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Metro Aviation has appointed Brady Carpenter as its director of safety. Carpenter joined the company in 2016 as an operational control specialist before becoming a flight ops quality assurance analyst in 2017.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD) for Leonardo S.p.A. A109 helicopters, ATA 26 – Fire Protection – Engine Fire Extinguisher Bottle Connections – Inspection, becomes effective Oct. 25, 2024.

Entrol has successfully installed a Bell 429 flight training device (FTD) Level 2 simulator for the Tunisian National Guard.

Meyer, the former CEO of ICON Aircraft, will lead Skyryse’s focus on certification, commercialization, and the second aircraft enabled with the company’s SkyOS universal flight operating system.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain. Investigators cited low-light conditions and snow-covered terrain as contributing factors.

With the help of two HH-60Ws, a US Air Force unit from Arizona airlifted four injured people Oct. 5 during search-and-rescue operations in North Carolina.

(Mountain Home Observer) – The Arkansas National Guard sent an air ambulance helicopter to Florida Oct. 8 and will deploy more than 100 soldiers to assist with recovery efforts after Hurricane Milton.

(Fox News) – Operation Helo cofounders Matt McSwain and Eric Robinson discuss how they helped people affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina as Hurricane Milton made landfall Oct. 10 on the Florida coast.

(Airports International) – Several companies are developing plans for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft vertiports in the Middle East, including Archer Aviation, Eve Air Mobility, Joby Aviation, Kookiejar, and Skyports Infrastructure.

(CNN) – An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crew worked with the State Disaster Response Force and the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering to rescue a group of mountain climbers facing life-threatening conditions.