247 results found for 'helicopter ditch'

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  • Helicopter ditches in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

    12 June 2014

    The Coast Guard was responding to a civilian helicopter with two people aboard, 60 miles south of Terrebonne Bay, Wednesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received the report at 2:40 p.m., of a downed helicopter, Bell model 206-L4, containing two people aboard near an oil rig in the South Timbalier Block 317. Crewmembers on […]

  • Airbus takes blame for North Sea helicopter ditching

    4 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Lawyers representing several passengers injured when a Eurocopter Super Puma helicopter came down in the North Sea 32 miles south west of Shetland in October 2012 have welcomed an acceptance of responsibility from the helicopter manufacturer which, they say, now paves the way for settlements to be agreed. Irwin Mitchell’s specialist Aviation Law team represents […]

  • Offshore helicopter ditches in water near Lagos, Nigeria

    3 February 2016

    A Bristow Group-owned offshore helicopter carrying eleven people on board ditched in water near Lagos, Nigeria. Bristow said in a statement that nine passengers and a crew of two are all safe and accounted for. The incident happened around 10:25 a.m. local time on Wednesday, while the helicopter was returning on a routine crew change flight […]

  • UK: Helicopter Safety Steering Group Discusses Helicopter Ditching Incident

    15 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Helicopter Safety Steering Group (HSSG) met yesterday, Monday 14 May, to share preliminary information on the recent helicopter ditching incident in the North Sea.  Making up the HSSG are helicopter operators, oil and gas operators and contractors, offshore trade unions, the pilots’ union BALPA, the regulators HSE and CAA and Oil & Gas UK. […]

  • Rescue in the North Sea

    23 February 2009

    Eighteen people have been rescued after a Eurocopter Super Puma helicopter ditched into the sea about 125 miles east of Aberdeen on its way to a BP oil production platform. The helicopter ditched in the sea approximately 500 metres from the platform at about 1915 GMT on Wednesday night. Workers on the platform saw the […]

  • No Shell Contract for Bond Offshore Helicopters (UK)

    31 May 2012

    International oil and gas giant Shell has chosen not to sign a major contract with Bond Offshore Helicopters, a UK company specialising in providing offshore helicopter transportation services between Aberdeen, Scotland and several North Sea oil platforms, BBC reports. Shell had been close to awarding the contract to Bond but decided not to do it […]

  • Cobham Life Support presents Survivor+ at OTC 2014

    5 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Cobham Life Support has introduced Survivor+™, a new class of maritime safety system, at OTC 2014 (Booth #6713). Survivor+ Personal Overboard Survival System incorporates both a SOLAS-approved inflatable life jacket and a tethered personal life raft into a single compact vest. Survivor+ is designed to significantly improve the chances of survival in man overboard situations, […]

  • Most read articles of 2014, Vol. 2

    2 January 2015

    Yesterday, we published a list of fifteen most read articles of the year. Today, as previously announced, we are running a second batch. If you haven’t read the first part, click here.     16. ‘Largest ever subsea structure’ at Ichthys     17. 1 dead, 3 hurt in Gulf of Mexico platform blast      18. Flying offshore […]

  • CHC Grounds All Flights After Helicopter Crash Off Shetland

    25 August 2013

    Step Change in Safety’s Helicopter Safety Steering Group (HSSG) yesterday held a meeting in response to the CHC helicopter ditching off Shetland on Friday evening. HSSG has taken the precautionary measure of recommending temporary suspension of all Super Puma commercial passenger flights to and from offshore oil and gas installations within the UK.  This does […]

  • Most popular articles of the week, June 9 – 15, 2014

    15 June 2014

    Most popular articles of the week, June 9 – 15, 2014

  • Nigeria: Bristow ordered to keep helis grounded after ditching incident

    4 February 2016

    Bristow Group has been ordered to keep all of its Sikorsky S-76C helicopters on the ground in Nigeria, following this week’s offshore helicopter ditching, 75 nautical miles offshore Lagos. To remind, Bristow on Wednesday said one of its helicopters of the Sikorsky S-76C++ type, was involved in a “controlled water landing,” near Lagos, while on its […]

  • UK: Offshore Workers Call for Safer Helicopter Transfers

    23 December 2013

    Over 3,000 offshore workers have called on Oil & Gas UK (O&GUK) bosses to urgently act in order to improve the safety of helicopter transfers to and from North Sea installations. Unite representatives submitted a petition to O&GUK Friday 20th December, backing the demands of the ‘Back Home Safe’ campaign which calls for improvements to offshore […]

  • Most popular articles of the week Jun 30 – Jul 7, 2014

    6 July 2014
    Equipment

    Most popular articles of the week Jun 30 – Jul 7, 2014

  • Video: Cobham Life Support launches Survivor+

    15 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    A new class of maritime safety system, the innovative Survivor+, was successfully launched by Cobham Life Support at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas.

