Two of Iran’s top leaders – President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian – have died in a helicopter crash, Iranian officials announced Monday. The helicopter went down near ...

Canadian authorities have ordered urgent replacement of rotor hub strap pins on certain Bell helicopters after premature failure of the component was found during investigation of a fatal Bell 212 ...

A preliminary probe into the crash that killed the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has completely ruled out foul play, according to reports from Iran. The Bell 212 helicopter carrying late Iranian ...

The family of a man who was killed in a 2021 Bell helicopter crash in Canada has been awarded a $10 million settlement, attorneys say. Bell Textron Inc. is based in Fort Worth. Amanda McCoy ...

BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kamatics Corporation – Bloomfield, Connecticut, a Kaman business (NYSE:KAMN), is in the final stages of introducing a KAflex ® drive shaft Supplemental Type ...

A Bell UH-1H operated by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Source: CAL FIRE During the first full week of July, Transport Canada and the FAA issued emergency airworthiness ...

The FAA is mandating replacement of certain main rotor hub strap pins on Bell 204, 205, and 212 helicopter models following fatal crash in Canada. Toronto Pearson Airport is transitioning to the ...

The FAA and its counterpart agency in Canada have issued emergency directives requiring 529 Bell helicopters worldwide — including 359 in the United States — to be inspected for faulty rotor pins ...

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has linked the fatal crash of a 1979 Bell 212 to the failure of a main rotor blade hub strap retaining pin. The fatal crash of this 1979 Bell 212 helicopter has ...

FlightSafety International received approval from Brazil’s ANAC for its Bell 212 and Bell 412 full flight simulators. The ANAC approved FlightSafety’s Bell 430 full flight simulator in 2009.

Iran’s Navy has announced that it will equip its Bell-212 [R1] helicopters with both SONAR and air to ground missiles, copies of the U.S. made Hellfire missiles. While it appears to exaggerate its ...

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has begun deck landing qualification (DLQ) activities for H145M light utility twin-engine, and Bell 212 medium helicopters aboard its sole Bhumibol Adulyadej-class ...