According to a report by Aviation Consultants To70, commercial aviation accidents in 2020 fell from 86 in 2019 to just 40 but the number of fatalities rose from 257 to 299. The increase in fatalities comes despite a significant decrease in air global air travel due to the Coronavirus Pandemic [read more]
The Wiltshire Air Ambulance was targeted by a laser while attempting to land at an emergency last night. The Air Ambulance was attempting to land near Trowbridge, Wiltshire when the laser was directed at the aircraft from the South West area of the town. In a statement, Wiltshire Air Ambulance [read more]
A Hawker Sea Fury has crashed during a routine flight from Duxford. A picture, shared widely on social media, shows the aircraft amongst trees after suffering an apparent engine failure. Two people have sustained injuries in the accident and were treated at the scene. The crash, which occurred this afternoon, [read more]
Emergency services are at the scene of a light aircraft crash near Heathfield, East Sussex. The aircraft reportedly crashed on open ground just after 11am this morning. East Sussex Rire and Rescue confirmed they were attending the scene and had extinguished a fire on arrical. Sussex Police also confirmed “Emergency [read more]
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 had to be escorted by two Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons this evening (July 13) over the east coast of England. The scheduled flight was bound for Dublin Airport from Kraków International Airport when at approximately 17:27 UTC the aircraft began squawking 7700 – the globally [read more]
It has been just over 48 years since the crash of British European Airways Flight 548 which devastatingly cost the lives of all 118 people on board a BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident. The aircraft suffered a deep stall shortly after takeoff, eventually coming down just south of the busy A30 [read more]
Pakistan International Airlines (PK/PIA) is grounding around 150 pilots who hold ‘dubious’ licences. The move comes after Pakistan’s Aviation Minister, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, revealed that almost a third of all pilots in the country have fake licences and are not qualified to fly. An initial enquiry into the crash of [read more]
A helicopter with two people onboard has crash-landed in a field and burst into flames after the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing. The aircraft came down near the Masons Arms Pub, Long Marston, Warwickshire just after midday. Local reports say both the pilot and passenger were able to [read more]
The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 (G-CTAM) was able to avoid a potentially fatal crash by deploying the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) earlier today. The aircraft was on a flight from Dunkeswell Airfield in Exeter to Lee-On-Solent before the pilot lost control of the aircraft for an unknown reason [read more]
A privately owned aircraft landed at a closed RAF Base without permission on Bank Holiday Monday according to the MOD’s Air safety information management system (ASIMS). The report filed says that a Pilatus PC12 N412MD took off from Fairoaks Airfield in Surrey and flew to RAF Valley on Anglesey. As [read more]
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