Incidents at London City Airport - What they don't want you to know.

Excluding those other terrifying windshear, hard landings on You Tube etc that seem to be rather more frequently captured on film than they'd like:

2008 Buried metal linked to London City aircraft compass deviations

August 2007 - Swiss Air Jet RJ100 - hard landing:

....And its removal here

Air France Cityjet- tyres burst during a landing.
incident 20 February 2007.

Factor F12/2006: Accident to Dornier 328-100, G-BWIR, at London City Airport on 20 February 2005. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING

Factor F44/2006: Serious Incident Involving Avro 146-RJ100, G-CFAH, at London City Airport on 29 March 2005 - Tail

Factor F14/2006: Incident to BAE 146-RJ100, G-CFAC, on descent into London City on 19 April 2005. THICKENED' DE-ICING FLUIDS CAUSING CONTROL RESTRICTIONS

Factor F08/2003: Accident to Avro RJ85, D-AVRO, North of London City Airport on 15 October 2001Factor F08/2003: APPARENT CONTROL RESTRICTION AFTER TAKEOFF -

Air Proximity Reports:

An Aircraft Proximity (Airprox) report has been filed involving a Regional Jet 100 and a light civil aircraft. The incident took place six miles south west of London City Airport on 7 October 2007 at 1342 hours.The RJ100 was en-route to London City Airport and was receiving an air traffic service from the London Terminal Control Centre. The incident took place at approximately 2,000 feet.

An Aircraft Proximity (Airprox) report has been filed involving a Embraer 135 and a light aircraft. The incident took place seven miles south east of London City Airport on 2 April 2007 at 1842 hours. The E135 was en-route to London City Airport and was recieving an air traffic service from the London Terminal Control Centre. The incident took place at approximately 3,000 feet.

It all makes you question whether LCA is up to managing more flights than it already has? We think not.