Helicopters: North Sea

(asked on 25th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with helicopter operators and manufacturers on steps to reassure workers in the North Sea about the maintenance and operational record of the helicopter fleet.


Answered by
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
This question was answered on 2nd February 2017

The Civil Aviation Authority are committed to the safety of oil and gas workers and continue to engage with the industry to ensure that these aircraft are safe. The Offshore Helicopter Safety Leadership Group (OHSLG), made up of helicopter operators, unions, member-organisations and the Civil Aviation Authority as the UK’s independent aviation safety regulator, works to ensure that offshore workers receive timely and accurate information on offshore helicopter safety.

The latest example of this was the recent safety inspections of the Sikorsky S92 helicopter, where OHSLG members met in January and worked together to ensure the offshore workforce received immediate information on the inspections, their context and what they involved.

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