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VAI Weekly
September 9, 2024
Student pilot, instructor escape injury in UND training accident(Grand Forks Herald) - A University of North Dakota (UND) student pilot and instructor were uninjured in a Sep. 6 training accident at Grand Forks International Airport (KGFK) that resulted in dam ...
VAI Weekly
September 9, 2024
Helicopter crashes in El Salvador, police chief among casualties(BBC) - A military helicopter went down shortly after takeoff Sep. 8 in San Salvador, resulting in the deaths of nine people, including Police Director-General Mauricio Arriaza. El Salvador’s pres ...
VAI Weekly
September 9, 2024
Air Zermatt crews rescue people trapped after landslide(Euronews) - Helicopter crews from Air Zermatt airlifted more than 2,000 people stranded at a resort on the top of a mountain in Switzerland Sep. 6 after a mudslide cut off road access to the area.
VAI Weekly
September 6, 2024
NTSB final report: Bell 206, Greenville, Illinois, Nov. 2, 2022The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the maintenance technician’s failure to inspect and clean the entire fuel-nozzle assembly in ...
VAI Weekly
September 6, 2024
Government of Iraq orders a dozen Airbus H225MsAirbus Helicopters has obtained a contract from the Iraq Ministry of Defense to provide 12 multirole H225M helicopters that will replace Mil Mi-17s in service with the Iraqi Army.
VAI Weekly
September 6, 2024
USMC crews conduct helicopter rope training in JapanUS Marine Corps (USMC) crews practiced insertion and extraction rigging techniques during a recent helicopter rope-suspension training exercise at Kin Blue Beach Training Area in Okinawa, Japan.
VAI Weekly
September 6, 2024
Royal Navy helicopter crashes into water during training exercise(BBC) - A UK Royal Navy Merlin went down into the English Channel Sep. 4 while conducting night-flying exercises with an aircraft carrier. One crew member died in the accident and two others susta ...
VAI Weekly
September 6, 2024
Helicopter pilot makes precautionary landing on California highway(CBS News) - California Highway Patrol officers shut down the southbound lanes of Route 110 in Los Angeles for several hours Sep. 5 after a helicopter pilot made a precautionary landing on the hig ...
VAI Weekly
September 6, 2024
Dufour, Savback evaluate unmanned tiltwing platform in SwedenDufour Aerospace and Savback Helicopters have conducted 12 test flights of Dufour’s AeroMini 10 tiltwing prototype at the Västervik Drone Science Park at Västervik Airfield (ESSW) in Kalmar County ...
VAI Weekly
September 6, 2024
HeliTSA expands Airbus EC135 training in AustraliaBrisbane, Queensland–based HeliTSA has added Airbus EC135 type training, including for two different engines, into its lineup of courses.
