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]
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]
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]
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]
A Boeing Stearman belonging to wing walking display team Aerosuperbatics has ditched into the sea near Poole Harbour following an engine failure. Both pilot and wing walker escaped with minor injuries and were shaken up after being rescued by the Poole lifeboat. Aerosuperbatics were displaying at the Bournemouth Air Festival [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]
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) bulletin report on the crash of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) at Goodwood in 2019 has slammed the build quality and safety of the aircraft. The 95kg aircraft crashed into a field after the remote pilot lost control of the UAV during a demonstration [read more]
A West Atlantic Boeing 737 cargo aircraft has suffered substantial damage after a “hard landing” at Exeter Airport. The incident occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning after a flight from East Midlands Airport. The aircraft involved was Boeing 737-400 G-JMCY. Images widely shared on social media show substantial [read more]
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