Crises / Emergency Response / SAR

Medevac Misadventure – Inquest in the Yukon

Posted by on Sep 26, 2014 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Logistics, Mining / Resource Sector, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

Medevac Misadventure – Inquest in the Yukon The Coroner for Canada’s Yukon Territory has recommended a review of procedures for medical evacuations (medevacs) following the death on board an air...

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Catastrophe in the Congo – The Company That Lost its Board of Directors

Posted by on Sep 22, 2014 in Accidents & Incidents, Business Aviation, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Fixed Wing, Logistics, Mining / Resource Sector, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Resilience, Safety Culture, Safety Management

Catastrophe in the Congo – The Company That Lost its Board of Directors When you charter aircraft for business purposes, any fatal air accident can leave a terrible scar on your company as well as on...

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Offshore Helicopter Safety Action Group & OGUK Helicopter Briefing

Posted by on Sep 7, 2014 in Accidents & Incidents, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, HUMS / VHM / UMS / IVHM, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Offshore Helicopter Safety Action Group (OHSAG) The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published the minutes of the latest, 14 August 2014, meeting of the Offshore Helicopter Safety Action Group (OHSAG). ...

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Leonardo Helicopter Obstacle Proximity LIDAR System (OPLS)

Posted by on Aug 29, 2014 in Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Military / Defence, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

AgustaWestland Helicopter Obstacle Proximity LIDAR System (OPLS) Earlier in 2014 AgustaWestland (now Leonardo Helicopters) gained EASA certification of a new laser based obstacle warning safety system to help...

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