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AAIB investigation to X'Air 582(7), G-BZEJ

Air Accidents Investigation Branch

September 14
09:00 2023

Summary:

The aircraft ran out of fuel whilst approaching to land at Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport and the aircraft was damaged during the subsequent forced landing in a field. Although the pilot was using a navigation application that was capable of calculating the fuel required for the flight, this was not used, and no pre-flight calculation was performed.

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XAir 582(7), G-BZEJ 09-23

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Published 14 September 2023