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The number of helicopter accidents in the United States increased last year from 2016, but the overall number reported internationally declined in 2017, according to preliminary statistics released by the…
News, Accident/Incident Investigation, Helicopter Safety
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is citing the 2016 in-flight breakup of an experimental research and development Bell 525 in its call for the use of recording devices…
Helicopter Safety, Safety Culture
One passenger was killed after the overweight AS350 hit a New Zealand mountainside during a heli-skiing trip.
NTSB cites inappropriate maintenance procedures in fatal crash of Bell 407.
A study on the root causes of fatal rotary wing accidents is expected later this year.
Spatial disorientation followed an EMS helicopter’s unexpected encounter with night IMC.
News, Accident Investigation, Helicopter Safety
The Norwegian investigation into an April 2016 crash that killed 13 is continuing.
The NTSB says the lack of a cockpit alert light led to the crash of an AS350 B3e.
Passengers who formulate an escape plan after boarding a helicopter improve their chances of surviving a water landing.
