Survivability / Ditching

Cold Comfort Conference Call: USAF F-35A Alaska Accident

Posted by on Sep 20, 2025 in Accidents & Incidents, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Cold Comfort Conference Call: USAF F-35A Alaska Accident On 28 January 2025 US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A 19-5535 of the 355th Fighter Squadron crashed and was destroyed at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB),...

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B214ST Tail Rotor Drive Shaft Coupling Misassembly

Posted by on Jun 21, 2025 in Accidents & Incidents, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft, Survivability / Ditching

B214ST Tail Rotor Drive Shaft Coupling Misassembly (C-GDYZ, HTS) On 7 June 2021 Bell 214ST C-GDYZ of Helicopter Transport Services (HTS) made a forced landing 14 nm NE of Nipigon, Ontario while returning from...

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Engine & Emergency Flotation Failures – Greenland B206L4 Ditching

Posted by on Apr 21, 2025 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Engine & Emergency Flotation Failures – Greenland B206L4 Ditching (Sermeq Helicopters OY-HIO) On 28 February 2024 Bell 206L4 OY-HIO Sermeq Helicopters ditched in Tunulliarfik Fjord (the inner...

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S-76D Loss of Control on Approach to an Indian Drilling Rig

Posted by on Feb 8, 2025 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Pawan Hans Sikorsky S-76D Loss of Control on Approach to an Indian Drilling Rig (VT-PWI) On 28 June 2022 Pawan Hans Sikorsky S-76D VT-PWI, contracted by ONGC, impacted the sea on approach to the Sagar Kiran...

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