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(Reuters) – Helicopter crews from the Polish Armed Forces are putting the skills they learned preparing for combat into fighting flooding that has left a trail of destruction across central Europe.

(WNBC) – A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a Mar. 12, 2018, helicopter accident in New York City, placing blame on the use of unsafe harnesses, the helicopter operator, the helicopter tour agency, and the maker of a flotation device that malfunctioned.

(Air Traffic Management) – The airline will begin a trial program in 2025 to examine the use of the Laila hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft from Odys Aviation for cargo operations.

Onboard Systems International has obtained an FAA supplemental type certificate to install its Talon human external cargo (HEC) dual-hook system on the Bell 429.

Bell has published a feature on Aberdair Aviation, which provides air tours, conservation flights, aerial surveying, firefighting, cargo, air medical, and offshore oil-and-gas support services from Wilson Airport (HKNW) in Nairobi, Kenya.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 32–Landing Gear–Nose Landing Gear A-Frame/Airframe Junctions–Inspection/Modification, takes effect Oct. 4, 2024.

The FAA will host a virtual industry day on Sep. 30 at 11:00 am eastern to review its draft airport engineering brief about vertiport design standards.

(AIN) – In the next month, the FAA is expected to publish its much-anticipated special federal aviation regulation (SFAR) “Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot Certification and Operations,” according to a US Department of Transportation official.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be a loss of control of the helicopter during taxi, which resulted in a rollover.

The Italian Army completed the first operational exercise with a pre-production model of the new Leonardo AW249 on Sep. 18 at Lake Fedaia in Belluno, Italy.