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During an experimental flight of an aircraft with an electrical propulsion system, with electrical power from hydrogen fuel cells, it experienced a loss of power to the electrical motors. A forced landing was carried out cl…
On 28 June 2022 it will be 100 years since the first regulations were issued in the UK to formalise the investigation of aircraft accidents. Since then the regulations have been amended and revised numerous times in 1925, 19…
On 28 June 1922 the first regulations were issued in the UK to formalise the investigation of aircraft accidents. One hundred years on many of the original principles remain today.
Various electrical system faults due to water ingress, in flight between Royal London Hospital and RAF Northolt, Greater London, 25 July 2021.
The AAIB has sent a team to Burton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire.
Inadvertent Nose Landing Gear retraction whilst parked on stand, London Heathrow Airport Stand 583, 18 June 2021.
Fatal accident near Goodwood Aerodrome, Sussex, 30 June 2021.
Engine partial power loss after takeoff followed by attempted turnback, Teesside International Airport, 25 September 2021.
During a flight from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow the aircraft experienced severe inertial reference system drift in flight, 6 August 2021.
The AAIB Annual Safety Review 2021 has been published. It includes information on occurrences and the safety action taken or planned in response to AAIB investigations concluded in 2021.
Grob G103C Twin III Acro, G-CFWC, Usk Airfield, Monmouthshire, on 13 June 2021.
Embraer ERJ 170-100 LR, G-CIXW, on descent into Birmingham Airport on 7 June 2021.
The AAIB has sent a team to East Lothian.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is recruiting an Operations Officer
A Hawker Sea Fury T Mk 20 (G-RNHF), was being positioned for a landing following a low engine oil pressure indication. As the aircraft began the base turn, the engine seized suddenly and the pilot had to make a forced landin…
During an approach at Exeter Airport, a Boeing 737-4Q8 (G-JMCY) became unstable and suffered a heavy landing which resulted in significant structural damage.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has published a Special Bulletin concerning Piper Cherokee Arrow II (G-EGVA), missing approximately 20 nm west of Le Touquet, France, 2 April.
Piper PA-46-350P (MODIFIED), G-HYZA, near Cranfield Airport on 29 April 2021.
Forced landing after engine failed on base leg, approx 0.5 nm from Runway 04, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, 28 April 2021.
Serious Incident to BAe ATP, registration SE-LPS, at Isle of Man / Ronaldsway Airport on 9 April 2021.
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