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Report into an accident involving an Airbus A321-253NX (G-OATW) which suffered damage to several cabin windows after high-intensity lights were used during a filming event, London Stansted Airport on 4 October 2023

• Updated: 18 April 2024

Report into an accident involving an AW109SP (G-RAYN) which was destroyed after it unintentionally drifted rearwards and struck trees during a night takeoff, Nantclwyd Lodge, near Llanelidan, Denbighshire on 1 November 2022

• Updated: 18 April 2024

DASA seeks innovations to provide protection for land based assets from air attacks

• Updated: 17 April 2024

Loss of power shortly after takeoff with subsequent stall and spin, Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminster, Essex, 4 April 2023

• Updated: 4 April 2024

New scanners detect prohibited items with greater accuracy, which will make air travel safer and easier for UK passengers.

• Updated: 4 April 2024

Report into a serious incident involving a Beech 400A (N709EL). During landing at Newquay Airport, the brakes seized and mainwheel tyres deflated, 7 October 2022

• Updated: 4 April 2024

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is recruiting for a Principal Inspector of Air Accidents (Operations).

• Updated: 28 March 2024

The AAIB Annual Safety Review 2023 has been published. It includes information on occurrences and the safety action taken or planned in response to AAIB investigations concluded in 2023.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is recruiting for an Inspector of Air Accidents (Operations).

• Updated: 27 March 2024

A team of inspectors has been sent to Duxford to investigate an accident involving a light aircraft, 26 March 2024.

• Updated: 26 March 2024

Grants will help innovators develop new concepts – such as an automated boat that could deliver parcels by water – to tackle pressing transport issues.

• Updated: 21 March 2024

Drone technology could transform our skies and boost the UK economy by £45 billion by the end of the decade.

• Updated: 18 March 2024

Rudder control restriction during landing flare, ​Belfast International Airport​, ​7 March 2023​

• Updated: 7 March 2024

Flyaway following loss of electrical power, West Wales Airfield, Ceredigion, 6 March 2023

• Updated: 6 March 2024

Sir Stephen will ensure that the Civil Aviation Authority continues to focus on protecting passengers and enabling the aerospace sector to continue to develop.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Would you like to work as an Operations Officer in a high profile organisation, working with some of the world’s leading experts in air accident investigation?

• Updated: 29 February 2024

Report into a serious incident involving an ATR 72-212A 600 (EI-GPN) which suffered a partial electrical failure and control difficulties during approach to land at Belfast City Airport on 19 September 2022

• Updated: 29 February 2024

Report into an accident involving an Extra NG (G-MIIL) which struck a building in Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire after an in-flight canopy failure on 2 April 2022

• Updated: 22 February 2024

Report into a serious incident involving an Ikarus C42 FB80 Bravo (G-CICF) after a lithium-ion main battery caught fire shortly after takeoff from Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent on 8 December 2022

• Updated: 22 February 2024

Proposed regime would continue to limit flights that take off and land at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted between 11:30pm and 6am.

• Updated: 22 February 2024