One of Air Littoral's fleet of 15 Aero International (Regional) ATR 42-500s crashed just short of a motorway on 30 July after running off the runway during a landing at Florence's Peretola Airport in Italy. The aircraft, on a service from Nice, France, crashed through a perimeter fence and into a motorway barrier. The two pilots were badly injured, but none of the 14 passengers was seriously hurt.
Source: Flight International
UK investigators are heading to Guernsey in the Channel Islands following a landing incident involving a De Havilland Dash 8-400 arriving from London Gatwick. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has only stated that it is probing a “serious incident” on 23 April, without elaborating. But Guernsey airport was closed for ...
Norwegian airports operator Avinor has entered a co-operation agreement intended to establish a broad test arena for low-emission aircraft.
Nigerian investigators have retrieved the flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders from the Dana Air Boeing MD-82 which suffered a runway excursion on arrival at Lagos on 23 April. The aircraft arrived at Lagos around 9:20, touching down on a wet runway 18L. Nigeria’s Safety Investigation Bureau says the twinjet had a ...
