The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a revision to its Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB AIR-21-17R1) aimed at helping operators, aircrew and passengers understand rotorcraft bird strike risks…
In this month’s edition of Enstrom Helicopter’s newsletter, Rotor Wire, Sweet Helicopters’ Chief Pilot Randy Starkey shared his wisdom on flight safety matters, particularly about precautionary landings. Eighty-four years ago,…
Prompted by a spate of helicopter rotor wash incidents at hospital Helicopter Landing Sites (HLS), the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) conducted a study into similar incidents over the preceding…
Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) has reported that, in recent weeks, its crews have been subjected to a series of ‘lasing’ attacks (shining or directing a laser at an aircraft), the…
Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Eurocontrol has published updated safety cases for helicopter Low Level Route (LLR) and Point in Space (PinS) operations. The documents were produced by Eurocontrol in…