  • AIS Opens New GBP 2.5 Mln Survival Training Centre

    16 July 2014
    Human Capital

    AIS Training’s brand new £2.5m state-of-the-art offshore survival training centre has opened its doors for business on North Tyneside. The new 20,000 sq ft centre is located beside its existing 120,000 sq ft training village in North Shields, comprising of 11 bespoke centres. Approved by industry bodies including OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation), the Global Wind […]

  • AIS Opens New GBP 2.5 Mln Survival Training Centre

    16 July 2014
    Human Capital

    AIS Training’s brand new £2.5m state-of-the-art offshore survival training centre has opened its doors for business on North Tyneside. The new 20,000 sq ft centre is located beside its existing 120,000 sq ft training village in North Shields, comprising of 11 bespoke centres. Approved by industry bodies including OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation), the Global Wind […]

  • AIS to Open Offshore Survival Centre in January 2014 (UK)

    27 November 2013

    AIS is developing a new offshore survival centre to cope with the growing demand for training courses from the offshore industry. The 20,000 sq ft training centre will be built next to AIS’s headquarters on the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate and will complement the company’s existing 120,000 sq ft learning facility, as well as its […]

  • Super Pumas Fly Again. Black Box Found. Workforce Confidence Shattered

    30 August 2013

    Step Change in Safety’s Helicopter Safety Steering Group (HSSG),  held a meeting yesterday in Aberdeen to review its decision to recommend the temporary suspension of AS332 L/L1, AS332 L2 and EC225 commercial passenger flights to and from offshore oil and gas installations within the UK following  the CHC-owned helicopter ditching off Shetland, last Friday. At […]

  • AIS launches offshore survival training centre (UK)

    16 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    AIS has opened a brand new £2.5m state-of-the-art offshore survival training centre on North Tyneside. The new 20,000 sq ft centre is located beside existing 120,000 sq ft training village in North Shields, comprising of 11 bespoke centres. Approved by industry bodies including OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation), the Global Wind Organisation and STCW […]

  • AIS’ Survival Training Centre Open, UK

    16 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    AIS’s brand new £2.5m state-of-the-art offshore survival training centre has opened its doors for business on North Tyneside. The new 20,000 sq ft centre is located beside AIS existing world-class 120,000 sq ft training village in North Shields, comprising of 11 bespoke centres. Approved by industry bodies including OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation), the […]

  • OGIC Backs More Offshore Solution Projects

    28 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre has signed its thirty-first project agreement, which will see the development of a system which will allow heat from subsea pipelines to be converted to DC electrical power. The project is one of four that have recently been agreed, signalling a £230,000 investment from OGIC, and will see companies […]

  • USA: New Helicopter Passenger Survival Suit Improves Offshore Transportation Safety

    8 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      Water is a dangerous place with unpredictable elements. But with some jobs and activities it is not possible to just stay away from it. To get to offshore installations there is no other choice than to fly over water. So if a risk can’t be avoided it is essential to take every precaution to […]

  • UK: Offshore Helicopter Forced to Ditch into North Sea

    10 May 2012

    Aberdeen Coastguard has confirmed that a helicopter has been forced to ditch into the North Sea 30 miles east of Aberdeen. 14 people on board have been confirmed to be in a liferaft and rescue units are now on scene. Aberdeen Coastguard was alerted at 12.15pm that a Bond helicopter was on route from Aberdeen […]

  • UK: Offshore Helicopter Forced to Ditch Into North Sea

    10 May 2012

    Aberdeen Coastguard has confirmed that a helicopter has been forced to ditch into the North Sea 30 miles east of Aberdeen. 14 people on board have been confirmed to be in a liferaft and rescue units are now on scene. Aberdeen Coastguard was alerted at 12.15pm that a Bond helicopter was on route from Aberdeen […]

  • First Flight Lands at New Eemshaven Heliport

    16 September 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    WIKING Helikopter Service and DHSS have completed the first flight to the heliport in the Port of Eemshaven for the opening ceremony. On 13 September, the helicopter brought Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and Cimate Policy Eric Derk Wiebes who officially opened the heliport. The heliport has a primary aim of facilitating flights for the offshore wind industry […]