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EASA is proposing a rule that would require crash-resistant fuel systems in all in-production helicopters and most in-service rotorcraft.

The DOT IG 737 Max audit, its fourth on the aircraft, will focus on the FAA's oversight of the MCAS system.

Some 70 aviation and travel groups have asked the U.S. and Canadian governments to reopen programs that ease border crossings for vetted travelers.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said there was moderate icing in the area where a King Air crashed on approach to Mid-Ohio Valley Airport.

According to the NTSB, the crew's delayed decision to go-around caused a hard landing that substantially damaged the airplane and injured the copilot.

After 10 days, Costa Rica called off the search for the six occupants of a Piaggio Avanti II that crashed on October 21 in the Caribbean Sea.

Runway incursions and overruns remain on the Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s list of aviation safety concerns.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's updates to aircraft accident and incident reporting rules will take effect in early 2023.

NATA's Compliance Services will continue to collect and process security data for general aviation pilots under a renewed partnership with the TSA.

Investigators found the reason a DHC-3 Turbine Otter crashed into Mutiny Bay in Washington.

A new draft Advisory Circular from Australia's CASA delves into pilot supervision for certain aircraft operators.

Accident statistics show there were 188 accidents and 98 incidents involving turbine business airplanes worldwide between Sept. 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2022.

The FAA has issued an emergency AD for visual inspections of the left-hand elevator auxiliary spars on DHC-3 Turbine Otters.

Charter and other commercial air transport operators in Australia will need to have safety management systems in place by December 2024.

The FAA authorized all piston aircraft to use unleaded avgas, while the EPA is taking steps to phase out lead in fuels for aircraft with piston engines.

U.S.-registered business jets were fatal accident free in the first nine months, but three accidents involving non-U.S-registered jets killed 14.

EASA is raising the bar for helicopter emergency medical service operations in Europe, with new rules to take effect by mid-2023.

An uncommanded flap deployment above the maximum flaps-extended speed on a Challenger 604 has resulted in several recommendations by the UK AAIB.

A Cessna Citation CJ3 was destroyed in a post crash fire following a gear-up or gear-collapse landing at a Washington Airport. All 10 aboard escaped.

The FAA has delayed requirements for unmanned aircraft systems to have remote ID systems to Dec 16, 2022.

Witnesses who observed the De Havilland DHC-3 Turbine Otter plunge into Mutiny Bay, Washington, on September 4 said it was in a near-vertical descent.

The NTSB is collecting the wreckage of the float-equipped de Havilland Canada Turbine Otter that crashed into Puget Sound, Washington, on September 4.

The Canadian Business Aviation Association once again blasted the Canadian government's 10 percent luxury tax on aircraft that took effect September 1.

A new airworthiness bulletin from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) clarifies that a “no technical objection” (NTO) is not an approval.

On Friday, a Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet sustained substantial damage when it crashed near Orlando, Florida, after deploying its airframe parachute.

FlightLevel Aviation has logged several wins in litigation with Boston Executive Helicopters.

A Daher TBM 700 that crashed near Lansing, Michigan, on Oct. 3, 2019, was low, slow, and overweight, in addition to having a c.g. aft of the limit.

Matthew Jones, 35, was indicted last month in a Federal District Court in Utah for violating FARs and wire fraud, mirroring an indictment from last year.

EASA has postponed by two years a rule requiring large airplanes to be equipped with emergency locator transmitters with distress tracking capability.

A Cessna Citation II/SP business jet plunged into the Baltic Sea after the pilot reported pressurization issues, killing the pilot and three passengers.