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Report says turbulence may have caused Dubai plane crash

Tue, 28 May 2019

French investigators say a plane that crashed near Dubai's International Airport may have been hit by turbulence from the wake of another aircraft.

An initial report by 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."

Manx pilot William Blackburn, from Douglas, was among the four people who died in the crash.

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