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The Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of Ireland has released a preliminary report into a helicopter accident that occurred during autorotation training near Killucan, County Westmeath. The accident resulted in the deaths of a student pilot and an instructor.

Baldwin Safety & Compliance is teaming up with Monte Sereno, California–based Fruity Chutes to provide parachute recovery systems and safety support services for drone operators.

Airbus has delivered two medically configured H145s to emergency services operator Avincis, which will deploy one of the helicopters to serve its network of bases across Italy and the other to Stockholm, Sweden.

The Entrol simulator’s enhanced capabilities include an updated Envision database and the ability to train under additional wildfire-suppression scenarios.

ANRA Technologies is teaming up with Helsinki, Finland–based Flyby Guys to expand its uncrewed traffic management services for drone operators across Europe.

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) 8th Annual Workshop on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Infrastructure takes place Sep.17–18 at the US Navy Memorial Visitor Center in Washington, DC.

SkyDrive and Osaka Metro Co. have agreed to study the feasibility of using electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Osaka.

(India Today) – An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crew airlifted a stranded hiker Aug. 27 from a rock along the Mahi River during heavy rainfall near Vadodara, Gujarat.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the operator’s failure to adequately inspect the former military helicopter, which allowed an engine issue to progress, resulting in a loss of power. The helicopter struck power lines during a forced landing. Investigators also cited three contributing factors: inadequate FAA inspection and maintenance standards for former military turbine-powered aircraft operating with an experimental exhibition airworthiness certificate; the operator’s use of the FAA standards instead of more rigorous standards; and the FAA’s inadequate oversight of the operator. Six people died in the accident.

The Unmanned Aerial System Centre of Excellence is investing C$8.7 million to develop uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) infrastructure in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.