The FAA is moving to temporarily grounding doors-off helicopter tour flights in which passengers are tethered to the aircraft, after the March 11 crash in New York City of a Liberty Helicopters Airbus AS350 that killed five people.
FAA Moves to Restrict Doors-Off Helicopter Flights
Key Takeaways:
- The FAA is temporarily grounding "doors-off" helicopter tour flights that use tethered passenger restraints, in response to a March 11 New York City crash that killed five people.
- The order specifically targets operations where passenger restraints cannot be quickly released in an emergency, as trapped passengers in the recent crash had to be cut free.
- The FAA is also conducting a "top to bottom review" of rules governing these operations, while the NTSB has issued an urgent recommendation for a permanent ban on commercial flights with difficult-to-release harness systems.
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