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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Feb. 23 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 67 – Rotors Flight Control – Collective Stick Torque Tube Assembly – Inspection/Replacement.

Australian vertiport developer Skyportz has released an advanced air mobility market study that forecasts the need for around 400 vertipads in Delhi by 2035 and more than 2,000 vertipads by 2045.

The OEM received 544 gross orders across its civil and military product lines last year and delivered 392 helicopters to 205 operators in 50 countries.

The webcast of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) public board meeting starts at 9 am eastern (UTC-5) tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 27. The meeting will focus on the release of the probable cause of a Jan. 29, 2025, midair collision between a regional passenger jet and a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA).

The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) seminar for helicopter pilots, aviation managers, safety officers, instructors, and other aviation leadership starts at 11 am HST (UTC-10) tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Rainbow Helicopters in Honolulu.

The helicopter crew reunited Jan. 16 with Jake McCollum, a teenager from Bundaberg, Queensland, who was injured after falling about 80 m (262 ft.) while hiking on a mountain in Biggenden during November 2025. The crew winched McCollum after locating him in dense foliage.

This FAA proposed airworthiness directive (AD) would require repetitive inspections of the left-hand and right-hand tube assemblies on the AB139/AW139 plus the left-hand and right-hand pedal-shaft assemblies on the AW189. The FAA is accepting comments through Mar. 12.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is requesting feedback by Feb. 20 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 05 – Time Limits/Maintenance Checks – Airworthiness Limitations Section – Amendment.

The FAA is accepting comments through Mar. 12 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require modifying and reidentifying a certain affected MS18027 type hook or replacing it with a serviceable part. This proposed AD would also prohibit installing an affected part on any helicopter without first meeting certain requirements.

The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) report covers various metrics, including average accident rates and average fatal-accident rates for the past five years.