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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain. Investigators cited low-light conditions and snow-covered terrain as contributing factors.

With the help of two HH-60Ws, a US Air Force unit from Arizona airlifted four injured people Oct. 5 during search-and-rescue operations in North Carolina.

(Mountain Home Observer) – The Arkansas National Guard sent an air ambulance helicopter to Florida Oct. 8 and will deploy more than 100 soldiers to assist with recovery efforts after Hurricane Milton.

(Fox News) – Operation Helo cofounders Matt McSwain and Eric Robinson discuss how they helped people affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina as Hurricane Milton made landfall Oct. 10 on the Florida coast.

(Airports International) – Several companies are developing plans for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft vertiports in the Middle East, including Archer Aviation, Eve Air Mobility, Joby Aviation, Kookiejar, and Skyports Infrastructure.

(CNN) – An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crew worked with the State Disaster Response Force and the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering to rescue a group of mountain climbers facing life-threatening conditions.

Commuters passing through the Charing Cross rail station in London, England, will have a chance to see a display of an electric air taxi through Oct. 16 as part of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) campaign.

(ABC News) – A US Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted a man who lost his boat in the Gulf of Mexico and was floating on a portable cooler Oct. 10 following Hurricane Milton.

(eNCA) – During an Oct. 5 ceremony in Ekurhuleni, Kgothatso Khunou, the first female chief pilot for the South African Police Service (SAPS), received the top prize in the aviation category for this year’s Forty under 40 awards.

Skyports Infrastructure; SEA Milan, the owner of Milan’s airports; and 2i Aeroporti have formed Vertical Gateway, which will focus on advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure in Milan and throughout Lombardy.