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(Task & Purpose) – More than 4,700 US National Guard soldiers, including helicopter crews, are working to clear roads, rescue trapped people, and provide relief after Hurricane Helene tore through several states.

(CNN) – Helicopter crews airlifted dozens of people from the roof of Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin Sep. 27 after they became trapped by floodwater from Hurricane Helene.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a wire during an agricultural application pass.

(NPR) – A US Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a boater in distress and his dog Sep. 26 in waters off Sanibel Island, Florida, ahead of Hurricane Helene making landfall.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the disbonding of a tail-rotor driveshaft splined adapter, which resulted in a loss of tail-rotor drive and a hard landing.

Larry Pilkington, formerly chief engineer for Columbia Helicopters, is the new senior VP of engineering at Enstrom of Menominee, Michigan.

The US Army Program Executive Office for Army Aviation gave crews a chance to view a mock-up cabin for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, complete with augmented-reality glasses, at Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI) in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Guangzhou Public Security Bureau in Guangdong has received its first H175 from Airbus Helicopters as part of an order that included delivery of one H145 in 2016 and another in 2019.

The Aerotech Group, South Australia’s largest privately owned aviation operator, has secured a fleet order of GPMS International’s Foresight MX HUMS (health and usage monitoring system) for all its UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft.