An Eastern Airways flight from Anglesey to Cardiff Airport had an encounter with a what was described as a large drone on Tuesday evening whilst approaching the airport to land. The aircraft did not have to alter course or take evasive action but the proximity was enough to make the [read more]
The formal report by the UK’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has concluded the aircraft did not reach the required height and speed to safely carry out the manoeuvre which resulted in the fatal crash at the 2015 Shoreham Airshow. The report released today showed that to safely perform a [read more]
Getting drunk on a plane could land you with more than a hangover, here Philip Dawson shares his thoughts on the rise of incidents of drunk and abusive passengers in todays airline industry. The recent decision by Jet 2 to ban the sale of alcohol on board their early morning [read more]
On Saturday the 22nd August a terrible accident occurred at the Shoreham Air Show in West Sussex when a Hunter T7, G-BXFI (WV372) crashed into the A27 killing at least 11 people on the ground. By some miracle the pilot, Andy Hill was pulled from the wreckage alive, but in a [read more]
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