Air Safety news and insight from around the United Kingdom
Wiltshire fire brigade has shared images of yesterday’s aircraft accident at Cotswold Airport (Kemble) where a light aircraft ran off the runway and through the perimeter fence. Both occupants were able to exit the aircraft themselves with only minor injuries after it ended up in a ditch next to the [read more]
Former Ryanair cabin crew Sam Thompson (26) was told to expect to go to prison when he is sentenced on 3rd August after admitting to performing an aviation function as a member of the cabin crew on a Ryanair flight whilst being impaired by alcohol. Thompson was arrested at London [read more]
Yesterday saw the 100-year anniversary of the Air Accident Investigations Branch, better known as the AAIB and to mark the occasion we look at when and how it was formed and what it does to make aviation safer for all. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) started life on the [read more]
A violent episode broke out at the boarding gate for an easyJet Flight to Alicante today after a man responded to a gate staff reportedly goaded the man. The video, which has been widely shared on social media, appears to show one of the men saying he is going to [read more]
Two people have been confirmed to have died in a helicopter crash near Burton in Lonsdale in Yorkshire. The aircraft is understood to have crashed just before lunchtime with local residents describing a thick plume of smoke from the crash site. No one apart from the two confirmed fatalities are [read more]
East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) has been forced to close its runway on at least two occasions in the last 24 hours after drones were spotted inside the airport’s Flight Restriction Zone (FRZ). Several flights had to be diverted as the traffic was halted to ensure safety. Every licensed UK airport [read more]
The European Cockpit Association has said asking pilots to fly when fatigued is “like handing the car keys to a drunk driver,” after a video emerged of Wizz Air chief executive Jozsef Varadi asking staff “to go the extra mile” when tired. In a post on social media site Twitter, [read more]
A Virgin Atlantic flight, VS3 from London Heathrow to New York, was forced to turn around after just over an hour on Monday as the Co-pilot had not completed their training and the captain was not a designated trainer. Both crew members on the Airbus A330 were qualified to fly [read more]
A video posted on social media by multiple sources has shown the money a DHL Boeing 757 skidded off the runway and broke into two sections in Costa Rica. The aircraft had returned to the airport shortly after take-off due to a hydraulic issue with the aircraft and the emergency [read more]
A light aircraft has crashed into a block of flats near Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire today with witnesses describing the pilot as having “bailed out” shortly before the crash. Thames Valley Police confirmed the incident occurred around 12:00hrs and that the pilot had been taken to hospital but did not [read more]
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