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Medevac industry opposing upgrades wanted by NTSB

Medevac industry opposing upgrades wanted by NTSB

20-Aug-2010Source: USA Today

The helicopter air ambulance industry is opposing several key safety upgrades sought by federal accident investigators even as a recent surge in crashes has killed 19 people since September.... Read more

Pawan Hans signs MOU With Indian Meteorological Department

Pawan Hans signs MOU With Indian Meteorological Department

20-Aug-2010Source: Pawan Hans

Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd. (PHHL) and the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) have signed an MoU for better synergy between PHHL & IMD for enhanced Safety of Helicopter operations in India. This MoU was signed by R K Tyagi, Chairman and Managing Director Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd. and Air Vice Marshal Ajit Tyagi, VSM, Director General,... Read more

Man facing charges after laser hits Calgary police helicopter

Man facing charges after laser hits Calgary police helicopter

18-Aug-2010Source: Calgary Herald

The incident happened late Monday night, as the helicopter flew over the city’s northeast. At about 10:45 p.m., someone projected a bright green beam into the chopper’s cockpit, prompting the pilot to take evasive action.... Read more

Aeronautical Accessories promotes safety with Wire Strike Protection System® sale

Aeronautical Accessories promotes safety with Wire Strike Protection System® sale

18-Aug-2010Source: Aeronautical Accessories

Aeronautical Accessories, Inc., an affiliate of Bell Helicopter, is offering special incentive pricing on its line of Wire Strike Protection Systems® (WSPS®).  The accessory manufacturer has cable cutting kits available for many helicopter models and is currently offering the MD 500E, 520N, 530FF WSPS kits for a reduced price of $15,995. “At Aeronautical Accessories, we... Read more

HeliHub.com gallery passes 3,000 images and rising

HeliHub.com gallery passes 3,000 images and rising

16-Aug-2010Source: HeliHub.com

HeliHub.com is having great success with its “Gallery” feature, recording over 3,000 images added in just a few months. The Flickr gallery provides users of HeliHub.com the opportunity to upload their own photos, and the early success is demonstrating just how valuable this will become over time.  HeliHub.com plans to utilise this gallery to provide... Read more

HAI welcomes new Director of Safety

HAI welcomes new Director of Safety

16-Aug-2010Source: HAI

HAI is pleased to welcome Stan Rose as HAI Director of Safety. Having been involved in the helicopter industry for more than 40 years, Rose brings a wealth of experience to the role. Rose began his career as a U.S. Army pilot in Vietnam, and later attended the Maintenance Officer/Test Pilot Course with the U.S.... Read more

NTSB concludes probe into fatal Rotorway crash

NTSB concludes probe into fatal Rotorway crash

16-Aug-2010Source: Times Argus

HeliHub.com accident page for this accident is at https://www.helihub.com/2009/06/07/7-jun-09-n162ry-rotorway-exec-162-berlin-us-vermont/... Read more

Man charged after laser shone at Cheshire Police EC135

Man charged after laser shone at Cheshire Police EC135

16-Aug-2010Source: BBC

The laser was directed at the cockpit of Cheshire Constabulary’s aircraft as it flew over Winsford on Wednesday night, police said.... Read more

Helicopter may have had mechanical trouble before hard landing

Helicopter may have had mechanical trouble before hard landing

13-Aug-2010Source: Missoulian

Accident on 8th August 2010 was recorded in HeliHub.com safety pages here... Read more

CHC call for Safety & Quality Summit papers

CHC call for Safety & Quality Summit papers

11-Aug-2010Source: CHC

CHC’s Safety & Quality department would like to invite you to submit an abstract to be presented at the 2011 CHC Safety & Quality Summit to be held in the Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina Vancouver, Canada from the 28th to the 30th of March 2011. The overall theme of this summit will be: Corporate... Read more

New evidence on causes of two Dhruv crashes; Nasty IAF-HAL spat detailed

New evidence on causes of two Dhruv crashes; Nasty IAF-HAL spat detailed

10-Aug-2010Source: Indian-Military.org

A new report by India’s national audit watchdog has thrown fresh and damning light on how HAL dealt with a flight control phenomenon that has given its chopper division real nightmares over the last few years — cyclic saturation.... Read more

