Serious Incident to an ATR72 occured on 03/04/16 cruising to Guernsey [investigation led by AAIB / United Kingdom]

Preliminary data received from the United Kingdom authorities:

Pitch trim problem on departure - diverted to East Midlands.

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General information
Local date	04/03/2016
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	United Kingdom
Location	Depuis AD Manchester
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2016-0124

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane
Operator	United Kingdom - Aurigny Air Services Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	ATR - ATR72
Aircraft Registration	G-COBO
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	United Kingdom - EGCC (MAN) : Manchester/Intl
Planned destination	United Kingdom - EGJB (GCI) : Guernsey, Channel Is.
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	852
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

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