The US Federal Aviation Administration has tightened an airworthiness directive aimed at detecting fatigue cracks which could lead to mast failure and main rotor separation in Bell 204, 205 and 212 helicopters. This follows the discovery of mast cracking before the life limit established last April.
Source: Flight International
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