FILE PHOTO: A worker cleans up a H175 Airbus helicopter on the static display, two days before the opening of the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 15 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday urged six major manufacturers to equip turbine-powered helicopters with crash-resistant systems to record data, audio and images, after former NBA star Kobe Bryant and eight others were killed in a helicopter crash in January.
The NTSB asked Airbus Helicopters, Bell - a unit of Textron Inc Leonardo, MD Helicopters, Robinson Helicopter Co and Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin Corp – to act after U.S. regulators have not backed mandating the equipment despite a series of recommendations since 2013.
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