Accident involving Citation Eagle II G-VUEM on Friday 19 November 2010

Citation Eagle II G-VUEM crash landed at Birmingham Airport in

thick fog shortly after 1535 on Friday 19 November 2010....

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.... after colliding with the Runway 15 Instrument Landing System

- ILS - antennae while on final approach in the poor visibility
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Thankfully both pilots survived the accident as did the liver they

were transporting from Belfast for a transplant operation at the

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham
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For the BBC News report on the accident see -

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11799829

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Recovery of the aircraft took place on Saturday morning following

inspection of the crash site by the AAIB - Air Accidents Investigation

Branch - the ILS antennae involved in the accident can be see below

the tail - the Runway is circa 100 metres to the right
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Fire damage to the aircraft was confined to its left/port side

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For the BBC news report (and video) on the aircraft recovery

and news of the successful transplant operation see -
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11802997
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Photos above: Birmingham Airport
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Following it recovery the aircraft - Citation Eagle II G-VUEM -

was transported to the AAIB's facility at Farnborough on the
evening of Monday 22 November 2010 - again it can be seen
that only one side of the aircraft was fire damaged
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Photos: Mike Hollick
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Well done to all in the emergency services for their
efficient and professional response to this serious incident
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For more on the Airport Fire Service role see -
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-11908091

Saturday 20 November 2010 - Updated!!

The airport remained closed until 1200 while recovery took place of

Citation Eagle II G-VUEM which had crash landed in thick fog shortly

after 1535 on Friday 19 November 2010 - for a full photo report see -http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-g-vuem.html

Photo: Birmingham Airport

Friday 19 November 2010 - SAS Airbus A321 OY-KBF operates service to Copenhagen

SAS Airbus A321-232 OY-KBF operated their morning service

to Copenhagen in place of the usual Canadair CRJ900

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Nightexpress Short 360-300 D-CRAS was a morning departure
to Frankfurt after night stopping at BHX due to the current
overnight Runway closures for annual maintenance
Photos: Ron Kosys

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Citation Eagle II G-VUEM crash landed in thick fog shortly after 1535

closing the airport - for a full photo report please see -
http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-g-vuem.html
Photo: Birmingham Airport