‘Helicopter giant knew of fatal maintenance schedules before Netcare crash’
Bell denies all accusations as US lawsuit unearths accident report which shows crash was ‘preventable, foreseeable’
27 January 2022 - 20:40
The manufacturers of a Netcare aero ambulance helicopter that crashed in January 2021 must have been aware of a critical maintenance warning to prevent structural faults in its rotor blades components as far back as 2018, according to documents filed in a US court...
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