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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the R44 student pilot’s failure to follow the air traffic controller’s landing instructions, which resulted in a midair collision with the fixed-wing aircraft.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the midair collision involving two helicopters to be the failure of the MH-60R crew members to maintain visual separation from the UH-60A while complying with the local controller’s instructions to go around. The NTSB cited nighttime conditions and the lack of a safety alert from the controller to either helicopter as contributing factors to the accident.

(Wired) – A journalist shares her experiences, including reviewing safety preparations and protocols, from an August 2024 helicopter tour over an active volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 52–Doors–Door Star Support–Modification, takes effect Dec. 19, 2024.

Airbus Helicopters has published a feature about its collaboration with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) since 1974 on the H145/BK 117.

Heléna Holt received the Special Recognition Award at the 2024 Air Ambulances UK Awards of Excellence Nov. 28 in Coventry, West Midlands.

(Reuters) – The company evaluated its Prime Air MK-30 drone during Dec. 4 flight tests in San Salvo, Abruzzo.

Joby Aviation has completed a four-week maintenance training program about its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for US Air Force personnel in Marina, California. The training is part of Joby’s contract with the AFWERX Agility Prime program.

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) is recognizing the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on the 80-year anniversary of ICAO’s December 1944 founding at the Convention on International Civil Aviation in Chicago, Illinois.

(Philstar.com) – The Leonardo AW109 went down during a training and maintenance flight Dec. 5 at Sangley Point Airport (RPLS) in Cavite City. Two pilots and three maintenance crew members sustained injuries in the accident.