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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause to be the pilot’s improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and the main-rotor blades contacting the tail boom.

(KXRM) – Multiple US Forest Service (USFS) helicopter crews conducted water drops to contain wildfires Jun. 22–23 in the Beulah Highlands.

London, England–based Skyports Infrastructure is teaming up with Jeju Air to develop a network of vertiports for air taxi operations in South Korea, including Jeju Island.

(KOMO) – Air and ground crews from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Darrington Fire District, and Oso Fire Department responded to wildfires that broke out Jun. 22 in mountains near Darrington.

(DVIDS) – The New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing took delivery of its first Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II search-and-rescue helicopter Jun. 20 at Francis S. Gabreski Airport (KFOK) in Westhampton Beach.

(WCAU) – Iowa National Guard helicopter crews airlifted residents from the rooftops of their homes Jun. 22 following extreme flooding in Rock Valley.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) canceled this airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 73–Engine Fuel and Control–Check of Correct Position of Adjusted Fuel Control Unit, on Jun. 21, 2024.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 05–Time Limits/Maintenance Checks–Airworthiness Limitations Section–Amendment, becomes effective Jul. 5, 2024.

EHang has received an order from the government of Wencheng County in China’s Zhejiang Province for 30 EH216-S electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The agreement includes an option for another 270 aircraft and a partnership to develop urban air mobility services in the region.

(ROTOR magazine) – VAI is actively advocating to protect airspace access over national parks and monuments across the United States amid efforts by the FAA and the National Park Service to restrict or eliminate air tours over national parks.