Three Britons have died after a UK-registered light aircraft crashed in Dubai, authorities said.
Three Britons have died after a UK-registered light aircraft crashed in Dubai, authorities said.
The four-seater plane crashed three miles south of Dubai International Airport.
Three UK citizens and one South African died, say United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in a statement.
The crash happened as the DA42 aircraft was “on a mission to calibrate terrestrial navigation systems at the airport”, said the GCAA.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman says: “We are working closely with the Emirati authorities.”
The Diamond DA42 aircraft is described on the Diamond website as having a “high degree of crashworthiness.”
It says it is “easy to fly and burns fuel like a single, but with the added safety of a second engine.”
The aircraft is registered to Flight Calibration Services Ltd, based in Shoreham, West Sussex, according to Flight Radar.
In November the company secured a contract to carry out work at Dubai International Airport.
A spokesperson so far declines to comment.
Investigations are under way and the airport is operating as normal.
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Three Britons have died after a UK-registered light aircraft crashed in Dubai, authorities said.
Three Britons have died after a UK-registered light aircraft crashed in Dubai, authorities said.
The four-seater plane crashed three miles south of Dubai International Airport.
Three UK citizens and one South African died, say United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in a statement.
The crash happened as the DA42 aircraft was “on a mission to calibrate terrestrial navigation systems at the airport”, said the GCAA.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman says: “We are working closely with the Emirati authorities.”
The Diamond DA42 aircraft is described on the Diamond website as having a “high degree of crashworthiness.”
It says it is “easy to fly and burns fuel like a single, but with the added safety of a second engine.”
The aircraft is registered to Flight Calibration Services Ltd, based in Shoreham, West Sussex, according to Flight Radar.
In November the company secured a contract to carry out work at Dubai International Airport.
A spokesperson so far declines to comment.
Investigations are under way and the airport is operating as normal.
