By Air or by Land?
Study finds HEMS flights in IFR conditions can take longer than transporting a patient by ambulance.
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Posts Categorized: Helicopter Safety
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‘Inappropriate and Unsafe’
The NTSB criticizes the passenger restraint system in an AS350 that sank after ditching.
Unseen
Hard-to-spot powerlines and scarce information on their locations were cited in the ATSB’s report on an R44 crash.
Fire Prevention
The FAA expands requirements for crash-resistant fuel tanks in helicopters.
New Report Details Oil and Gas Helicopter Sector Safety Performance
In the culmination of an extensive collaborative effort involving dozens of companies in the oil and gas industry, government regulators and rotary wing aircraft manufacturers, and drawing on data from…
Flight Tech, Helicopter Safety
Night Vision Risk Management
The use of night vision imaging systems entails risks that must be mitigated to ensure safe operations.
Overwhelmed
Investigators say the EC135 pilot was ‘task-saturated’ before crash in IMC.
Low Flight on a Snowy Day
The NTSB identified snow or ice ingestion as the probable cause of an MD 369’s fatal crash during power line patrol.
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT), Helicopter Safety
CFIT at Night
The NTSB cites a pilot’s failure to maintain altitude in a Huey’s CFIT crash in New Mexico.
Fatal Helicopter Accidents on the Increase
Six months into 2019, the U.S. helicopter industry has experienced 15 fatal accidents — a number that places the industry on track to record 30 to 35 fatal accidents before…