A hi-tech €1.8m fire training simulator which can recreate aircraft engine and cabin fires has been installed on a new fire training ground at Cork Airport.

A survivor of last year’s Manx2 plane crash can expect a hero’s welcome in Cork today when he completes a charity cycle which followed the same route as the doomed flight.

A survivor of the Manx2 plane crash is planning to cycle from Belfast to Cork to raise funds for a children’s’ cancer charity in the city that saved his life.

IN the professional aviation world, it is a widely held view that following any type of serious crash the passengers must evacuate the aircraft within 90 seconds.

The Kinsale mother-of-two who miraculously survived yesterday’s Manx2 crash was said to be in remarkably good spirits today, despite her ordeal.