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Dramatic AW139 Accident at Houma: Skillful Recovery from a Latent Production Defect

Posted by on Sep 23, 2024 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management

Dramatic AW139 Accident at Houma, Louisiana: Skillful Recovery from a Latent Production Defect (ERA N811TA, 24 September 2022) On 24 September 2022, Leonardo AW139 offshore helicopter N811TA, of ERA...

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Fatal Offshore S-76C++ LOC-I & Water Impact Brazil 2022: CENIPA Investigation

Posted by on Aug 24, 2024 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Helicopters, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Fatal Offshore S-76C++ LOC-I & Water Impact Brazil 2022: CENIPA Investigation (Lider PR-LCT) On 16 March 2022 Sikorsky S-76C++ PR-LCT of Líder Táxi Aéreo struck the sea on approach to a Petrobras Normally...

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