Why do helicopters crash? 💥 Every year, EASA releases a great document that helps to answer this question, and shows what’s catching pilots out, what’s killing crew, breaking aircraft, and coming back to screw up flight safety across Europe 🇪🇺 It’s a goldmine of information, so we’re going to show Read more…
Helicopter flying can be extremely unforgiving. Things can unravel in seconds, sometimes in ways no simulator or checklist can fully prepare us for 👀 On August 28, 2023, an EC135 air medical helicopter operated by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office lifted from Pompano Beach Airpark on what should have been Read more…
You’re in the cruise, everything’s stable. No warnings, no anomalies: just the hum of whatever normal sounds like 🚁 Then, out of nowhere, there’s a burning smell, followed by a fire, smoke in the cockpit, and a collective that requires your full body weight to stay down, but the helicopter Read more…
We have two pilots in an AW139 helicopter, about to fly from a private site to Coventry in the U.K. The plan? A vertical departure ⬆️ The result? Total loss of the aircraft and everyone on board – less than a minute after takeoff 💥 So how does that happen? Read more…
The Boeing 737 MAX crisis shook the aviation world to its core. Two horrible crashes in less than five months left the industry scrambling to understand how something so catastrophic could happen 💥 Today, we’re going to dive into what went wrong: from design flaws to poor oversight, and how Read more…
Poor weather, icing, and helicopters often do not go together very well. Many different accident investigations have proven this over the years. The Norwegian HEMS crew of an H145 had a close call with two engines flaming out within the same mission, with quite a few interesting learning points! 💡 Read more…
Welcome to the 2nd Episode of the Why Spotlight! 🛸 Today, we’re going to extract all the learning points from a serious incident that involved Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) while on Night Vision Goggles (NVG). NVG flight remains one of the highest risk flight categories in aviation. But why? Read more…
Welcome to the first episode of The Why Spotlight! Here we dive into super interesting (but often lengthy) reports, and highlight all the most important lessons. All in only about 5 minutes! ⏱️ For many pilots, having to go through large (and sometimes boring) reports is pretty annoying, but learning Read more…