Jet narrowly avoids crashing into Kerry mountains.

A PRIVATE business jet narrowly avoided crashing into mountains near Killarney, Co Kerry, last year after the flight crew had experienced “a serious loss of situational awareness” while returning to Kerry Airport after suffering a cracked windscreen.

A report by the Department of Transport’s Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) has revealed details of how the Gulfstream jet mistakenly believed it was on course to land at Kerry Airport when it was in fact 10km south of the runway.

It also expressed concerns about the lack of radar at Kerry Airport, given its location in a mountainous region, and described the absence of such equipment as “a safety issue”.