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# Air Accident Investigation Unit

All time
Investigations underway as man killed in County Clare aircrash
18 Sep 2022
42.0k
Plane that crashed on Wexford beach lost engine power after appearing to suffer from fuel loss
15 Nov 2021
19.0k
8
Report finds pilots were not adequately familiar with passenger plane which flew too low on approach to Dublin Airport
22 Jan 2021
43.6k
No evidence of engine failure in crash that killed pilot and seven-year-old boy
11 Jun 2018
39.6k
27
Last words of R116 crew should not have been released to media, says pilots' group
18 Apr 2017
32.7k
67
'No mechanical anomalies' discovered in initial analysis of R116 flight recorders
1 Apr 2017
29.8k
44
Landing area in Longford helicopter crash was 'inappropriate and wholly unsuitable'
2 Mar 2017
27.5k
16
Gardaí on hunt to find dole cheats
9 Dec 2014
23.9k
80
Ryanair crew only discovered 'significant damage' to plane after take-off
15 Aug 2014
33.6k
75
Manx2 pilot 'put himself under pressure' to land in thick fog - rather than unfamiliar airport
11 Jun 2014
13.6k
Fatal Offaly air crash was caused by inadequate fuel in the tank
29 Oct 2013
16.0k
24
Inexperienced pilots major factor in Shannon plane crash
16 May 2013
18.0k
48
'Substantial damage' to air ambulance during rescue operation
4 Apr 2013
19.1k
38
US lawsuit taken against manufacturers of Cork Airport crash plane
29 Dec 2012
10.4k
4
Report into Birr plane crash found ‘no technical defect’
14 Dec 2012
5.5k
4
Investigations into plane crash which killed instructor and trainee pilot
12 Nov 2012
9.6k
17
Air accident investigators to probe Wicklow plane crash
14 Jul 2012
5.9k
7
Lawyer claims pilots’ decisions were main cause of Cork air crash
10 Feb 2012
3.5k
2
Interim report into Cork air crash finds sensor fault on plane
7 Feb 2012
3.8k
4
Final report into Cork air crash expected within months
4 Feb 2012
2.7k
Cornamona Air Corps crash likely caused by disorientation - report
25 Jan 2012
2.9k
2
Plane in landing accident at Cork Airport
5 Dec 2011
5.0k
7
Investigation launched into helicopter crash
3 Oct 2011
391
'Lucky escape' for men injured in Tipperary light plane crash
10 Aug 2011
714
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
28 Jun 2011
2.0k
1
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Air Accident Unit investigates incident in which a Ryanair plane plunged into a nose-dive; David Norris says quotes on paedophilia are “misleading” and Pippa Middleton to get a US TV Show.
31 May 2011
3.3k
Passengers feared for their lives when Ryanair flight 'plummeted 12,000ft'
31 May 2011
3.2k
15
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: The HSE offers its sympathy to the family of a woman who died shortly after giving birth to a healthy daughter; tornadoes and storms ravage the US; the super-injunction celebrities named.
28 Apr 2011
4.2k
Cork Airport inquiry says aircraft got green light to take off - despite vehicle on runway
27 Apr 2011
1.7k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: A second explosion occurs at the Fukushima nuclear plant, Irish seen as the ‘bad boys’ of Europe, and Burger King boss upsets his British customers.
14 Mar 2011
2.3k