What happened at Bournemouth air show yesterday?
Flying at the Bournemouth Air Festival has been suspended after a light aircraft crashed into Poole Harbour. CCTV footage showed the plane hitting the water and then flipping over. Police said the two people on board only suffered minor injuries.
Was there a crash at Bournemouth Air Show?
A pilot whose plane crashed into the sea during Bournemouth Air Festival has said he and his wing-walking colleague are “OK” and “returning to work”. The crash took place off Bournemouth beach on Saturday. David Barrell thanked members of the public and emergency services who helped him and his teammate Kirsten Pobjoy.
How many commercial airplanes crashed in 2020?
Safety Record of U.S. Air Carriers (Part 121 Scheduled Service): 2000 to Present
| Year | Accidents: Total | Fatal Accidents per 100,000 Departures |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 30 | 0.000 |
| 2018 | 28 | 0.011 |
| 2019 | 36 | 0.010 |
| 2020 | 11 | 0.000 |
What happened at Bournemouth Air Show 2021?
The organisers of the Bournemouth Air Festival have described their “huge relief” that two people were rescued from a crash following a display. The pilot and the wingwalker were both rescued and suffered only minor injuries in the incident.
Are the Red Arrows at Bournemouth Air Show 2020?
The Red Arrows were again the big crowd-puller. Their last display had been three years earlier, in 2018. In 2019 they could not come because they were on a tour of the USA and Canada and in 2020 there was no show because of Covid-19.
What are the odds of a plane crashing?
1 in 9,821
The International Air Transport Association reported that there was just one major aviation crash for every 5.4 million flights in 2018. It is estimated that the odds of dying in a plane crash are 1 in 9,821. For a better perspective, that is 1 fatal accident per 16 million flights.