NTSB URGES MANDATORY INSPECTION OF TAIL BOOM/VERTICAL FINS ON BELL HELICOPTERS

National Transportation Safety Board last week urged FAA to mandate inspections of the tail boom/vertical fin intersection on Bell Helicopter Textron helicopters used in repeated heavy lift operations. The recommendations stem from a series of accidents involving various Bell Helicopter models...

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