Air Safety news and insight from around the United Kingdom
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]
A special bulletin by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has said that the Cardiff City Footballer Emiliano Sala was exposed to potentially fatal levels of Carbon Monoxide (CO) in the final moments before his plane crashed just north of Guernsey. The toxicology results show that Sala had a carboxyhaemoglobin [read more]
The Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) is sending a team to the site of a glider accident in Cumbria. The aircraft crashed yesterday (7th August) near Kirkland Cumbria and is understood to have suffered substantial damage. The pilot is believed to have been the sole occupant.
Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) has been closed after a BAC Strikemaster burst a tyre on landing. The Cold War jet has been displaying at the Sunderland Airshow and was landing after completing its sortie. Ther aircraft, Strikemaster 417, is operated by North Wales Military Aircraft Services Ltd. The aren’t believed to [read more]
The Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) has said it is sending a team to the scene of an accident involving a Glider in Monmouthshire. It is understood that the Glider flipped over during take-off and the pilot, the sole occupant, received serious injuries but according to Gwent Police, these are [read more]
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has confirmed it is sending a team to the scene of a light aircraft crash in Kent. The aircraft came down in a field in the village of Postling near Hythe around 2 pm this afternoon. Fire and Ambulance crews attended the scene which [read more]
Jet2 (LS/EXS) has billed a disruptive passenger £85,000 for causing the flight to Dalaman she was on to divert to London Stansted last month. Chloe Haines (25) from Maidenhead, Berkshire caused the flight to be intercepted by RAF Typhoon jets after she attempted to open the door of the aircraft [read more]
A Flybe (BE/BEE) Dash 8-Q400 (G-JECN) hit a Ground Power Unit at Southampton Airport earlier this year because the pilots had forgotten to turn on the Standby Hydraulics. The aircraft had arrived at Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI) from Jersey (JER/EGJJ) on the 2nd March 2019 and was operating the last of [read more]
The crew of a Flybe Dash 8 didn’t turn on the pressurisation system of their aircraft leading to an emergency descent last year. The incident, which happened on the 21st September 2018, was reported to the Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) by the crew. The aircraft, G-PRPC, had taken off [read more]
The Alauda Airspeeder 4 electric flying racing car was due to make its debut at Goodwood’s festival of speed last weekend but a test flight last Thursday ended in a crash. As we reported last week, the AAIB said it was sending a team to the site of an Unmanned Aerial [read more]
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