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The pilot of a sightseeing helicopter told US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators that the aircraft experienced severe vibrations and a loss of directional control during a tour flight, according to the preliminary report. Three people died in the accident.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Helicopter Management Agency has awarded a contract to NHIndustries, a consortium of Airbus, GKN Aerospace, and Leonardo, to conduct a Block 2 architecture study for the NH90.

(RotorHub) – This year’s version of the event, which takes place Sep. 16–18 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, will feature more than 160 presentations, 85 workshops, and 15 panel discussions.

The OEM has formed a subsidiary in Ukraine to support helicopter operations and other long-term industrial projects.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through May 15 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 67 – Rotors Flight Control – Upper Ball Bearing End of the Main Rotor Servo Controls – Inspection.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA – Aircraft Flight Manual – Emergency, Malfunction, and Normal Procedures – Amendment, takes effect May 1.

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has introduced maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for PT6C-67C helicopter engines at its facility in Singapore.

This FAA special airworthiness information bulletin (SAIB) is being issued to alert owners, operators, and maintenance technicians of an airworthiness concern for torso restraint systems and safety belts installed in general aviation aircraft.

The acquisition expands Signia Aerospace’s portfolio of engineered aircraft systems.

Bristol, England–based Vertical has become the second company globally to complete a two-way piloted transition flight in a full-scale tiltrotor electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and the first to do so under civil aviation Design Organisation Approval regulatory oversight.