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Air accident investigators in Leicester say flight data and voice recordings have been successfully downloaded from the black box on the helicopter which crashed and killed the owner of the city's soccer club. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who also owned Thai retail chain King Power, was among ...
Helicopters involved in over 50% of fatal air accidents in Japan
Of the victims of fatal aircraft crashes that occurred in Japan between 2007 and September this year, 55 people, or 56 percent, were killed in helicopter accidents, according to the Japan Transport Safety Board. In 2017, the death toll from helicopter crashes totaled 14, including ...
After Gunma chopper crash, ministry mulls expediting cheaper flight recorders for small aircraft
The transport ministry plans to promote the installation of flight data recorders in small aircraft in light of a spate of accidents involving helicopters and planes that didn't have the devices, ministry officials say. The recorders play a vital role in accident investigations by providing ...
Search and rescue operations following the crash of a disaster response helicopter in eastern Japan last week appear to have started 47 minutes later than they could have begun, the transport ministry said Thursday. The helicopter, a Bell 412EP belonging to the Gunma Prefectural Government, ...
Gunma copter crash kills all nine crew members and passengers
Authorities comb a mountain for clues after confirming that everyone who was on the Gunma Prefectural Government rescue chopper died in the crash.
The GSDF chopper crash might derail the government’s effort to militarize Saga Airport for a planned Japanese Osprey wing.
Rotor problem caused U.S. chopper's emergency landing in Okinawa
The U.S. Marines disclose that a rotor problem prompted the emergency landing one of its choppers made on Ikeijima Island in Okinawa on Saturday.
The U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa on Wednesday resumed flight operations of its CH-53E transport helicopters, insisting it has confirmed their safety following a crash-landing by one a week ago. A CH-53E took off Wednesday morning from U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, ...
Nagano solicits outside help after losing most-seasoned fire-rescue chopper pilot in crash
Nagano is seeking the cooperation of other prefectures to deal with emergencies in the mountains after its only experienced firefighting-capable helicopter pilot was killed in a crash Sunday during a training exercise. Masaji Iwata, 56, was one of nine members of a rescue crew killed ...
Friends and colleagues mourn deaths of Nagano helicopter crash victims
People who knew the nine men killed in a rescue helicopter crash Sunday during a drill in Nagano Prefecture expressed painful feelings after desperately hoping for their survival. A close family friend of the chopper's mechanic, Ryota Shimizu, 45, said Monday he felt saddened after ...
MSDF chief in hot water for alleged interference in chopper contract: source
In a rare move, the Defense Ministry plans to reprimand Adm. Tomohisa Takei, chief of staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, for exerting inappropriate pressure during the selection process for a next-generation helicopter to replace the UH-60J, government sources said. Top-ranking officers are rarely reprimanded, ...
Japan's Daicel and Britain's BAE target helicopter air bags for U.S. Army
Japanese air bag component maker Daicel Corp. and Britain's biggest defense firm, BAE Systems, are designing an air bag for military helicopters that they hope to sell to the U.S. Army.
