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Learn MoreHard Landing after VRS on Approach to a Hospital Site On 15 April 2016 a HEMS Airbus Helicopters AS350B2, N561AM, operated by Air Methods Corporation, was substantially damaged in a hard landing at...
Learn MoreLoad Lost Due to Misrigged HESLO Under Slung Load Control Cable On 27 April 2017, a Japanese Airbus Helicopters AS350B1, JA9743 of Nakanihon Air Service, lost an under slung crop spraying system while in...
Learn MoreItalian HEMS AW139 Inadvertent IMC Accident A leased Leonardo Helicopters AW139, EC-KJT, was operated by INAER Aviation Italia (a Babcock company) from L’Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Central Italy to...
Learn MoreHelicopter Wildlife Netting Accidents (N338HW, N22TZ, N369TH, C-GTNV, N122CH) In May 2018 the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published two reports into accidents involving helicopters...
Learn MoreUS Fatal Night HEMS Accident: Self-Induced Pressure & Inadequate Oversight The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined (24 May 2018) the probable cause of a 2016 fatal helicopter...
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