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(Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine) – United Kingdom–based QinetiQ and Additive Manufacturing Solutions have completed the first flight of a Leonardo A109S featuring a structural component produced through laser beam powder bed fusion from recycled titanium.

Tune in to VAI’s YouTube channel Mar. 6–7 and watch more than 40 helicopters fly into Atlanta, Georgia, for VERTICON 2026. The event takes place Mar. 9–12 (exhibits open Mar. 10–12).

The new Loft H125 simulator is located within the headquarters of Airbus Helicopters at Marseille Provence Airport (LFML) in France.

(Chosen Biz) – According to the Korea Forest Service, the helicopter crews helped 36 ground vehicles and 186 firefighters battle the blazes Feb. 22 in Hamyang County, South Gyeongsang.

(Mena FN) – The helicopter went down Feb. 21 in the Amur region. Authorities in the region indicated that the pilot lacked authorization to fly the helicopter, which had not been properly registered.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which becomes effective Mar. 10, 2026, requires repetitive inspections of the pyrotechnical cartridge. It also prohibits installing an affected pyrotechnical cartridge on any helicopter without first meeting certain requirements. The FAA is accepting comments about the AD through Apr. 9, 2026.

(Caliber) – A Yamal Airlines Mi-8 went down about 400 ft. short of its landing site Feb. 21 near Yar-Sale in Western Siberia, resulting in injuries to three people.

The FAA is accepting comments through Apr. 9, 2026, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require performing a functional test of the personal locator beacon and inspecting the rope connection to the emergency life raft system.

A US Coast Guard (USCG) crew airlifted the injured hiker Feb. 20 from the Illinois River Valley near Greenwall Rapids following a search across multiple days that included the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office.

(WFSA) – The helicopter with three people on board went down near a home while attempting to land at Evergreen Hospital Feb. 22 in Conecuh County.