Horse trainer escapes injury in Haydock plane crash

Aeros Flight Training have named the pilot involved in last weeks fatal accident in Worcestershire. John Smith (52) is described by Aeros as “highly experienced, very popular with both his colleagues and his students” and was “enthusiastic”. The flight training school went on to say that Mr Smith had joined them [read more]

Five people have been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash in the Savoie area of France. The aircraft was carrying out a rescue mission at the time of the crash but is owned by a private company, Service Aerien Francais, not military or emergency services. The alarm was raised by [read more]

Four people, including two UK citizens, were killed when two helicopters collided in mid-air near Seaworld on Australia’s Gold Coast at around 2pm local time. The accident is understood to have happened as one helicopter was taking off and one was landing and the four victims were all on the [read more]