NTSB wants halt on doors-off sightseeing helicopter rides, 2019-12-11

In the wake of a fatal 2018 crash of an Airbus AS350 helicopter into New York City’s East River, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for a halt to doors-off helicopter flights that place passengers in supplemental passenger restraints - until federal regulators can better evaluate the safety of the restraints, which could interfere with the aircraft and hamper escape. Loophole allows regulatory exception In addition, the NTSB strongly urged the Federal Aviation Administration to close a loophole that allows certain doors-off sightseeing . . .

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Sightseeing company that ran fatal East River helicopter crash

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