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The latest edition of the US Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG) newsletter Premium on Safety includes articles about flight department insurance, preventing runway incursions, and how business aviation operators can prepare for a crisis, plus an accident analysis from POWER UP magazine writer David Jack Kenny.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report indicates that the flight paramedic indicated the air medical helicopter lost power and was autorotating before crashing on the eastbound lanes of US Route 50 in California.

(SunLive) – A rescue helicopter crew winched the hiker Nov. 5 from a trail along Mount Maunganui in Tauranga, North Island.

(Yahoo News) – The air medical charity dispatched critical care teams to 18 incidents Nov. 1–2 in Cumbria and North East England.

(Philstar) – A Philippine Air Force (PAF) Super Huey on a relief mission following Typhoon Tino went down Nov. 4 in Loreto, Agusan del Sur, resulting in the deaths of two pilots and four search-and-rescue crew members.

The Brazilian subsidiary of Embraer, which is in the pre-revenue aircraft development stage, reported a net loss of US$46.9 million for the third quarter of 2025 compared with US$35.8 million for the same quarter in 2024, primarily due to higher research and development costs.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that the instructor and student agreed to conduct torque turns, which were outside of the lesson plan and training syllabus. Investigators also noted the instructor’s decision to conduct the maneuver at an inappropriate low height as a contributing factor.

The company is demonstrating how hybrid power and distributed electric propulsion can increase the range, efficiency, and safety of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft under the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Ignite program.

The OEM has published a feature about how SAF Hélicoptères sprang into action following a December 2024 cyclone that hit the French island off the coast of Southeastern Africa.