Dubai plane crash: Aircraft 'hit by turbulence'
The plane came down three miles south of Dubai
International Airport
A plane that crashed near Dubai's
International Airport, killing four people, may have been hit by turbulence from
the wake of another aircraft, an initial report has said.
The four-seater
DA-62 was owned by Flight Calibration Services in Sussex.
French
investigators said video footage showed the plane "encountered possible wake
turbulence" from an Airbus landing on a parallel runway on 16 May.
The
crash is being investigated by the UAE's General Civil Aviation
Authority.
A statement on the Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses website
said: "A Diamond DA-62 aircraft, registration mark G-MDME, was involved in a
fatal accident while on approach to runway 30L of Dubai International Airport
for a ground navigation equipment inspection flight.
"Video footage
showed the aircraft encountered possible wake turbulence at about 1,100ft,
following an Airbus A350, which landed on the parallel runway 30R."
Pilot
William Blackburn, from Douglas on the Isle of Man, was among the four people
who died in the crash.
William Blackburn qualified as a commercial pilot
in December 2016
He worked as first officer for the firm based at
Shoreham Airport.
Two other Britons and a South African were on board the
plane which had been hired by US engineering and aerospace company Honeywell for
work in Dubai.
Earlier this month, a spokesman for Flight Calibration
Services said the firm was "shocked and saddened beyond words by the loss of
three colleagues and a Honeywell employee".
The firm said it was working
closely with the accident investigation authorities.
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