Offshore Helicopter Emergency Response
Maintaining an effective emergency response capability is critical to any organisation contracting for helicopter operations in a hostile environment.
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Swedish Stick Shake: Dormant Sensor Defect not Detected on Installation
False stick shaker and stick pusher activation occurred after an airflow sensor with a dormant failure was fitted and a key functional test omitted.
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Loss of AS332L1 LN-OPG off Brønnøysund, Norway, 8 September 1997
This accident and the loss of 12 lives off the coast of Norway in 1997 had far reaching consequences for the use and regulation of helicopter HUMS.
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Mind the Handrail! – Walk-to-Work Helideck Hazard
An offshore helicopter incident highlighted a new hazard as offshore industry practices change. We look at the lessons for companies using both helicopters and walk-to-work vessels to their NUIs.
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Night Offshore Training AS365N3 Accident in India 2015
319 seconds to disaster: a high speed impact on approach to a drilling rig off Mumbai. Night offshore ops are 6 times higher risk than daytime ops. We look at the lessons.
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