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The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) seminar for helicopter pilots, aviation managers, safety officers, instructors, and other aviation leadership starts at 11 am HST (UTC-10) tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Rainbow Helicopters in Honolulu.

The helicopter crew reunited Jan. 16 with Jake McCollum, a teenager from Bundaberg, Queensland, who was injured after falling about 80 m (262 ft.) while hiking on a mountain in Biggenden during November 2025. The crew winched McCollum after locating him in dense foliage.

(Upworthy) – For decades, river restoration involved removing logs, with scientists viewing them as barriers to fish movement. Now, helicopters are placing logs along rivers in central Washington to restore natural habitats.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power-line pole’s static arm during gusty wind conditions, light turbulence, and low-level wind shear conditions, which resulted in main-rotor blade contact with the static arm and a loss of control.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a loss of power due to fuel exhaustion. Investigators identified an unlit landing zone as a contributing factor.

Bangalore, India–based SAMSOS will provide the electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) for the SkyDrive SD-05 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

This FAA proposed airworthiness directive (AD) would require repetitive inspections of the left-hand and right-hand tube assemblies on the AB139/AW139 plus the left-hand and right-hand pedal-shaft assemblies on the AW189. The FAA is accepting comments through Mar. 12.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is requesting feedback by Feb. 20 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 05 – Time Limits/Maintenance Checks – Airworthiness Limitations Section – Amendment.

The FAA is accepting comments through Mar. 12 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require modifying and reidentifying a certain affected MS18027 type hook or replacing it with a serviceable part. This proposed AD would also prohibit installing an affected part on any helicopter without first meeting certain requirements.

The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) report covers various metrics, including average accident rates and average fatal-accident rates for the past five years.