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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be a sudden stoppage of the tail rotor for unknown reasons, which resulted in the torsional overload failure of the tail-rotor driveshaft.

(Dronelife) – Officials inaugurated a new medical drone base Apr. 29 in Borås, Västra Götaland, with operations set to begin in early May.

(Cabin Radio) – A western regional manager from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada notes that serious injuries and fatalities in the Northwest Territories have “basically halved” over the past 25 years.

(WCVB) – A Massachusetts State Police helicopter crew assisted ground teams with locating a lost hiker Apr. 26 on Mount Washington.

(USA Today) – The company has launched a service with Flytrex’s Sky2 drone that’s designed to deliver family meals in minutes to locations within a 4-mile radius of Wylie, Texas.

(Helicopter Investor) – Kirstetter, who will begin the role May 18, succeeds Matthieu Louvot, who became CEO of Airbus Helicopters in March.

The companies are launching an air medical program in East Tennessee this month using a pair of Airbus H135 helicopters at bases in Morristown and Rockwood.

(Vertical magazine) – OEMs from Airbus, Leonardo, Robinson, and Sikorsky discuss how they are working to support advances in crewed–uncrewed teaming.

Near Earth Autonomy has selected Bell Textron to provide a Bell 505 airframe for the US Marine Corps (USMC) Aerial Resupply Vehicle – Expeditionary Logistics (MARV-EL) Increment 2 program.

The European Commission (EC) is asking citizens, businesses, and other stakeholders for input on its new European Union (EU) aviation and aeronautics strategy.