Norway investigators confirm S-92 helicopter had uncontrolled landing, floats not deployed
Investigators are working to determine why emergency floating batons did not deploy on a helicopter which ditched off the coast of Norway last week.
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UK and Norwegian unions establish group to improve North Sea helicopter safety
Unions from the UK and Norway have established a dedicated working group to improve helicopter safety across the North Sea oil and gas industry.
UK-Norway unions to collaborate on North Sea helicopter safety
Unions from the UK and Norway have met in Aberdeen to formalise a collaboration to improve helicopter safety across the North Sea.
Union ‘demands’ inquiry into offshore helicopter safety
An offshore union has reissued its call for a public inquiry into offshore helicopter safety.
Helicopter safety inquiry ‘not necessary’, says Aberdeenshire MP
An Aberdeenshire MP has said a public inquiry into offshore helicopter travel is “not necessary” amid union concerns over safety.
OPINION: Where helicopter safety is concerned, regulations matter
Helicopter safety has been big news in 2018, with passengers, community members, unions and politicians justifiably demanding that safety standards in the North Sea are kept to the highest level.
Airbus tests North Sea helicopter safety updates with Falck in Aberdeen
Safety training firm Falck is working together with Airbus Helicopters to help heighten safety in North Sea helicopter operations.
Airbus taking offshore helicopter safety to new heights
More strides are being made to make North Sea commuting safer for passengers and pilots alike.
Exclusive: New co-chair of HSSG revealed
Industry safety group Step Change in Safety has announced CHC Helicopters West North Sea regional director, Mark Abbey, will take to the helm of its Helicopter Safety Steering Group (HSSG) as its new co-chair. Mr Abbey will join Dave Dickson, vice president of safety and operational risk for BP North Sea, the group’s operator co-chair. He sat down with Energy Voice in an exclusive interview where he spoke about the successes already made and the challenges still faced to ensure confidence in helicopter safety.
UK government rejects call from MPs for helicopter safety study
The UK Government has rejected a call from MPs for an independent study into North Sea helicopter safety. Louise Ellman, the chairwoman of the transport select committee at Westminster, wrote to ministers last month asking them to order research assessing any safety improvements and on-going issues in the sector. The move followed the publication of the committee’s report into a series of recent helicopter crashes in the North Sea.
Crew safe after helicopter ditching
A helicopter understood to be carrying 14 people has ditched in the North Sea about 25 miles off Aberdeen.
£200million Norwegian contract for Bristow
STATOIL has awarded Bristow Norway a 10-year contract worth some £200million for three helicopters to fly from Flesland heliport, in Bergen, from 2012.