UK’s air accidents board reports increasing number of incidents

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch reported a second consecutive increase in “occurrence notifications” in 2022, with 778 recorded. There were nine investigations into accidents that killed 11 people, in incidents that involved three light aircraft, two microlights, two gliders and one helicopter, reported the AAIB, which is part of the country’s transport ministry. The AAIB said there were 746 occurrence notifications in 2021, 553 in 2020 and 826 in 2019. During 2023 it opened two formal and 27 field investigations, with a further 78 opened by correspondence. “The recurring themes for general aviation continued to be loss of control