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The FAA has issued a revised policy for the harnesses used for fall protection by utility line workers when performing human external cargo operations. VAI argued for harmonized standards for safety compliance on behalf of operators as part of the process. This decision ensures uniformity, enhances safety, and promotes operational compliance with existing local, state, and federal safety rules.

Smith Myers is detailing how its Artemis mobile phone detection and location system in a Leonardo AW139 played a role in the Nov. 17 rescue of an injured hiker.

Company provides life support systems and aircraft interiors for various Airbus, Bell, and Leonardo helicopter operators.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Swashplate Bearing–Inspections, becomes effective Dec. 16, 2024. It supersedes AD 2023-0222-E, which was issued Dec. 21, 2023.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires inspecting each belt tension clutch actuator bracket attached to the fan scroll housing, takes effect Jan. 7, 2025.

Airwolf Aerospace has received Transport Canada supplemental type certificate approval for True Blue Power TB17 batteries on the Airbus H125/AS350, AS355, H120, and H130/EC130; Bell 206A/B and Bell 206L/L-1/L-3/L-4; Enstrom 480B; Hiller UH-12E; and MD 369/MD 500.

Airbus has published a feature about how TAC Power Lines and Omni Taxi Aereo used an H225 to remove 25 power pylons and install new ones in environmentally protected areas of the Serra do Mar mountains.

The Mesa, Arizona–based company has obtained a five-year US Coast Guard contract to provide training for MH-60T and MH-65E hoist operators.

Former New York Police Department Aviation Unit officer served as the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety.