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Offshore Oil Rig Helicopter Involved in Near-Miss Crash Incident
by Dennis M. McElwee on August 16, 2011
Passengers on a Cougar helicopter that was ferrying offshore workers to St. John's suffered a nasty shock last week, when the helicopter suffered serious problems and barely avoided a crash. The helicopter had just taken off from the Sea Rose Floating Production, Storage and Offloading facility when it experienced a sudden increase in pitch. T...
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Four Killed in Brazil Offshore Helicopter Crash
by Dennis M. McElwee on August 23, 2011
Four people have been confirmed dead in an offshore helicopter crash off the coast of Brazil. The helicopter had just taken off from a drilling platform located in the Atlantic Ocean when it crashed killing a pilot, co-pilot and two subcontractors. The platform was operated by Brazilian company, Petrobras. According to news accounts, the pilo...
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Failure to Identify Gearbox Problem Led to Offshore Helicopter Crash
by Dennis M. McElwee on December 14, 2011
The Air Accident Investigations Branch has completed its investigation into an offshore helicopter crash in the North Sea in March 2009 that killed 16 people, including 14 offshore workers and 2 pilots. The report blames the accident on the failure to identify a potential problem in the gearbox just one week before the crash. According to the r...
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Improved Helicopter Crash Training Facilities for Offshore Workers
by Dennis M. McElwee on April 16, 2012
Offshore oil industry workers in Canada now have access to greater and more improved helicopter crash survival training. The Marine Institute has announced newly improved facilities for workers in the country's offshore industry. The Offshore Safety and Survival Center located in Foxtrap, Canada has invested in new survival equipment that is me...
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Injuries Reported in Maritime Accident Near Sabine Jetties
by Dennis M. McElwee on April 23, 2012
Several crew members were reported injured after a vessel ran aground near the Sabine Jetties near Port Arthur, Texas, recently. According to the Coast Guard, its officers from Sector Houston-Galveston were asked to respond to the site of the grounded vessel. The MV Ms. Pearl ran aground on the west side of the Sabine Jetties. There were four c...
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Offshore Helicopter Flight Abandoned After False Fire Alarm
by Matthew D. Shaffer on April 24, 2012
There are a number of dangers that an offshore oil rig worker is exposed to, and one of these is the risk that a worker faces every time he takes a helicopter flight to or from an oil rig or platform. Offshore oil workers make frequent trips between shore and land, and these trips are not without their dangers. Last week, nine passengers on an ...
