An Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft crashed near Uganda's Entebbe International airport on 8 January, killing all six passengers and crew. The Uganda civil aviation authority says the Democratic Republic of Congo-registered aircraft, operated by Uganda's Service Air, had been cleared to depart for Kinshasa, but the crew reported engine trouble 5min after take-off and crashed while completing a circuit back to the airport.
Source: Flight International
Dutch investigators probing the fatal crash of a Blackshape Aircraft BK 160 are trying to determine whether external burn marks arose from an in-flight or post-impact fire.
Italian airframer Blackshape Aircraft is confident that the grounding of its BS 115 and BK 160 single-engined trainers will shortly be resolved, as it supports regulatory investigations into two accidents which triggered the decision. The manufacturer is participating in the Aero Friedrichshafen 2024 show, which begins on 17 April, where ...
Training organisation ASL Academy is introducing the electrically-powered Pipistrel Velis Electro to its student pilot fleet at Antwerp.
