Oil companies are about to make a new proposal for the resumption of night flights to and from oil and gas installations offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Eastern Canada.
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) said it will present its plan to the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) in the coming weeks.
It involves a stipulation to always land and take off from offshore sites during daylight hours.
The C-NLOPB halted night flights in February 2010, during the inquiry into Canadian offshore helicopter safety, following the crash of Cougar Flight 491 a year earlier.
The board’s implementation team recommended that eight action items be undertaken by the offshore operators before they would consider returning to night flying or extending the helicopter flying day.
It will be C-NLOPB that will decide whether transporting offshore workers in the dark will be permitted again.
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