For the second time since June, Mercy Flight has made a $9.25 million investment in another helicopter, the first time in three years it’s had a full fleet of four copters. The Bell 429 N505TJ ...

McCarter said that it was not yet clear why the tail separated from the rest of the helicopter, a Bell 429 that was on a training flight on Tuesday. He said it was not clear who was flying the ...

The Bell 429 N505TJ helicopter, dedicated Oct. 11 in honor of late founder Douglas Baker, will give the nonprofit emergency services company expanded access to cover Western New York.

The two pilots on board — James E. Sauer, 60, of Churchville, a Mercy Flight pilot and a retired New York State Police civilian pilot and Bell Helicopter employee and flight instructor Stewart M ...

Concerns have long loomed around the 429 model of the Bell helicopter, which has been involved in three accidents in New York in the last seve… Mercy Flight WNY to resume operations Saturday for ...

ELBA, N.Y. — On the same day of the fatal crash of a Mercy Flight Helicopter earlier this week the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration was out with a new directive to address safety concerns ...

First responders in Western New York are now getting some extra help in saving people's lives. Today, Mercy Flight is set to unveil its four new Bell 429 Helicopters. The new additions to its ...

Mercy Flight pilot, James E. Sauer, 60, of Churchville, and Bell Helicopter pilot, Stewart M. Dietrick, 60, of Prosper, Texas, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release issued ...

Emergency responders at the Mercy Flight crash that killed two pilots on April 26 in Elba have known that the Bell 429 helicopter landed in two pieces: the main body and the tail.

The document concerns 120 newly manufactured Bell 429 helicopters. The helicopter that crashed was made in 2017. The FAA released a document on Tuesday about an issue with a rotor component on a ...