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(IOL) – A crew of four on an animal carcass investigation landed safely in a remote area of South Africa’s Kruger National Park but could not navigate their way out of thick bush, which led to an overnight stay and a rescue operation the next day using another helicopter and drones.

(WATE) – The Tennessee Department of Health plans to drop 300,000 rabies vaccine baits across eastern Tennessee using helicopters and low-flying fixed-wing aircraft starting Apr. 8 as part of a project with the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

(National Today) – The Oklahoma Transportation Committee is meeting tomorrow, Apr. 8, to consider a bill that would seek to position the state as a leader in coordinating and integrating drones into the US National Airspace System.

The company’s Valo electric vertical takeoff and landing prototype aircraft conducted the initial transition from vertical takeoff to fixed-wing flight under the oversight of regulators from the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

(Fire Island & Great South Bay News) – A US Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk crew hoisted four people from a vessel Apr. 4 southwest of Moriches Inlet.

(Rotorcraft Asia-Pacific e-News) – VAI President and CEO François Lassale provides details about the Southeast Asia Aviation Safety Conference, which will feature a plenary session, technical workshops for operators, regional operator spotlights, lessons learned panels, regulator roundtables, networking opportunities, and more. The conference takes place May 27–29 in Bali, Indonesia.

The US National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) Fly Safe campaign is outlining safety best practices for agricultural aviation pilots to avoid controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents, which accounted for 40% of the total US aviation accidents and half of ag aviation accidents in 2025. The tips include treating wires as an invisible hazard, being aware of the experience trap, staying in condition yellow, and checking NOTAMs and slackmap.com for the location of slacklines.

(Tabula) – During the 2026 fire season in the United States, the Rutledge Airborne Applications system will support Nevada Division of Forestry operations across the Great Basin, including areas of Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, Texas, and Utah.

The FAA is accepting comments through May 22 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would revise AD 2025-09-03 to address comments related to reduced life limits on the main-rotor clevises, universal bearings, universal-to-pitch link bolts, tube assembly, rod-end assembly, and pitch link assemblies. The FAA released AD 2025-09-03 on Apr. 28, 2025.

The OEM has appointed Michele Riccobono, currently chief technology officer, as the new CEO of Kopter to succeed Marco Viola.