National Transportation Safety Board team members survey the wreckage recovered from the Bell 206 L-4 helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on April 10 near New York City. [Courtesy: NTSB]
Key Takeaways:
The FAA issued an emergency order grounding New York Helicopter Inc. and suspending its air-carrier certificate following a fatal crash in the Hudson River.
The grounding was largely prompted by the company CEO allegedly firing its Director of Operations (DO) for voluntarily halting flights due to safety concerns related to the ongoing investigation.
This action left the company without a required qualified DO, violating FAA regulations and leading the agency to question the company's overall safety qualifications.
The FAA has launched a comprehensive review of New York Helicopter's operations, citing an immediate emergency concerning air safety.
The FAA has issued an emergency order grounding the operators of the Bell 206 helicopter that crashed last week in the Hudson River outside of New York City, killing all six persons on board.
The helicopter was operated by New York Helicopter Inc., a Part 135 operation that provides aerial tours of the New York and New Jersey areas.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
