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Airworthiness Directive after Two Fatal Bell 430 Accidents: Main Rotor – Pitch Link Clevis Fractures Angola and South Africa

Posted by on Jul 27, 2021 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

Airworthiness Directive after Two Fatal Bell 430 Accidents: Main Rotor – Pitch Link Clevis Fractures Angola and South Africa Transport Canada has issued Airworthiness Directive (AD) CF-2021-26 to inspect the...

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The Curious Case of the Missing Shear Pin that Didn’t Shear: A Fatal Powerline Stringing Accident

Posted by on Apr 10, 2021 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

The Curious Case of the Missing Shear Pin that Didn’t Shear: A Fatal Powerline Stringing Accident (Rogers Helicopters MD 530F [Hughes 369FF] N530KD, near Chalmers, Indiana) Recently a dramatic video of...

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Inspection UAS Collides with PNG LNG Export Jetty

Posted by on Jan 12, 2021 in Accidents & Incidents, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft, Unmanned (Drone / RPAS / UAS / UAV)

Inspection UAS Collides with ExxonMobil PNG LNG Export Jetty (Applus DJI Matrice 210 RTK) On 14 November 2019 a DJI Matrice 210 RTK Unmanned Air System (UAS) / drone / Remotely Powered Aircraft (RPA) operated...

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