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Managing Safety Risks In Helicopter Maritime Operations
Nowadays, helicopters have been used in maritime transportation to serve offshore
platforms. This paper outlines methodology for assessing safety risks by
operating in the vicinity of helidecks. During each flight, decisions must be
made regarding the events that involve interactions between the four safety risk
elements – the pilot in command, the aircraft, the environment and the operation.
This paper evaluates helicopter crash statistics based on region and flight
phase. Data collected were used for developing methodology for computing the
helicopter impact frequency into facility of interest. The analysis for helicopter
impact frequency calculations is based on number of operations, crash rate, frequency,
average length of flight and crash area. Furthermore, the conclusion was defined based on future measurements for helicopter accidents mitigation or reduction. The presented paper contributes to safety risk assessment in helicopter maritime operations.