Loss of Sikorsky S-76C+ 5N-BQG of Eastwind Off Nigeria 24 October 2024
NSIB Preliminary Report issued: helicopter diverting after encountering poor visibility.
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Season’s Greetings from Aerossurance
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Heli-Expo 2020 Photo Report
Photos from HAI Heli-Expo 2020 in Anaheim, CA.
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Season’s Greetings from Aerossurance
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Heli-Expo 2018 Photo Report
News and photos from HAI Heli-Expo 2018 in Las Vegas, NV.
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Ingestible Stomach Acid-Powered Health Monitoring Pill
Researchers from MIT have designed a high-tech health monitoring pill can be swallowed that offers exciting possibilities to fatigue and alertness researchers.
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Heli-Expo 2017 Photo Report
News and photos from HAI Heli-Expo in Dallas, TX (6-9 March 2017).
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Mitsubishi MRJ (now SpaceJet) Schedule Slips Further
Mitsubishi confirm a further two-year delay in the delivery of the first MRJ90 to ANA. The programme is now 7 years behind its original schedule.
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Our Top 10 Articles of 2016
We look back on our top aviation and safety articles of 2016. We thank all our readers for their support in 2016 and hope we can continue to prove a valuable source of information and insight in 2017!
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Planning for Mass Evacuations
It is vital for companies operating in the less stable of overseas locations to have pre-arranged evacuation arrangements in place.
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Brexit and Aviation
We look at the recent industry / Department for Exiting the EU joint statement on Brexit and aviation.
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First Martin-Baker Ejection In-Flight in 1946
Martin-Baker celebrates the 70th anniversary of the first live in-flight test ejection with one of their ejection seats.
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CHC EC225 LN-OJF Norway Accident Investigation Timeline
We examine the investigation into the loss of CHC EC225 in Norway on 29 April 2016.
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ANSV Issue AW609 Tilt Rotor Accident Investigation Report
ANSV Issue AW609 Tilt Rotor Accident Investigation Report Investigators say a prototype tilt rotor broke up in flight after a divergent dutch roll developed in a high speed dive. The Italian civil aviation safety investigation authority, the Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV), has issued an interim statement of the loss of prototype #2 (AC2) Leonardo AW609 tilt rotor N609AG
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EASA Are On the Move! New EASA HQ
EASA Are On the Move! New EASA HQ The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) open for business on 6 June 2016 in a new office at: Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3 D-50668 Cologne, Germany The new building, in the shadow of the Dom, has the neoclassical frontage of a building originally built in 1913 as a railway headquarters. Other
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NTSB Report on C208B Caravan Ditching, Molokai, Hawaii, 2013
NTSB Report on C208B Caravan Ditching, Molokai, Hawaii, 2013 The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report on confusion over the applicable engine Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) and ditching procedures in a fatal 2013 accident in Hawaii. Cessna 208B Caravan N687MA, operated by Makani Kai Air, ditched off off Hawaii on 11 December 2013,
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Pilatus PC-24 Drops into EBACE
Pilatus PC-24 Drops into EBACE As the first prototype, P01, drops into the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva for a day, AW&ST report that: PC-24 Prototypes Are Keeping Busy: The first aircraft, P01, is appearing at the show before flying to Spain for high-speed testing, while P02 has flown to the U.S. There
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EC225 Main Rotor Head and Main Gear Box Design
EC225/H225 Main Rotor Head and Main Gear Box Design (CHC LN-OJF Fatal Accident 2016) Following the recent tragic accident at Turøy near Bergen, Norway involving CHC Airbus EC225/H225 LN-OJF there is a lot of interest in the Main Rotor (MR) and Main Gear Box (MGB) design of the EC225. Here we provide some background information on the
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UK To Buy “Certifiable Predator B” Protector
UK To Buy “Certifiable Predator B” Protector The UK MOD has announced in a low key contracts notice that they intend to meet the PROTECTOR Unmanned Aerial System requirement to replace the RAF Reaper MQ-9A fleet, through a £415 million Government-Government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract with the US Department of Defence (US DoD). UPDATE 27 April 2016: This
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Heli-Expo 2016 Photo Report
Heli-Expo 2016 Photo Report News from HAI Heli-Expo 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky (1-3 March 2016): Airbus Helicopters H215 Airbus Helicopters had on show the newly designated H215, formerly the AS332C1e (i.e. an enhanced, short fuselage Super Puma) and AS332L1e (the long fuselage version), to be built in Romania and aimed at aerial work, disaster relief and other
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Airbag Explosions: Independent Takata Corp QA Panel (‘Skinner Panel’) Reports
Takata have been the centre of fatal air bag failures and millions of vehicle recalls. We look at the recommendations of a US panel reviewing their quality.
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Our Top 20 Articles of 2015
Aerossurance: Our Top 20 Articles of 2015 As we start the new year we look back on the 20 articles that proved most popular with our readers in 2015. In reverse order: Number 20: Building St Helena Airport – An Industrial Scale ‘Grand Design’ This started with the building of the first airport on the volcanic
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