Aviation safety news

Pressure is growing on the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to follow the rest of the world and ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 fleet following sundays second fatal accident of the type in 6 months. US Senators and Flight Crew Unions are among those who have called on the [read more]

The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a notice grounding all UK Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft and barring any from entering UK airspace. The move means the UK is the latest aviation authority to ground the type following two fatal crashes of the type in 6 months. The [read more]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a continued airworthiness notification, effectively stating publicly that the Boeing 737 Max 8 is airworthy but the reason they have done that is perhaps more telling. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after take-off earlier this week killing all onboard, [read more]

A growing list of Airlines and Aviation Authorities are grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8 in the wake of yesterdays fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 which killed 157 people including nine Britons. China was the first to act with the Chinese aviation authority grounding the type. This was [read more]

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft (ET-AVJ) has crashed shortly after take off from Addis Ababa airport (ADD/HAAB) killing all onboard. The aircraft, which was delivered to the airline in November 2018, was operating flight ET302 to Nairobi and data from Flight Tracking site, FlightRadar24 showed the aircraft [read more]

The pilot who crashed a Hawker Hunter during a display at the 2015 Shoreham Airshow has been acquitted of manslaughter. Andy Hill was charged with the manslaughter of 11 people following an investigation by Sussex Police but a jury at the Old Bailey found the 54 year old not guilty. [read more]

Liberal newspaper “The Independent” has been caught spreading fake news about a supposed near-miss at 35,000ft. The newspaper posted a video online that it claimed showed a near miss at 35,000ft. The video involved an Aer Lingus flight and and another four engine aircraft of an unknown airline. Under the [read more]

A Laudamotion flight to Austria has been evacuated on the runway after performing a rejected take-off (RTO) at London Stansted (STN/EGSS)airport this evening. It is not yet clear what caused the pilot to reject the take-off but Twitter user Sam Long (@slongy20) posted an image of the slides deployed on [read more]