The UK Metropolitan Police Authority is acquiring three Eurocopter EC145 medium twin helicopters for airborne law-enforcement operations. The first two machines are scheduled to enter service later this year and the third in 2007. The EC145s will join the force’s fleet of three AS355 Twin Squirrels and will be equipped with digital, gyro-stabilised and thermal imaging cameras as well as search lights and a public address system.
Source: Flight International
French investigators are seeking tighter regulations to ensure safety for passengers who pay for on-demand flights outside of commercial air transport operations. Investigation authority BEA is urging action from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency after a Piper PA-46 stalled and landed hard, badly damaging the aircraft, during a fourth ...
UK regulators are mandating installation of active carbon monoxide detectors in certain piston-engined light aircraft from the beginning of next year. The Civil Aviation Authority had formally sought opinions from the general aviation community last year in order to shape its policy on the issue. Its directive requires carriage of ...
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