All Helicopters articles – Page 160
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NewsFatal August 2005 Copterline S-76C+ crash controversy deepens as Sikorsky rejects NTSB verdict of main rotor servo failure
Controversy over the cause of the fatal accident involving a Copterline Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter in August 2005 has deepened following Estonian accident investigators' confirmation of US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) findings that the probable cause was failure of a main rotor servo.
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Flying the line
The world has few scheduled helicopter services - and their operators are mostly long established. How do they survive and is there room for expansion?
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FAA to toughen helicopter rules
US agency raises the bar for certification of new rotorcraft types to reflect advances in handling performance
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NewsLow hovering fruit: Why the FAA and EASA are right to revise helicopter safety standards
It should not be surprising that, after 20 years of certificating helicopters to a given set of standards, the US Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency have agreed the certification bar should be raised for new-build rotorcraft.