Chief Minister warns Pawan Hans over frequent technical snags

Chief Minister warns Pawan Hans over frequent technical snags

9-Aug-2010Source: Indian Express

“This incident cannot be ignored as a stray incident of technical snag. Pawan Hans Company should be told in strong words to maintain adequate safety measures,” said Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, adding that the state government might be compelled to call off its arrangement with the helicopter operator... Read more

Tutor ‘let trainee fly helicopter too low before crash’

Tutor ‘let trainee fly helicopter too low before crash’

6-Aug-2010Source: Irish Independent

A HELICOPTER instructor allowed a student to fly too low which ultimately caused the aircraft to crash into power lines before plummeting to the ground in a crash which killed both men, a report into the double tragedy has found.... Read more

Air Methods AS350 fell 600 feet in 8 seconds before crashing, says NTSB

Air Methods AS350 fell 600 feet in 8 seconds before crashing, says NTSB

5-Aug-2010Source: NTSB

NTSB Identification: WPR10FA371 Nonscheduled 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Tucson, AZ Aircraft: AMERICAN EUROCOPTER LLC AS350B3, registration: N509AM Injuries: 3 Fatal. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.... Read more

Public memorial service scheduled Friday for 3 killed in Tucson crash

Public memorial service scheduled Friday for 3 killed in Tucson crash

5-Aug-2010Source: KDVR

Officials with Colorado-based Air Methods, LifeNet Arizona’s parent company, say the 10 a.m. service will be held at the Calvary Chapel’s East Campus.... Read more

Helicopter pilot texting moments before crash

Helicopter pilot texting moments before crash

5-Aug-2010Source: TV NZ

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission today released its report into the death of Morgan Saxton, 31, who was killed while flying his Robinson R22 from Haast to Wanaka on November 1, 2008.... Read more

Charges framed in Indian Bell 412 sabotage attempt

Charges framed in Indian Bell 412 sabotage attempt

3-Aug-2010Source: Express India

Two employees of Air Works which was in charge of the maintenance of the ADA group’s Bell 412 aircraft, have been charged under sections  of both the Indian Penal Code and  the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation Act.... Read more

UK: One year sentence for person on ground endangering helicopter

UK: One year sentence for person on ground endangering helicopter

3-Aug-2010Source: Daily Mail

A man has been sentenced to a year in prison for endangering the safety of an aircraft when he grabbed a helicopter as it took off... Read more

Second lawsuit filed over 2008 Maryland State Police accident

Second lawsuit filed over 2008 Maryland State Police accident

2-Aug-2010Source: Washington Post

The attorney for Kenneth Mallard says he deserves compensation for the death of his wife because of the “negligence of Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers”... Read more

FAA finds Mexico does not meet ICAO safety standards

FAA finds Mexico does not meet ICAO safety standards

31-Jul-2010Source: FAA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that Mexico is not in compliance with international safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), following an assessment of the country’s civil aviation authority. As a result, the United States is downgrading Mexico from a Category 1 to... Read more

Hawkes Bay based Skyline Aviation wins top safety award

Hawkes Bay based Skyline Aviation wins top safety award

30-Jul-2010Source: Voxy

Skyline Aviation managing director Mike Toogood was presented with the highest Civil Aviation Award for Safety by the Director of Civil Aviation... Read more

Missing Russian helicopter pilot found safe in Darfur

Missing Russian helicopter pilot found safe in Darfur

30-Jul-2010Source: United Nations

29 July 2010 – A Russian helicopter pilot missing since the start of the week was found safe late today in southern Darfur, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Sudanese region confirmed. On Monday, a UNAMID helicopter had picked up three representatives of the rebel group known as the Liberty and Justice... Read more

Caution for Thames Valley Police laser attack man

Caution for Thames Valley Police laser attack man

29-Jul-2010Source: BBC

A man has been cautioned by police after admitting shining a laser beam at the Thames Valley Police EC135 helicopter.... Read more

Fatal R22 crash sparks training review in Australia

Fatal R22 crash sparks training review in Australia

29-Jul-2010Source: ABC

ATSB spokesman Ian Sangston says the pilot’s limited helicopter experience may have contributed to the accident, although there was not enough evidence to conclusively identify the cause.... Read more

Australia finds NH90 engine failure due to compressor blade fracture

Australia finds NH90 engine failure due to compressor blade fracture

29-Jul-2010Source: Flightglobal

Australia has discovered that an engine failure on an NH90 transport helicopter was caused by the compressor blades fracturing after coming into contact with the engine casing.... Read more

