Helicopter flight decks have changed significantly over the last few decades and one reason is the attention being paid to ergonomic factors in flight deck design. Today’s cockpits no longer are cluttered with multiple dials, gauges, switches and artificial horizons. Instead, pilots now get most flight critical information from high resolution liquid crystal displays.
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The in-flight failure of a servo flap led to the fatal crash of a K-1200 into an Oregon river, the NTSB says.
The NTSB faulted the FAA’s review of modifications to a firefighting helicopter before the fatal 2021 crash of a UH-60.
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The BK117 struck the surface of the Southern Ocean during a nighttime flight after its pilot mistook fog for higher clouds, the New Zealand TAIC says.
