Aviation safety news

Two pilots have safely ejected from the Bae Hawk T2 jet trainer during a sortie from RAF Valley before it crashed into the ground on Anglesey, North Wales. Images of the crash shows pilots struggling to control the aircraft, which is used for Royal Air Force (RAF) fast jet training, [read more]

A previously unknown software defect with an exposure window of just around one millisecond was responsible for the major National Airspace System failure that caused widespread disruption across UK aviation on 8 September, according to a preliminary investigation by NATS. The report, published on 16th of September, reveals how a [read more]

Five people have been confirmed dead as a result of an Amazon Prime Air freighter, operated by 21 Air, overshot the runway while landing at Miami International Airport earlier this evening. The Mayor of Miami Daniella Levine Cava confirmed the deaths in a press conference saying “We can confirm that [read more]

The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has removed the authorisation for a 3rd rugby flypast by South African airline Airlink following concerns over last weeks flypast over the DHL Stadium which drew worldwide attention after the aircraft appeared exceedingly low. Following the incident, Airlink issued a statement saying that [read more]

Yorkshire Air Ambulance has launched a new public safety campaign following a serious incident in South Yorkshire in which objects were thrown towards one of its helicopters during a safety-critical take-off after an emergency callout. The incident, which took place in Rotherham earlier this year, saw an unsupervised child throw a stone towards [read more]

A young pilot and his passenger were killed when a light aircraft crashed into a field in North Yorkshire after entering an unrecovered spin during an aerobatic flight, an official investigation has found. The aircraft, a two-seat Cessna FRA150L, departed Breighton Airfield at around 8:15am in fine weather. The 21-year-old [read more]

The two pilots of an Air Canada Express regional jet have been killed when their aircraft collided with a fire truck at New York’s La Guardia airport while responding to an emergency. The incident happened at just after 10pm local time (2am UK time) after the flight had arrived from [read more]

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), Britains air accident investigators, has appointed Robert Balls as the new Chief of Air Accidents. He takes over the role with immediate effect replacing Crispin Orr, who had been in the role for nine years. Rob joined the AAIB as an inspector specialising in [read more]