Guarding Against a Hoist Cable Cut
A human centred design case study on the human machine interface of hoist/SAR controls following an inadvertent cable cut on an AW139 in Australia.
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Whiteout During Avalanche Explosive Placement
An avalanche control flight was caught in a whiteout and struck the ground just below an explosive charge they had just dropped to trigger an avalanche…
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Impatience Comes Before a Fatal Fall During HESLO
A refueller, who was a former HESLO loadmaster, becomes impatient with progress, steps in and is lifted to his death.
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Mind the Gap: Hover Taxi Collision
Mind the Gap: Hover Taxi Collision (Bell 206L) On 30 July 2022 a Bell 206L was hover taxiing from the fuel bowser to park at Newman Airport, Western Australia when the main rotor stuck a hangar. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) occurrence brief identifies neither aircraft or operator. They explain that: While lining up with marking aids on the taxiway, the pilot
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Suspected Drone Strike on Helicopter
A S300C suffered a suspected drone strike over North Carolina.
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