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EASA Annual Safety Review 2017

EASA Annual Safety Review 2017 Published

Accidents & Incidents, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Regulation, Safety Management

We examine the safety performance for the main European aviation sectors, described in the EASA ASR for 2017. The latest edition further extends the provision of safety risk portfolios through the addition of aerodromes/ground handling and ATM/ANS portfolios, bringing the total number of analysed aviation domains to 13.

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HeliOffshore Conference Brochure (Credit: HeliOffshore)

Deepening Delivery: HeliOffshore 2017 Conference Report

Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, HUMS / VHM / UMS / IVHM, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Resilience, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

We report from the third HeliOffshore Conference and AGM on deepening commitment and collaboration to improve offshore helicopter safety.

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AS365N3 Tail Rotor Pitch Control Loss During Hoisting

Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft, Survivability / Ditching

The undetected failure of a TR pitch change bearing resulted in a horrific winching accident in Taiwan, in which two people died. We delve into the ASC’s final report (only published in full in Chinese).

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