US helicopter crash exposes deadly loophole for aerial sightseeing
23 March 2021 - 09:39
New York — The five people who signed up for a helicopter sightseeing flight above New York City three years ago might have expected that aviation regulators were looking after their safety.
But the reality of that fatal flight on March 11, 2018, was different. The operator had declared that it was an “aerial photography” flight that made it exempt from stricter commercial rules...
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