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]
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 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]
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has said it has sent a team to West Sussex to investigate an accident involving an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or Drone. Not much is known about the nature of the accident which happened near Goodwood yesterday. The Goodwood Estate is currently hosting the Festival [read more]
A Norwegian Boeing 737-800 (EI-FJW) came within 875 metres of a departing Easyjet Airbus A320 at Edinburgh Airport according to the report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). The incident occurred on the 13th August 2018 whilst the Norwegian Air International Boeing 737 was landing on Runway 06 at [read more]
Flight Sharing has been described as the “uber of the sky” but now services such as Wingly & Coavmi are firmly under the spotlight following the death of Emiliano Sala in a plane crash earlier this year. The latest special bulletin into the accident of Piper Malibu N264DB released by [read more]
The Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) has confirmed that one body is visible in the wreckage of the Piper Malibu N264DB that was found on the seabed near the channel islands yesterday. The plane went missing on Monday 21st January with pilot David Ibbotson and Premier League Footballer, Emiliano Sala [read more]
Essex police have confirmed that the pilot of a microlight that crashed earlier today has died at the scene, he was the only person onboard the aircraft. Speaking about the accident, a spokesperson for the Police said: “Officers attended and, sadly, a man aged in his 50s was pronounced dead [read more]
The Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) has announced that is to conduct an underwater seabed search for the aircraft that went missing with Cardiff City football player, Emiliano Sala onboard. In conjunction with the Ministry of Defence’s Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) Project Team, an area of four square nautical [read more]
The conclusion of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch’s (AAIB) investigation into the light aircraft crash at Bredon Hill, Gloucester earlier this year is that the aircraft was in controlled flight when it hit the ground killing two people. The Piper PA28 Warrior III (G-WAVS) crashed on Bredon Hill on the [read more]
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