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2 unusual facts about Air Accidents Investigation Branch


AAIB

Air Accidents Investigation Branch, a branch of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom

Air Accidents Investigation Branch

2013 Vauxhall helicopter crash, a AgustaWestland AW109 crashed into a London street after colliding with an construction crane attached to St George Wharf Tower.


2002 Bristow Helicopters Sikorsky S-76A crash

The wreckage, which included the helicopter's flight data recorder, was brought ashore at Great Yarmouth on 21 July, and transferred to an Air Accidents Investigation Branch facility near Aldershot, Hampshire, where it was examined by investigators from the AAIB, the US National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft manufacturer, and the operator.

Sumburgh Airport

UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch recommended a safety audit of City Star Airlines after a serious incident in which a Dornier 328 crew flew close to cliffs and failed to respond correctly to terrain warnings on approach to Sumburgh Airport after a flight from Aberdeen.


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