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Bell 525 Relentless To Resume Flight Testing Following Fatal Crash In 2016

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

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Bell Helicopter announced on July 7 it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resume flight testing of its Bell 525 Relentless helicopter following a fatal crash in July 2016 during a trial flight. The Textron Inc.’s [TXT] Texas-based aircraft Bell may resume testing after it was awarded an experimental certificate renewal from the FAA, an assessment that comes after the aircraft broke up in-flight in 2016 and killed both occupants in the test.“Bell Helicopter has worked…

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