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The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) has presented a designated pilot examiner (DPE) welcome letter to Jason Spears, a new helicopter pilot. The new program is designed to help increase awareness about the resources that USHST offers for new pilots.

VAI and partner VLinc Corp. are praising six early adopters for enrolling in the Operational Risk and Resilience Accreditation (ORRA) program: Brim Aviation; Dakota Rotors; Helicopter Horizons; HELIUS; Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company; and the Two Bear Air Rescue Foundation.

(Task & Purpose) – Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212 Rescue Squadron parachute team conducted five rescues in remote areas of the state over Labor Day weekend.

(WBTS) – A US Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter crew airlifted five people who became stuck on a fishing vessel Sep. 7 along the Merrimack River near Salisbury, Massachusetts.

Air Ambulance Week 2024 starts today and runs through Sep. 15. The annual fundraising event highlights the role that air medical charities play in saving lives and keeping communities safe across the United Kingdom (UK).

(Nola.com) – A Bell 206B went down shortly after takeoff Sep. 7 from King Salmon Airport (PAKN), resulting in the death of one passenger. Investigators at the National Transportation Safety Board office in Alaska will be considering weather as a factor, with reports of fog in the area.

(Grand Forks Herald) – A University of North Dakota (UND) student pilot and instructor were uninjured in a Sep. 6 training accident at Grand Forks International Airport (KGFK) that resulted in damage to the helicopter.

(BBC) – A military helicopter went down shortly after takeoff Sep. 8 in San Salvador, resulting in the deaths of nine people, including Police Director-General Mauricio Arriaza. El Salvador’s president has ordered an investigation and said he does not think the crash was an accident.

(Euronews) – Helicopter crews from Air Zermatt airlifted more than 2,000 people stranded at a resort on the top of a mountain in Switzerland Sep. 6 after a mudslide cut off road access to the area.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the maintenance technician’s failure to inspect and clean the entire fuel-nozzle assembly in accordance with the engine maintenance manual, which resulted in fuel starvation and a partial loss of engine power.