Safety Alert
Lifeboat Unexpectedly Descends
Lifeboat Unexpectedly Descends
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 25-2
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueLifting Operations
- Mechanical failure
- LifeboatWinch
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
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Summary
In November 2024, a lifeboat on a North Sea drilling unit descended unexpectedly from its stowed position following winch failure during severe weather. Crew attempts to stop cable deployment were followed by failure of the stern wire, then the bow wire. The craft drifted away and was subsequently recovered.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert concerns unexpected descent of a lifeboat.
IADC Alert 25-2. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, lifting operations.