Low hovering fruit: Why the FAA and EASA are right to revise helicopter safety standards

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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.

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