Indiana teen accused of aiming laser at police helicopter

Indiana teen accused of aiming laser at police helicopter

24-Jul-2010Source: Chicago Tribune

Police have arrested an 18-year-old southern Indiana man accused of aiming a laser pointer at an Indiana State Police helicopter.... Read more

Mustering accident was caused by lunch leftovers

Mustering accident was caused by lunch leftovers

23-Jul-2010Source: ABC

Accident referred to is recorded in HeliHub.com Safety section here... Read more

Man accused of firing at sheriff’s helicopter indicted

Man accused of firing at sheriff’s helicopter indicted

23-Jul-2010Source: Orlando Sentinel

An Orange County man accused of shooting at a Sheriff’s Office helicopter earlier this year was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday.... Read more

V-22, Still Seeking a Fix for Engine Grit

V-22, Still Seeking a Fix for Engine Grit

23-Jul-2010Source: Defense News

Boeing is still working to improve the V-22 Osprey to keep dust, dirt and other debris out of the tilt-rotor’s engines.... Read more

Laser aimed at police helicopter in Virginia; Man charged

Laser aimed at police helicopter in Virginia; Man charged

22-Jul-2010Source: Washington Post

Michael E. Promisel, 18, was charged after officers on the ground were called to search for the source of the laser allegedly aimed at the helicopter as it passed over Mantua Elementary School on Horner Court shortly before midnight July 15, police said.... Read more

Air traffic controllers blamed for ‘near miss’ on North Sea

Air traffic controllers blamed for ‘near miss’ on North Sea

22-Jul-2010Source: Press and Journal

Crews onboard the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter had told air traffic control they would be carrying out a winching exercise in West Voe, flying at what air traffic controllers “assumed” would be no higher than 100ft.... Read more

Man points giant spotlight at NYPD helicopter

Man points giant spotlight at NYPD helicopter

22-Jul-2010Source: Your Nabe

Joseph Purdon, 46, has been arrested after he went out into his backyard around 1 a.m. on Thursday, July 1 and shined a huge, “twenty-five million candle power spotlight” at the chopper, according to a police report.... Read more

FAA clears helicopter pilot accused of disturbing protected birds

FAA clears helicopter pilot accused of disturbing protected birds

21-Jul-2010Source: St Petersburg Times

Pilot Preston Ewen, who apologized for making a mistake while filming a watercraft advert, committed no violations, according to FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.... Read more

Driver in police chase connected to fatal TV helicopter crash pleads guilty on 35 counts

Driver in police chase connected to fatal TV helicopter crash pleads guilty on 35 counts

20-Jul-2010Source: Romiley

Christopher Jermaine Jones (DOB 6/5/87) pled guilty today to 35 counts of aggravated assault, vehicular theft, unlawful flight, leaving the scene of an accident, endangerment, criminal trespass, and criminal damage.  The charges stem from a July 2007 incident in which Jones stole two vehicles and fled police, ultimately resulting in a high-speed chase.  Jones was... Read more

FAA: Not liable in Medevac crash

FAA: Not liable in Medevac crash

20-Jul-2010Source: Washington Post

FAA officials say they aren’t liable for injuries suffered by the sole survivor of a 2008 Maryland Medevac crash in which air traffic controllers provided outdated weather information.... Read more

UK AAIB Bulletin – July 2010

UK AAIB Bulletin – July 2010

20-Jul-2010Source: AAIB

The monthly bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been released. This month’s issue does not refer to any helicopters and this update is included in HeliHub.com for completeness.... Read more

Eurocopter blames Australian NH90 pilots for engine failure

Eurocopter blames Australian NH90 pilots for engine failure

20-Jul-2010Source: Herald Sun

Eurocopter chief executive Lutz Bertling said the root cause of the problem was pilots not following “correct procedures” for a so-called “hot” engine start.... Read more

FAA urges everyone to get ready for ADS-B

FAA urges everyone to get ready for ADS-B

14-Jul-2010Source: FAA

Greater efficiency and improved situational awareness – that’s what ADS-B promises to provide for aircraft operating in the national airspace system (NAS). With several airport areas already operating with ADS-B capability, as well as a recently published rule on performance requirements, those objectives are becoming a reality. What do these changes mean to general aviation,... Read more

