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Transport Canada Mandates Bell 407 Tail Boom Checks
Transport Canada issued an airworthiness directive mandating torque checks and visual inspections on Bell 407 tail booms following in-flight separation.
Bell 407 in flight
Transport Canada issued an airworthiness directive mandating torque checks and visual inspections on Bell 407 tail booms following the in-flight tail boom separation on a 407 in Hawaii earlier this year. (Photo: Anna Zvereva, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)