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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]
David Henderson, 67, of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, has been found guilty of endangering an aircraft at Cardiff Crown Court, Henderson arranged the flight which ultimately crashed killing Cardiff City football signing Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson. The jury heard that Henderson had arranged the flight for his [read more]
Fay Keely, one of the owners of the Piper Malibu N264DB, has told Cardiff Crown Court that she told David Henderson that pilot David Ibbotson should not fly her aircraft. She made the decision after being informed of multiple airspace restriction infringements by Ibbotson in her aircraft. Ms Keely was [read more]
A man has pleaded guilty to illegally arranging the flight which killed Emiliano Sala when it crashed near the channel islands in 2019. David Henderson (66) of East Ridings in Yorkshire entered a guilty plea at Cardiff Crown Court to the charge of attempting to discharge a passenger without valid [read more]
Teesside Airport (MME/EGNV) will remain closed until at least Monday morning following a light aircraft accident that has left one person with serious injuries. The incident happened this morning and is believed to have involved one of the based General Aviation aircraft, Grumman American AA-5 Traveler G-BBSA, which crashed just [read more]
Two men have been killed when the light aircraft they were in came down near Goodwood yesterday evening. The accident occurred just after 4:30pm yesterday and despite the best efforts of the emergency services the two men, 65 and 58, were pronounced dead at the scene. Local Fire & Ambulance [read more]
An unknown object, possibly a drone, came within 10 metres of a landing ATR72 aircraft at Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport causing a definite risk of collision according to a report from the UK Airprox Board. The report was file by the Captain of the airliner which was on approach to Runway [read more]
The nose gear of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner belonging to British Airways (BA/BAW )has collapsed on the stand at London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL). The aircraft, Boeing 787-8 G-ZBJB, had arrived to Heathrow from Moscow operating flight BA881 and was parked when the incident occurred. The aircraft was due to operate [read more]
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a series of safety notices about aircraft returning to service after being stored for long periods during the Coronavirus pandemic. The most critical one, SN2021/014 relates to blocked pitot tubes and follows at least three occurrences of blocked pitot tubes causing airspeed [read more]
A new study suggests that General Aviation (GA) pilots downplay the impact of stress on flight safety compared to factors such as inclement weather. The research, conducted by the University of Aberdeen, presented 101 pilots with a series of 12 take-off scenarios across four categories – compromised performance (pilot stressed, [read more]
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