (JFK/KJFK) operating flight VS4 to London Heathrow when [read more]
The government has today published The Drone Bill which is designed to give police new powers on illegal and unsafe drone use. The draft bill will go before Parliament in Spring 2018 and will include changes to the Air Navigation Order to make drone users take safety awareness tests. The [read more]
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