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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that the operator did not have procedures in place to restrict untrained pilots in night operations.

LifeFlight Australia will take delivery of its 17th Leonardo AW139 next week as the service looks ahead to its 20th anniversary in 2028. The air medical operator started using the AW139 in 2015.

The company has received Transport Canada (TC) validation of its existing FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for its mission console structural provisions installation on the Bell 407.

The Quebec-based company uses H215 Super Pumas for various missions, including construction, aerial survey, charter, firefighting, mining, and oil-and-gas support operations.

Representatives from the OEM joined the Australian operator for a commissioning ceremony May 6 at RotorTech 2026 in Brisbane.

The Australian operator will receive a Bell 429 flight training device (FTD) for police training and a Level 5 AW139 FTD simulator that includes a hoist-control station under the agreement with Entrol.

For many US helicopter operators, the clock is ticking toward the May 2027 safety management system (SMS) mandate. Through an anonymous, one-question survey, VAI is taking a quick pulse check across the industry to better understand where operators stand in their SMS journey. Click on the headline above to take the survey!

(Vertical magazine) – Reviewing a group of exciting new products that were on display during March at VERTICON 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Jun. 2 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 53 – Fuselage – Screws and Nuts Installed on Firewalls – Inspection.

(South China Morning Post) – A disaster-prevention helicopter crew assisted local police and search teams with airlifting the stranded hiker May 5 from the Japanese mountains.