New York Times
• Yan Zhuang
A helicopter providing live coverage of a bus collision crashed at about 5:02 a.m. in Los Angeles’ Chatsworth neighborhood, killing a journalist, the pilot and a person on the ground. The aircraft was identified as NBC’s NewsChopper 4; reports said at least one other person was injured.
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A helicopter providing live coverage of a bus collision crashed at about 5:02 a.m. in Los Angeles’ Chatsworth neighborhood, killing a journalist, the pilot and a person on the ground. The aircraft was identified as NBC’s NewsChopper 4; reports said at least one other person was injured.
A new Pentagon inspector general report says casualty-evacuation helicopters were deployed from four countries during the Iran war, while hundreds of U.S. military facilities were destroyed. The findings highlight the scale of operational losses and the logistical challenges of sustaining combat support across the theater.
Airbus has appointed Nicolas Boltoukhine, an experienced corporate aviation executive and pilot, to lead Airbus Corporate Helicopters. He succeeds Frederic Lemos, who is departing after serving as the unit’s CEO since 2017.
Avincis plans to acquire five Bell 214ST medium-twin helicopters from Australian type certificate holder McDermott Aviation, expanding the aerial services provider’s firefighting fleet. The deal adds additional heavy-lift rotorcraft capacity for wildfire response operations.
Poland is pursuing additional defense cooperation with the Philippines after completing deliveries of Black Hawk helicopters to Manila last month, according to a senior Polish foreign ministry official. The effort signals Warsaw’s interest in expanding bilateral defense ties beyond the recently completed helicopter program.
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A Russian frigate fired two flares—one narrowly missing a Danish military helicopter—while it photographed the vessel in international waters off Denmark. The incident came alongside an Italian NATO fighter’s shootdown of a suspected Russian drone over Lithuania and Polish air operations after Russian attacks on Ukraine.
South Korea has approved the additional purchase of approximately 20 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, with deliveries planned by 2032. The naval warfare helicopters will replace aging Leonardo Lynx Mk.99/99A assets and strengthen the South Korean Navy’s anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare capabilities.
A UK inquiry found that a fuel-system fault, an incorrectly diagnosed emergency and the shutdown of two functioning engines combined to cause a fatal Royal Navy Merlin helicopter ditching. The findings underscore how technical failures and crew decisions can compound rapidly in military rotorcraft operations.
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