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Links to military aircraft accident summaries (MAAS) available in The National Archives for the period 1979 to 2007.
Published Ministry of Defence Service Inquiries (SIs), Board of Inquiries (BOIs) and Military Aircraft Accident Summaries (MAAS) and other inquiry reports.
Military aircraft accident summary: aircraft accident to RAF Hercules XV179
Following a full RAF BOI into the causes of a serious military aircraft accident, a Military Aircraft Accident Summary is presented to Parliament.
Downwash from landing helicopter resulting in fatal injury to uninvolved person, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, 4 March 2022.
Crashed onto public road during air display, near Shoreham Airport, 22 August 2015.
The Military Aviation Authority is responsible for the regulation, assurance and enforcement of the defence air operating and technical domains. MAA is part of the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Safety Authority .
Aircraft lost 22 nm north-north-west of Guernsey, 21 January 2019.
Information on how to report an aircraft accident or serious incident
Loss of control on departure, King Power Stadium, Leicester, 27 October 2018.
The AAIB Bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports and is published on the second Thursday of the month.
Several members of the public were subjected to high levels of downwash from the approach and landing of a search and rescue helicopter. One person suffered fatal injuries and another was seriously injured.
Report into a fatal accident involving a Spitfire Mk 26B (G-CLHJ), near Enstone, Oxfordshire on 22 August 2023
The report of the Service Inquiry following the YAK52 G-YAKB aircraft accident close to Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
Excavation of crashed military aircraft within the United Kingdom.
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