Helicopters News: NTSB hearings on fatal helicopter airline crash, Tokyo Fire adds Airbus Super Puma, Bombardier reports second quarter
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Editor's Note 
 
Canada appoints Virginia Mearns as Arctic ambassador to help preserve sovereignty in the region at a time when Canadian Joint Operations Command is actively monitoring China's Xue Long 2 icebreaker with a CP-140 Aurora aircraft, based out of Alaska.
- Jon Robinson, Editor, Helicopters
 
News 
 
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magniX and Robinson Helicopter to develop battery electric powered R66 demonstrator

Companies plan first flight of R66 demonstrator with HeliStorm engines and Samson batteries to take place in late 2026.


TSB says weather, illicit drug may have contributed to fatal chopper crash in B.C.

Transportation Safety Board said a number of factors could have led to a fatal helicopter crash in British Columbia last year.


Wildfire evacuations underway for about 400 properties near Peachland, B.C.

Police are helping firefighters from several local departments evacuate residents from about 400 properties in the Peachland, B.C., area due to a fast-moving wildfire.


Wildfire near Lytton, B.C., larger than initial estimate after aerial mapping

BC Wildfire Service data shows a blaze south of Lytton is three times its original estimated size.


Northern Saskatchewan village evacuates due to wildfire as others return home

Change in a wildfire burning in northern Saskatchewan allowed hundreds of people to return home.


Two wildfire evacuations set to end, another begins in ongoing dry Prairie simmer

Two communities were preparing to head home Tuesday, while another community was being evacuated.


NTSB launches hearings on deadly Washington collision between a helicopter and passenger plane

Three days of investigative hearings on the deadly midair collision in January began on Wednesday.


 
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NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane was above altitude limit

Incorrect altitude readings on the Army helicopter that collided with a passenger plane over Washington in January contributed to the aircraft getting too close, but air traffic controllers warned about the hazards helicopter traffic presented years before crash. » 
 
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Tokyo Fire Department modernizes fleet with additional Airbus H225

Japan’s Tokyo Fire Department has awarded Airbus Helicopters with a contract for an Airbus H225, which will will replace an older aircraft as part of the organization’s fleet modernization strategy. » 
 
 
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Quebec sailor missing off Labrador coast rescued after cargo ship picked up signal

Man on solo journey to Greenland hoisted out of his boat by a Cormorant helicopter, safe and unharmed. » 

Bombardier reports second quarter income of $178 million

Montreal manufacturer says quarter saw sharp increase in orders, including in its defence division. » 

Pilot safe after F-35C crashes near a central California Naval installation

F-35C fighter jet crashed near a central California naval installation on Wednesday, officials said. » 

First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds of flight

Eris was the first Australian designed and manufactured orbital launch vehicle to lift off from the country. » 

Swedish man convicted for role in 2015 killing of Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State group

F-16 pilot crashed near the extremists’ de facto capital in Syria and forced into a cage that was set on fire. » 

Vancouver airport hijack suspect in brief B.C. court appearance, lawyer to seek bail

Man accused of hijacking plane that triggered a YVR security incident appeared briefly in a provincial court. » 

Massachusetts man sentenced to 26 months for attacking a flight attendant with a spoon

Attempted to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon and tried to open emergency door. » 

Turbulence forces Delta flight to land and sends 25 passengers to hospitals, airline says

Flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam forced to divert to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. » 

 
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Atlantic AME Golf Tournament

September 26, 2025
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Canadian Wildfire Conference

October 1 – 2, 2025
Location: KF Centre for Excellence, Kelowna, BC
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Career Expo West

October 4, 2025
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Careers in Aviation Expo

October 25, 2025
Location: Million Air, Vancouver International, YVR, Richmond, BC
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HAC Conference and Trade Show

November 4 – 6, 2025
Location: Tradex, Abbotsford, BC
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ATAC Canadian Aviation Conference and Tradeshow

November 18 – 20, 2025
Location: Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, QC
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