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CASA said it had reason to believe that Fortescue Helicopters maintains a “deliberately and systematically non-compliant safety culture” and regularly directs its pilots to operate outside of regulatory guidelines.
Part of a $63.95 million state government investment in new regional helicopter ambulance infrastructure, the new bases, announced last year, will join existing facilities in Bankstown (Sydney), Wollongong, Orange, Belmont (Newcastle), Lismore and Tamworth.
The New Zealand government has signed an agreement with the United States to purchase five MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters and associated systems and weapons.
Operated by 16th Aviation Brigade, the exercise served as an opportunity for crew to test the handling of the utility helicopter in the high-altitude and highly dense mountain ranges of PNG, which Defence dubbed one of the region’s “most challenging aviation environments”.
Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand Vasyl Myroshnychenko confirmed to Australian Aviation sister brand Defence Connect that Ukraine had withdrawn its request for the Tiger helicopters earlier this year.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has handed down its final report into the crash of a Robinson R44 II single-engine helicopter, registration VH-TCF, which crashed on 13 March 2026 with a single pilot onboard.
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