Sky Shuttle resumes AW139 ops from Hong Kong to Macau

Sky Shuttle resumes AW139 ops from Hong Kong to Macau

7-Jul-2010Source: Sky Shuttle Helicopters

Following a comprehensive fleet inspection and airworthiness review of Sky Shuttle Helicopters and East Asia Airlines Limited’s AW 139 helicopters and operations, the civil aviation authorities of Hong Kong and Macau have approved the resumption of all commercial flight services effective tomorrow (7 July). In demonstrating its continued and full confidence in the helicopter type,... Read more

Transport Canada closes helipad at Invermere and District hospital

Transport Canada closes helipad at Invermere and District hospital

7-Jul-2010Source: Invermere Valley Echo

Helipad “failed the inspection”.  The local mayor says that required  upgrades will be very expensive and include things such as burying hydro lines and moving oxygen tanks at the hospital.... Read more

Fairfax man accused of shining son’s laser at police helicopter

Fairfax man accused of shining son’s laser at police helicopter

7-Jul-2010Source: NBC Washington

A grand jury is expected to decide whether Raymond Jeffrey Poli should stand trial.... Read more

British man convicted of shining light at police helicopter

British man convicted of shining light at police helicopter

6-Jul-2010Source: Gazette Live

A man who shone a high-powered lamp at a police helicopter could face prison.  Michael Kevin Renney was accused of twice shining the light into the skies, hitting the cockpit of the Cleveland Police aircraft.... Read more

Botched takeoff blamed for Temecula R44 crash

Botched takeoff blamed for Temecula R44 crash

6-Jul-2010Source: Press-Enterprise

Refers to accident 06-Apr-10 N688SS Robinson R44 Temecula, US-California (see HeliHub.com page for this accident)... Read more

UK AAIB Bulletin – June 2010

UK AAIB Bulletin – June 2010

6-Jul-2010Source: AAIB

The monthly bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been released. This month’s issue does not refer to any helicopters and this update is included in HeliHub.com for completeness.... Read more

US Forest Service alerts pilots on LatLong coordinates

US Forest Service alerts pilots on LatLong coordinates

30-Jun-2010Source: US Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) has released an information bulletin regarding latitude/longitude coordinates – focusing on potential confusion between latlong coordinates in degrees and minutes when the aircraft GPS is configured to use degrees and tenths. Please click here to read their Information Bulletin FS 10-02... Read more

Australian aviation statistics: Bird and animal strikes 2002 to 2009

Australian aviation statistics: Bird and animal strikes 2002 to 2009

30-Jun-2010Source: ATSB

A significant proportion of all occurrences reported to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) involve aircraft striking wildlife, especially birds. This report provides aviation birdstrike and animal strike occurrence data for the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2009. It also describes the results of an ATSB survey of aerodromes concerning current wildlife control... Read more

NZ: Taranaki Community Rescue must keep AW119 away from hospital

NZ: Taranaki Community Rescue must keep AW119 away from hospital

30-Jun-2010Source: Stuff

NZ CAA has sent a letter to all helicopter operators and trusts that explicitly warns that they have until the end of August to bring their operations into line with the rules  or cease their operations.... Read more

South African man arrested for shining laser pen at helicopter

South African man arrested for shining laser pen at helicopter

30-Jun-2010Source: IOL

A Durban man has been arrested for shining a laser light at a helicopter, blinding the pilot while he was patrolling the beach on Saturday.... Read more

Ocean helicopter crash caused by cracked engine case

Ocean helicopter crash caused by cracked engine case

30-Jun-2010Source: WA Today

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau examined the Bell 407 chopper that was carrying seven people when it left luxury cruise ship True North and crashed into Talbot Bay in September 2008... Read more

Northern Ireland drug addict dazzled police pilot with laser

Northern Ireland drug addict dazzled police pilot with laser

30-Jun-2010Source: Belfast Telegraph

A man who admitted shining a laser pen into the eyes of a police helicopter pilot 2,000 ft over Derry forcing him to take evasive action has been put on probabtion for 18 months... Read more

Baron blamed for helicopter crash

Baron blamed for helicopter crash

30-Jun-2010Source: Press & Journal

Accident involved Eurocopter EC130 registered M-BOAT – see HeliHub.com accident page here... Read more

