Safety Alert
Safety Alert 75 - Helicopter Crashes: 17 Fatalities
Safety Alert 75 - Helicopter Crashes: 17 Fatalities
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 75
- Helicopter and Aviation
- Helicopter operations
- CraneHelicopterWire rope
- Operating and work proceduresSimultaneous operations coordination
- HelideckOffshore installation
Summary
A helicopter lost lateral control during landing and its main rotor struck a crane cable before the aircraft fell from the platform into water, killing 17 people. The alert describes wind conditions and landing obstructions, and sets out crane positioning and restrictions on crane activity during helicopter operations.
Classifications: Helicopter operations; offshore aviation; rotary-wing operations.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Helicopter; rotorcraft.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Helideck; helicopter landing deck.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 75. Themes: helicopter and aviation.