December 2024

29 Seconds to Impact: A Fatal Night Offshore Approach in the Irish Sea

Accidents & Incidents, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, FDM / Data Recorders, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Culture, Safety Management

A loss of control on approach to a helideck at night that completes a trilogy of case studies where visual cueing at offshore platforms is believed to have been a significant factor.

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An Air Traffic Control Assisted H-60 Collision

Accidents & Incidents, Air Traffic Management / Airspace, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Military / Defence, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

Brown Field ATC cleared two H-60s to land on a runway underrun despite them being over the paving weight limit, then asked one to go around and it collided with the other. Everyone survived.

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