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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

2,538 reports
In Category Commercial - fixed wing
  • Cabin depressurisation en route from East Midlands Airport to Edinburgh Airport, 28 January 2019.

  • Pressurisation system not turned on leading to emergency descent, near Edinburgh Airport, 21 September 2018.

  • Incorrect aircraft configuration during approach and crew distractions, Southampton Airport, 2 March 2019.

  • Inadvertent Flap Retraction, During takeoff from Düsseldorf Airport, 16 July 2018.

  • Loadsheet and takeoff-performance calculation error, London Gatwick Airport, 30 September 2018.

  • Tailstrike on takeoff, Birmingham Airport, 28 July 2018.

  • Incorrect takeoff configuration for calculated performance, Dublin Airport, Ireland, 11 August 2018.

  • Incorrect engine performance mode used on takeoff from London City Airport, 11 December 2018.

  • Undercarriage indication fault leading to undercarriage collapse on landing, Denham Airfield, Buckinghamshire, 27 February 2019.

  • Loss of separation, Runway 06 at Edinburgh Airport, 13 August 2018.

  • Aircraft made an emergency landing with the nose landing gear retracted at Belfast International Airport, 10 November 2017.

  • Collision with parked aircraft during landing, Haydock Park Airfield, Newton-Le-Willows, 8 September 2018.

  • Engine tailpipe fire during start up, London Gatwick Airport, 20 November 2018.

  • Loss of electrical power during cruise, 8 nm west of Milton Keynes, 3 May 2018.

  • Degradation of slat, flap and nose landing gear systems, London Gatwick Airport, 6 July 2018.

  • Bearing corrosion leading to aileron drive rod failure, Saint Kitts, Caribbean, 4 July 2018.

  • Wheels-up landing, Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, British Virgin Islands, 28 December 2018.

  • Cabin bar trolley broke free from stowage, London City Airport, 8 October 2018.

  • On final approach flames emitted from the wing-mounted smoke generators, Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, 13 July 2018.

  • Collision with runway following reported pitch control problems, Caernarfon Airport, Gwynedd, 6 September 2017.

  • Hard landing in undershoot, Beaver Island, Falkland Islands, 11 June 2018.

  • Pushed back into the blast fence, London Stansted Airport, 30 April 2018.

  • Runway excursion on landing, Bristol Airport, 22 December 2017.

  • Inadvertent flap retraction on departure from Liverpool John Lennon Airport, 24 June 2018.

  • Landing gear collapse due to crosswind and runway surface, Goodwood Aerodrome, Sussex, 16 July 2018.

  • Began takeoff roll from incorrect point on runway, London Gatwick Airport, 28 March 2018.

  • Crew reported frozen flight controls and power levers during descent, near Guernsey Airport, 14 February 2018.

  • Autopilot difficult to disconnect, on approach to East Midlands Airport, 14 December 2017.

  • Boeing 737, C-FWGH, took off with insufficient thrust for the environmental conditions and struck an obstacle after lift-off.

  • Landing gear indication fault leading to turnback and emergency evacuation, Aberdeen Airport, 27 February 2018.

  • Tail scrape on landing, Newquay Airport, 17 April 2018.

  • Unintended descent during departure from Belfast City Airport, 11 January 2018.

  • Stall and impact with the ground, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, 19 July 2018.

  • Failure of nose landing gear axle, on departure from London Stansted, 15 September 2017.

  • Cabin altitude increased to 15,900 ft, London Heathrow Airport, 13 August 2017.

  • In-flight fumes event, descending towards Heathrow Airport, 13 November 2017.

  • Emergency evacuation, Hawarden Airport, Chester, 16 October 2017.

  • Nose landing gear drag link spring failed during a normal landing, Netheravon Airfield, Wiltshire, 21 February 2018.

  • Mid-air collision, near Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, 23 September 2017.

  • Emergency descent due to loss of cabin pressure, en route from London Heathrow to Delhi, 29 April 2017.

  • Escape of fuel from helicopter being transported as cargo, en route from Houston to Prestwick, 30 March 2017.

  • Ground collision during taxiing, Bristol Airport, 10 January 2018.

  • Unsecured catering cart injured a cabin crew member during landing, London Stansted Airport, 2 December 2017.

  • Pilot incapacitation in the cruise, 5 August 2017.

  • Serious injury to cabin crew, during descent to Manchester Airport, 14 January 2017.

  • Aircraft tail bumper contacted the runway during landing, Isle of Man Airport, 18 December 2017.

  • Smoke and fumes after departure, Isle of Man Airport, 31 March 2017.

  • No 2 engine shut down due to loss of oil pressure, during descent into Manchester Airport, 26 May 2017.

  • Overrun on landing, Gorda Airport, British Virgin Islands (BVI), 11 February 2017.

  • Landing gear failed to lower, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, 27 May 2017.