UK teenager cautioned for shining laser pen at police helicopter

UK teenager cautioned for shining laser pen at police helicopter

29-Jun-2010Source: Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard

The 16-year-old, from Cheltenham, was arrested in Crabtree Place at 2.45am on Tuesday on suspicion of shining a light at an aircraft so as to dazzle or distract a pilot. He was given a formal reprimand after admitting the offence.... Read more

Alberta man who pointed laser beam at police helicopter convicted

Alberta man who pointed laser beam at police helicopter convicted

25-Jun-2010Source: Vancouver Sun

Alvin Vargas Bautista had testified during the trial that he was trying to fix his young son’s toy laser while waiting for his wife outside a friend’s apartment building near Millbourne Mall.... Read more

NTSB confirm helicopter exemption from reporting runway incursions

NTSB confirm helicopter exemption from reporting runway incursions

24-Jun-2010Source: NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued correcting amendments to a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on January 7, 2010 and became effective March 8, 2010. The final rule required the reporting of certain runway incursions, but did not specify that helicopters are exempt from one of the provisions and... Read more

Children paid $5.6M settlement after mother killed in 2008 Indiana crash

Children paid $5.6M settlement after mother killed in 2008 Indiana crash

21-Jun-2010Source: Arizona Accident Info

Two children will be paid $5.6 million following a settlement following the death of their mother when a medical helicopter she was in crashed in a rural area in Indiana in 2008.... Read more

Helicopter sector signs up to business aviation safety standards

Helicopter sector signs up to business aviation safety standards

21-Jun-2010Source: Flightglobal

Representing the helicopter operating sector at the signing were HAI president Matt Zuccaro, HAI’s chairman Mark Gibson, the British Helicopter Association’s chairman Brian Humphries, and the chairman of the EHA Dr Vittorio Morassi.... Read more

FAA responds to Gulf of Mexico story about Temporary Flight Restrictions

FAA responds to Gulf of Mexico story about Temporary Flight Restrictions

18-Jun-2010Source: FAA

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today’s story by the Associated Press contains a number of inaccuracies with regard to the government’s oversight of flyovers in and around the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Since May 28th, the FAA has approved every request to fly over the area – more than 176 requests. While the temporary... Read more

CareFlite 222 crash evidence points to mechanical failure

CareFlite 222 crash evidence points to mechanical failure

17-Jun-2010Source: Star Telegram

The rotor mast was fractured in two places — up high, several inches below the rotor hub, and farther down, just above the transmission.  Investigator Tom Latson declined to offer possible explanations for the mast to have fractured in such a way, but noted that the tailboom, which was also found intact and 400 feet... Read more

American Eurocopter extends deadline for Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award applications

American Eurocopter extends deadline for Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award applications

17-Jun-2010Source: American Eurocopter

June 15, 2010 Grand Prairie, Texas – American Eurocopter has announced that the deadline to apply for the fourth annual Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award has been extended until June 21, 2010. This prestigious award aims to promote aviation safety within the air medical community and American Eurocopter will contribute up to $10,000 to the... Read more

RAF Chinook pilot tells how his helmet saved his life

RAF Chinook pilot tells how his helmet saved his life

9-Jun-2010Source: BBC

Now that the Ministry of Defence has lifted its embargo, the helmet has been returned to him and he has given the BBC his first broadcast interview.... Read more

Almost 40% of Canadian offshore workers would prefer not to fly to work

Almost 40% of Canadian offshore workers would prefer not to fly to work

4-Jun-2010Source: CBC

Almost 40 per cent of the people working in the offshore oil industry east of Newfoundland would prefer not to use helicopters to go to work, a new survey has found.... Read more

UK shootings: Helicopter delay over safety fears may have cost lives

UK shootings: Helicopter delay over safety fears may have cost lives

4-Jun-2010Source: Guardian

Great North Air Ambulance, which sent two AS365s, confirmed that police at Whitehaven requested them to wait on the ground.  When aircraft were permitted to fly to three of the shooting scenes, the injured victims had already been driven to hospital by, it is believed, members of the public.... Read more

Traffic reporter wins undisclosed damages following B206 crash in November 2008

Traffic reporter wins undisclosed damages following B206 crash in November 2008

3-Jun-2010Source: Palm Beach Post

Paul Cavenaugh, a popular broadcaster who spent decades warning motorists of impeding traffic snarls, has won an undisclosed amount of money from the firm that owned a helicopter that crashed in 2008, leaving him in constant back pain.  (NTSB report for N281CB)... Read more

