The family of Thai billionaire Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha is suing helicopter manufacturer Leonardo for $2.6 billion. The family alleges “multiple failures in Leonardo’s design process ...

Emergency services at the scene on the wreckage of a Leonardo AW169 that crashed in Leicester, England, in October 2018. Credit: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images LONDON—Leonardo is the subject of a ...

In addition, the AAIB found that the Starspeed-operated AW169 (G-VSKP) was compliant with all applicable airworthiness requirements, had been correctly maintained and was appropriately certified ...

Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in a 2023 report that it had not been possible for the pilot to recover from a tail rotor failure in the Leonardo AW169 helicopter.