Air Safety news and insight from around the United Kingdom
Chinese authorities have said there is unlikely to be any survivors from China Eastern flight MU5735 which crashed in the Southern region of China. The Boeing 737-800 B1791 was operating a flight from Kunming to Guanghzou when according to flight data, it entered a sudden steep dive and crashed into [read more]
Russia has banned UK airlines from its entire airspace, including overflights, in apparent retaliation for sanctions imposed by the UK on Aeroflot following Russia’s unprovoked attack and invasion of Ukraine. British Airways said it was cancelling all flights to Russia as a result of the ban and adjusting flights to [read more]
Flights from the UK to Ukraine have been suspended after Russia invaded the country in the early hours of this morning. Despite claiming for weeks that it had no intention of doing so, Russia has launched and air and ground invasion of Ukraine bringing worldwide condemnation. To protect civilian flights, [read more]
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has designated 20th February as the International Day commemorating air crash victims and their families. ICAO, a United Nations Agency, has been at the forefront of aviation safety and the development of air transport into the safe system it is today but much of [read more]
Storm Eunice battered the United Kingdom yesterday with the South-West bearing the brunt of the gusts that hit 122mph in exposed areas. Some people were watching over-enthusiastic presenters cheering on near-death experiences at London airports but others, like some of our team, were on board flights due to land at [read more]
A coroner conducting inquests into the victims of the Shoreham air show crash has been blocked from using the cockpit footage after the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) argued it could hamper future investigations. 11 people were killed when Pilot Andy Hills Hawker Hunter failed to complete an aerobatic manoeuvre [read more]
33 years today at 19:02 local time Pan Am Boeing 747 crashed into the small Scottish borders town of Lockerbie killing 270 people. This was no accident though and even today questions are still being asked about who really brought down Flight 103. The aircraft, Boeing 747-100 N739PA “Clipper Maid of the Seas” departed [read more]
It goes without saying that keeping aviation and passengers safe is the top priority of the industry. All decisions and authorizations, from new aircraft designs and airport procedures to individual flight plan approvals, are made with this in mind. Aviation safety and security is integral to everything that happens in [read more]
A British F35B has crashed into the Mediterranean sea after its pilot was forced to eject from the aircraft. The pilot was safely rescued from the sea. No other aircraft or hostile action is believed to have caused the crash of the aircraft after taking off from the British aircraft [read more]
The organiser of the flight that killed Emiliano Sala has been jailed for 18 months at Cardiff Crown Court. David Henderson 67, of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to trying to arrange an unauthorised flight and was also found guilty of recklessly endangering the safety of an aircraft [read more]
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