Safety Flash
AMSA: Free-fall lifeboat safety
AMSA: Free-fall lifeboat safety
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/15
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueInspection and Maintenance
- Inspection and maintenance
- Lifeboat
- Marine industry
Summary
This safety flash draws attention to an Australian maritime notice concerning two recent unintended releases of free-fall lifeboats. It references Australian and New Zealand transport investigations that identified continuing lifeboat safety concerns and maintenance issues, without providing case details or specific preventive measures.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Summary
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has published Marine Notice 15/2015 regarding two recent incidents involving the inadvertent or accidental release of free-fall lifeboats.
IMCA SF 17/15. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, inspection and maintenance.