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(Cornish Stuff) – Students at Pool Academy in Cornwall, South West England, received a surprise earlier this month when Princess Royal Anne arrived in a helicopter that landed on the school field as part of a visit to the South Crofty mine.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the failure of the unmanned aircraft system operator to maintain clearance from a cart placed in the delivery area during a test flight, which resulted in a loss of control.

(Castanet) – The City of Armstrong in British Columbia is advising residents that crews from Talon Helicopters will conduct low-level checks of natural-gas lines between May 14 and Jun. 14 as part of FortisBC’s annual inspection program.

(KGTV) – A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations helicopter crew landed near a veterinary hospital May 9 in La Mesa, California, to quickly treat a police dog that was bitten by a rattlesnake while working in the Otay Mountain Wilderness.

The OEM marked the milestone while handing over two Subaru Bell 412EPXs to Sûreté du Québec May 12 at its facilities in Mirabel, Quebec.

(STV News) – Crews from Offshore Helicopter Services (OHS) have completed more than 1,000 search, rescue, and emergency response operations in the North Sea since 2015.

(AIN) – Leonardo reported a 15.6% increase in net orders as part of its first-quarter 2025 earnings results. The OEM delivered 28 helicopters during the period, down from 31 in the first quarter of 2024.

(US Attorney’s Office) – The Eastern District of California has announced a guilty plea in a case in which a man shined a laser beam at a Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew multiple times on Sep. 11, 2024, near Meadows Field Airport (KBFL) in Bakersfield.