Big Bustard Busts Blade: Propeller Blade Failure After Bird Strike (Airlink J41 ZS-NRJ vs a Kori Bustard, Venetia Mine, South Africa) On 3 January 2022, BAE Jetstream 41 ZS-NRJ of Airlink suffered a bird...
Learn MoreGrey Charter in French Guiana: IIMC and LOC-I (AB206 F-HGJL) On 2 May 2018 Agusta Bell AB206B3 F-HGJL crashed in the jungle of French Guiana during a flight for a gold mining company after inadvertent entry...
Learn MoreWindscreen Rain Refraction: Mountain Mine Site HESLO CFIT (Aberdeen Helicopters Airbus AS350B2 C-FAHC) On 17 August 2020 Airbus Helicopters AS350B2 C-FAHC of Aberdeen Helicopters impacted a mountainside near...
Learn MoreHeli-Expo 2020 Photo Report We bring news from the annual HAI Heli-Expo being held this year from Anaheim, California. The show has been sadly overshadowed by an S-76B accident with 9 fatalities, (including...
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Learn MoreLoose Engine B-Nut Triggers Fatal Forced Landing On 26 September 2017 Hughes (later MD) 369D SE-JVI was being used for power line inspection on behalf of energy company Vattenfall, by the First European...
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