Load Lost Due to Misrigged HESLO Under Slung Load Control Cable
A misrigged release unit control cable on a Japanese AS350 chaffed and released the load while manoeuvring.
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B1900D Emergency Landing: Maintenance Standards & Practices
The TSB report posses many questions on the management and oversight of aircraft maintenance, competency and maintenance standards & practices. We look at opportunities for forward thinking MROs to improve their maintenance standards and practices.
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Helicopter Ops and Safety – Gulf Of Mexico 2017 Update
A decline in GOM helicopter usage continues. There were three air accidents, two fatal. all involving single engined helicopters.
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Singapore Airlines B777 41t Fuel Discrepancy Incident
We summarise a TSIB report into how an SIA B777 took off with a 41t fuel discrepancy (after a combination of aircraft system failure and erroneous verification of the fuel quantity).
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How ‘Sticky’ is Your Safety Software?
Most safety software is purely transactional with a user interface as uninspiring as on-line banking. We look at ways to make safety software more effective and inviting.
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Italian HEMS AW139 Inadvertent IMC Accident
We look at the ANSV report on a HEMS helicopter Inadvertent IMC event that ended with an AW139 colliding with a mountain in poor visibility.
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Helicopter Wildlife Netting Accidents
In May 2018 the NTSB published two reports into accidents involving helicopters attempting to carry out wildlife net captures.
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