Tuesday, 18th November 2008 - 12:54CET

Flying school has 100% safety record

The Malta School of Flying's Cessna 152, registered 9H-AES, which was recently refurbished. It is used for pilot training and charters.

The Malta School of Flying said today that it had no connection with yesterday's incident where a Socata TB20 Trinidad light aircraft veered off the runway at Luqa airport.

The school said the aircraft in question, registered N133XX, was not owned by the school, or its subsidiary MaltaWings Co. Ltd.

The Malta School of Flying said it operates a fleet of Cessna light training aircraft and has an unsurpassed 100% safety track record.

"Through the thorough training methods used, constant and regular maintenance, and a good choice of training aircraft, not a single mishap has occurred in any of the company’s 6000 flying sorties flown so far," the school said