Tag: Aircraft incident

UPDATE: Body discovered at located aircraft wreckage

The UK government’s Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) has agreed a search strategy with Blue Water Recoveries, after identifying a priority search area last week, maximising the chances of locating the aircraft wreckage. The AAIB commissioned specialist vessel Geo Ocean III while Blue Wat...

UK’s AAIB finds pieces of aircraft at sea belonging to the missing Piper Malibu

The search for missing Piper Malibu N264DB has reopened as professionals from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) continue working alongside other international initiatives to locate the aircraft. With more than one search underway, it has been confirmed that pieces of an aircraft were di...

Update: Search called off for missing Malibu Piper aircraft

French Police have called off the search for missing footballer and pilot who disappeared from radars on Monday (January 22), in a Piper Malibu aircraft. The police confirm the chances of survival at this stage are extremely unlikely. Since Monday there has been over 24 hours of continuous searchin...

Update: Pilot named as search continues for missing Piper Malibu plane

The search continues for the missing Piper Malibu plane that disappeared in the English Channel, with Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala on board. A British pilot was the only other person with Mr Sala on the aircraft. He has now been named as Dave Ibbotson, a 60-year-old father of three. H...

Search for missing Piper Malibu plane resumed this morning

Search and rescue operations, looking for the missing Piper Malibu plane, have resumed this morning after they were suspended yesterday evening. Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala and one other passenger were on the aircraft which disappeared off radars over the Channel Islands, at 20.30 in th...

Update: Rescue search continues for missing PA 46 Piper Malibu plane

According to Police in France, 1,155sq miles have been searched so far. A decision will be made at sunset as to whether or not to continue the search for missing PA 46 Piper Malibu plane and 28-year-old footballer, Emiliano Sala. A spokesperson from the Guernsey Police, said: "One plane and one l...

Rescue search continues for missing PA 46 Piper Malibu plane

The search for missing footballer, Emiliano Sala, continues after his private jet—a Piper Malibu plane—went missing from radar screens yesterday (21 January) evening. According to Guernsey Police, over 1,000 square miles have been searched so far, by a total of five aircraft and two lifeboat...

Helicopter crash reported in Virginia, US killing one

Source: abc News. A small aircraft, believed to be a helicopter, recently crashed in a residential area in Virginia, US, and caused the death of one person. A call to the authorities was made in the afternoon of Sunday to report an aircraft crashing in a residential building in Williamsburg in t...

Minor injury after pilot crashes small plane in North Carolina

Source: ABC11. A pilot has suffered a minor injury after crashing a small plane near Triangle North Executive airport in Louisburg, NC last week. The pilot of the small aircraft was attempting to land at the airport when they crashed into a series of trees half a mile from the runway. It was ...

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