26 Mar Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 – G-CEXF Following a cargo flight to Jersey, the aircraft was to be flown back to Bournemouth. As part of his line training, the first officer w... Continue reading
26 Mar Avro RJ100 – CityFlyer Express flight 8106 was hijacked while en route to London's Gatwick Airport from Zurich, Switzerland. The hijacking occurred ... Continue reading
26 Mar Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 – G-JEAP When returning from Belfast the crew received the Coventry weather information: surface wind 120deg/5 kt, visibility 1,800 metres in mi... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-228 – YA-FAY The Ariana flight was hijacked during a domestic flight. The plane was diverted to Tashkent (TAS), Uzbekistan. Food and fuel were provi... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-2R – RA-01641 The undercarriage of the aircraft collapsed when it struck a tree stump on the approach to landing at Mitton Airstrip, Staffordshire. D... Continue reading
26 Mar Shorts 330-200 – G-SSWU A Grumman AA-5B light aircraft, registered G-BDLR, operated on a local flight out of London-Luton Airport (LTN), UK carrying two pilots... Continue reading
26 Mar Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2T Islander AL.1 – ZG994 The aircraft crashed after a simulated engine failure on take off from Middle Wallop. The aircraft was subsequently stripped for spares... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-2T – LY-ASA The aircraft was landing in an open field; the surface wind was 280ø/6 to 8 kt and the pilot elected to land in this direction. The gro... Continue reading
26 Mar Consolidated PBY-5AÿCatalina – VP-BPS The aircraft took off from runway 20 at 13:33 and departed on the 218-degree radial. The pilot informed ATC that he would be operating ... Continue reading
26 Mar Vickers VC10 C.1K – XR806 Tipped during defuelling. Damaged beyond repair & broken up for spares March 1999. Reportedly the fin fuel gauge was broken, incorr... Continue reading