Municipal Government of Nezahualcoyotl stops flying B206 over safety issues

Municipal Government of Nezahualcoyotl stops flying B206 over safety issues

3-Jun-2010Source: ToDoTeotihuacan

The president, Edgar Sánchez Navarro, announced that the Bell 260 type helicopter owned by the Municipal Government of Nezahualcoyotl no longer fly over the streets of the town as its technical conditions do not guarantee safety for the crew of the ship to the locals. [file photo]... Read more

Analog Devices’ gyroscope technology used to improve helicopter flight safety

Analog Devices’ gyroscope technology used to improve helicopter flight safety

3-Jun-2010Source: Analog Devices

Analog Devices’ iMEMS gyroscope technology will be used for a new aircraft flight safety and training tool developed by Appareo Systems, a company that makes light weight flight data recorders and 3-D flight analysis software. In an international push to improve helicopter safety, the ALERTS (Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety) Vision... Read more

Philippines CAA makes Robinson safety course mandatory

Philippines CAA makes Robinson safety course mandatory

3-Jun-2010Source: Manila Bulletin

Pilots rated to fly Robinson R-44 and R22 helicopters will be required to undergo a Safety Awareness Seminar on June 7th... Read more

Helicopter pilot survived crash, only to drown later: report

Helicopter pilot survived crash, only to drown later: report

3-Jun-2010Source: Vancouver Sun

Company responds to 2009 death by requiring life-jackets for helicopter pilots on firefighting bucket duty... Read more

Turbine fatigue cited in May 2008 California AS350D crash

Turbine fatigue cited in May 2008 California AS350D crash

2-Jun-2010Source: Mercury News

The NTSB said evidence of fatigue cracking was found during examination of four fractured turbine blades from the Honeywell Aerospace engine that powered the AS350-D... Read more

Indiana helicopter crash lawsuit settled for $5.6M

Indiana helicopter crash lawsuit settled for $5.6M

1-Jun-2010

The NTSB found the main rotor blade broke apart just after takeoff.  Hendricks County probate judge approved the settlement with defendant Bell  on Wednesday.... Read more

New UK Government initiates review of 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash

New UK Government initiates review of 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash

28-May-2010Source: Loughborough Echo

The new Defence Secretary Liam Fox told the Commons an independent review of the evidence surrounding the crash had been promised when the Conservative Party were in opposition.... Read more

NZ coroner advocates use of Flight Tracking Devices

NZ coroner advocates use of Flight Tracking Devices

28-May-2010Source: NZ Herald

New Zealand CAA also said it supported and encouraged the use of FTD technology as a complimentary device to the ELT system.... Read more

DynCorp sued for $10M by injured US Army helicopter pilots

DynCorp sued for $10M by injured US Army helicopter pilots

28-May-2010Source: Bloomberg Business Week

Special Ops unit members Gary Linfoot and Gregory Cooper were flying the helicopter south of Baghdad when its main rotor driveshaft failed and the aircraft crashed, according to a complaint filed in Wilmington, Delaware.... Read more

Three employees of Azur Helicopter indicted for manslaughter

Three employees of Azur Helicopter indicted for manslaughter

26-May-2010Source: Le Progres

Situation follows investigation into a fatal accident as reported in HeliHub.com – 20-Jun-09 F-GTRF Eurocopter AS350B2 Mount Cordon, France... Read more

NTSB offers rotorcraft accident investigation course

NTSB offers rotorcraft accident investigation course

25-May-2010Source: NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board has developed a five-day course in rotorcraft accident investigation that will be delivered at its training center near Washington in August. The course, which has been in development for more than a year, was designed to provide investigators from regulatory authorities, investigative agencies, private industry, and potential parties to an... Read more

HeliHub.com gallery passes 2,000 images, and still rising

HeliHub.com gallery passes 2,000 images, and still rising

20-May-2010Source: HeliHub.com

HeliHub.com is having great success with its “Gallery” feature, recording over 2,000 images added in two and a half months. The Flickr gallery provides users of HeliHub.com the opportunity to upload their own photos, and the early success is demonstrating just how valuable this will become over time.  HeliHub.com plans to utilise this gallery to... Read more

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