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Flybe flight evacuated on Runway at Exeter Airport

28/02/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A Flybe flight from Exeter Airport (EXT/EGTE) to Alicante (ALC/LEAL) was evacuated this morning after the pilot reported a problem with the “air conditioning” as the aircraft was about to take off. Flight BE4321, operated by Embraer ERJ195 G-FBEJ, had lined already lined up on the runway when there were [read more]

Flight Sharing in the spotlight after Sala crash report

26/02/2019 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

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]

New drone laws – bigger restriction zones for airfields

20/02/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Flying a drone or other unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near an airport or airfield will be a criminal offence next month when new legislation comes into force extending the restricted areas. From the 13 March 2019 the flight restriction zone around airports and airfields changes and under new rules the [read more]

Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 757-200 (Image: Aero Icarus CC BY-SA2.0)

Turkmenistan Airlines banned from UK and Europe

04/02/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Turkmenistan Airlines (T5/TUA) has been banned from flying its aircraft into European and UK airspace after the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) expressed doubts about its safety standards. Placing the airline on its blacklist stops the airline, which operates a 27-year-old Boeing 757-200 on its routres from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) [read more]

AAIB says body visible in Sala plane wreckage

04/02/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

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]

One dead in Essex microlight accident

03/02/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

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]

AAIB to conduct search for aircraft missing near Alderney

30/01/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

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]

Channel Islands Air Search (Image: CI Air Search)

Little hope of survival as still no sign of missing light aircraft

23/01/2019 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Rescuers have said there is little hope that anyone is still alive from the Piper Malibu aircraft that went missing near Alderney in the Channel Islands on Sunday. The aircraft, a Piper PA-46-310P Malibu registration N264DB, was flying from Nantes to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) when it went missing at 8:30pm [read more]

A coastguard helicopter (Image: The Aviation Media Co.)

Search continues for missing light aircraft near Alderney

22/01/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The search has continued today for a light aircraft that went missing around 8 miles north-west of Alderney yesterday evening at around 8:30pm. The aircraft, understood to be a Piper PA-46 Malibu, left Nantes, France yesterday evening bound for Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF). It disappeared from radar at around 8:30pm near [read more]

BMI Regional G-CKAG after the incident at Bristol Airport (Image: AAIB/OGL)

Wrong lever selection caused BMI incident at Bristol

10/01/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

The selection of the parking brake lever rather than the speed brake lever caused a BMI Regional Embraer ERJ 145 to come off the runway at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) in 2017 according to the formal accident report. The incident happened at 11:37hrs on 22nd December 2017 as the Embraer Regional [read more]