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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
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is recruiting for a Principal Inspector of Air Accidents (Operations).
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.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is recruiting for an Inspector of Air Accidents (Operations).
A team of inspectors has been sent to Duxford to investigate an accident involving a light aircraft, 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.
Drone technology could transform our skies and boost the UK economy by £45 billion by the end of the decade.
Rudder control restriction during landing flare, Belfast International Airport, 7 March 2023
Flyaway following loss of electrical power, West Wales Airfield, Ceredigion, 6 March 2023
Sir Stephen will ensure that the Civil Aviation Authority continues to focus on protecting passengers and enabling the aerospace sector to continue to develop.
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?
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
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
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
Proposed regime would continue to limit flights that take off and land at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted between 11:30pm and 6am.
AAIB remembers all those affected by air accidents
This statement provides an update on the AAIB investigation into a serious incident involving an EC175 B on the Elgin Platform in the North Sea on 17 February 2023.
Report into a serious incident involving a Leonardo AW189 (G-MCGT) which sounded a terrain warning during a go-around due to rising ground ahead at Ballintoy Harbour, County Antrim on 26 July 2021.
This statement provides an update on the AAIB investigation into an accident involving a Boeing 767-332(ER), N197DN, contained engine failure leading to a fuel leak, Prestwick Airport, 10 February 2023
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