The design, construction and operation of the helicopter underwater escape trainer

Conference · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6731793

Urguhart, A E

Civil helicopters hopefully are not likely to be subjected to the possibility of being shot from the skies and descending in an uncontrolled manner. Should a civil helicopter have to ditch, due to some mechanical or electrical failure, it is reasonable to predict that it may do so in a controlled manner, with the pilot either taking the positive decision to ditch the helicopter, or being forced to do so. It is for such controlled or nearly controlled ditchings that training of personnel should be considered. The air-crews involved in flying civil helicopters are not dissimilar to military service personnel, in that they are a disciplined group of professionals qualified and experienced in their business of flying and ditching. However, the offshore worker, being ferried to his place of work, is, in essence, the human cargo forced by necessity to be transported by helicopter. Many offshore employees may not wish to be, or particularly enjoy, being transported over the North Sea by helicopter nevertheless, it is the only viable mode of transport and, with the number of helicopter flights which are currently being undertaken to and from the North Sea installations, it is not being over-pessimistic to foresee the likelihood of a civil helicopter with passengers having to ditch in the sea.

• Research Organization: Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Aberdeen
• OSTI ID: 6731793
• Report Number(s): CONF-8309190-
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Vol. SPE11889; Conference: Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME conference - offshore Europe 83, Aberdeen, Scotland, 6 Sep 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
42 ENGINEERING
HELICOPTERS
ACCIDENTS
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NORTH SEA
NATURAL GAS FIELDS
OIL FIELDS
PERSONNEL
AIR TRANSPORT
TRAINING
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
HUMAN FACTORS
OPERATION
SAFETY ENGINEERING
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS
AIRCRAFT
ANALOG SYSTEMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
ENGINEERING
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RESOURCES
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSPORT
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