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Links to military aircraft accident summaries (MAAS) available in The National Archives for the period 1979 to 2007.
Published Ministry of Defence Service Inquiries (SIs), Board of Inquiries (BOIs) and Military Aircraft Accident Summaries (MAAS) and other inquiry reports.
Excavation of crashed military aircraft within the United Kingdom.
Military Aviation Authority (MAA) guidance to personnel from across the defence air environment on how to report air safety concerns.
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 .
Crashed onto public road during air display, near Shoreham Airport, 22 August 2015.
The report of the Service Inquiry following the YAK52 G-YAKB aircraft accident close to Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
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 .
Information on how to report an aircraft accident or serious incident
MAA's work in the area of ‘bow tie’ methodology which can be used for a variety of purposes from hazard identification to incident analysis.
Fatal accident involving a Mudry Cap 10B (G-BXBU) at Lower Colley Farm, Buckland St. Mary, Somerset, 12 August 2021.
Loss of control on departure, King Power Stadium, Leicester, 27 October 2018.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is recruiting for an Inspector of Air Accidents (Operations).
The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) centre of air safety training (CoAST) trains military, MOD civilian, contracted personnel within UK roles.
The Military Aviation Authority is responsible for the regulation, assurance and enforcement of the defence air operating and technical domains.
Downwash from landing helicopter resulting in fatal injury to uninvolved person, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, 4 March 2022.
When a fatality, accident, serious incident, or near miss occurs, the Defence Accident Investigation Branch (DAIB) must be notified immediately.
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