Aviation safety news

Two people have been seriously injured in a light aircraft crash at Barton Aerodrome near Manchester. The ancient occurred just after 5pm this evening and witnesses describe the aircrafts engine cutting out shortly after take-off before the wing hit the ground and the aircraft impacted the ground splitting in half. [read more]

According to the report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), inexperience was the major factor in a fatal crash of a Cirrus SR22 at Duxford last year. The report concluded that there was no fault with the aircraft at the time of the crash, which occurred during a flight [read more]

According to an Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) report, neither pilot knew how close they were to the ground when attempting to land in fog at Guernsey Airport last year. The ATR72-500, which was being chartered by Aurigny Air Services, descended well below the approach ban altitude with the runway [read more]

A Delta Airlines jet has crashed while landing at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. There were 80 people onboard the aircraft, 74 passengers and 4 crew, and a statement from Toronto Airport said all passengers and crew had been accounted for. Three people have been critically injured. Images show the jet, [read more]

The US Army UH60 Blackhawk which collided with an American Eagle CRJ700 over Washington had a vital safety system switched off according to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) briefing. The NTSB told US Senators that Blackhawk’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system, which provides information about the aircraft’s position, altitude [read more]

An American Eagle CRJ regional jet and a military helicopter have collided in mid-air near Reagan National Airport, Washington DC. The American Eagle flight was operating flight AA5342 for American Airlines from Wichita, Kansas and was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members and the Army Blackhawk Helicopter had three [read more]

Swiss International Airlines has issued a statement confirming the death of a cabin crew member who was onboard an Airbus A220 that made an emergency landing due to smoke in the cabin and cockpit. Two other cabin crew members are still in hospital as a result of the incident that [read more]

Authorities say 179 people have been killed in a plane crash in South Korea with just two survivors. Video of the accident shows the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 (HL8088) landed without its landing gear extended and collided with infrastructure at the end of the runway bursting into flames at Muan [read more]