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VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

NTSB final report: AS350 B2, Spofford, Texas, Jan. 11, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the fatigue failure of the fuel control unit control lever arm, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power.

VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

Attention US air tour operators: FAA seeks nominations for safety rulemaking committee

The deadline for nominations is Feb. 28, 2025, for FAA’s newly established Commercial Air Tour Aviation Rulemaking Committee. This initiative, part of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, aims to enhance safety standards within the commercial air tour industry.

VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

Pilot recalls helicopter rescue in Canada following plane crash

(Yukon News) – An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk crew rescued the pilot and passenger of a small aircraft Jan. 26 near Faro, Yukon.

VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

US Air Force begins operational evaluations of Boeing MH-139A

(Global Defense News) – The 550th Helicopter Squadron at Malmstrom US Air Force Base in Montana has reached a milestone in integrating the MH-139A Grey Wolf into the US military’s nuclear security operations.

VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

Helicopter Horizons advances toward Bronze Level in ORRA program

The progress in VAI and VLinc’s Operational Risk and Resilience Accreditation (ORRA) program demonstrates the Botswana–based company’s commitment to strengthening safety.

VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

Helicopter crews rescue wild ice skaters in Alaska

(Men’s Journal) – Helicopter crews from the Alaska Army National Guard assisted state troopers and rescue crews from the US Forest Service and Girdwood Fire and Rescue with extricating two stranded ice skaters from Portage Lake Feb. 10.

VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

Boeing, KHI receive order from JSDF for 17 CH-47JA Chinooks

The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) has purchased 17 CH-47 Block II Chinooks from Boeing and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to replace some of its helicopters currently in service.

VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

Tennessee’s HART program upgrades helicopter fleet

The Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (HART), a joint program of the Tennessee National Guard and the Nashville Fire Department, has upgraded from the Sikorsky UH-60L to a fleet of five UH-60V Black Hawks.

VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

NSIA report: AS350 B3, Songesand, Rogaland, Norway, Nov. 16, 2020

The Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) has determined that the pilot lost control of the helicopter after experiencing rotorcraft–pilot coupling, which caused strong vertical oscillations.

VAI Daily

Feb. 14, 2025

NTSB final report: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505, Lago Vista, Texas, Nov. 11, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the flight instructor’s improper recovery from a practice autorotation.