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Published Ministry of Defence Service Inquiries (SIs), Board of Inquiries (BOIs) and Military Aircraft Accident Summaries (MAAS) and other inquiry reports.

• Updated: 14 August 2025

Following a full RAF BOI into the causes of a serious military aircraft accident, a Military Aircraft Accident Summary is presented to Parliament.

• Updated: 23 March 2003

Links to military aircraft accident summaries (MAAS) available in The National Archives for the period 1979 to 2007.

• Updated: 1 December 2015

Military aircraft accident summary: aircraft accident to RAF Hercules XV179

• Updated: 8 November 2006

The Military Aviation Authority is responsible for the regulation, assurance and enforcement of the defence air operating and technical domains. MAA is part of the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Safety Authority .

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Excavation of crashed military aircraft within the United Kingdom.

• Updated: 21 November 2023

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigates civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK, its overseas territories and crown dependencies. AAIB works with the Department for Transport .

• Updated: 5 December 2024

A team of inspectors has been sent to Sherburn in Elmet Airfield, North Yorkshire to begin investigating a light aircraft accident which occurred on Sunday 2 November

• Updated: 3 November 2025

Crashed onto public road during air display, near Shoreham Airport, 22 August 2015.

• Updated: 3 March 2017

• Updated: 30 September 2025