Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Main Discussion Area => Topic started by: Jim Eddie on 26/08/2013 at 19:21
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I know this will be close to home with a lot of guys on the forum.
My condolences to the families. However you are still more likely to be killed in a road accident than in a helicopter going to the platform or rig.
There have been 110 helicopter fatalities in the last 30 years (one is still to much) In the same period there have been close to 100,000 deaths on our roads.
Jim
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The terrible price of North sea oil, 5 accidents with these 'copters in 4 yrs, cant be acceptable, easgach 1
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Not good, I could hardly believe it when I heard it announced on the news.
There have been 110 helicopter fatalities in the last 30 years (one is still to much) In the same period there have been close to 100,000 deaths on our roads.
Any approximate idea of how many offshore workers are moved by helicopter from UK to North Sea installations in a 12 period Jim?
Cheers
Ben
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Not good, I could hardly believe it when I heard it announced on the news.
Any approximate idea of how many offshore workers are moved by helicopter from UK to North Sea installations in a 12 period Jim?
Cheers
Ben
54 million passengers from 1981 to 2010 Ben. Lots of the statistics here
http://www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/cmsfiles/modules/publications/pdfs/hs027.pdf
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That's a lot more than I expected!
Cheers
Ben
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Having been involved in this industry for more years than I care to remember and having spent countless hours on these flights I can only pass on my sincere condolences to the families and friends of all concerned in this latest incident.
Eddie.
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The terrible price of North sea oil, 5 accidents with these 'copters in 4 yrs, cant be acceptable, easgach 1
From a human cost, no, it is not acceptable and can never be, from a statistical point of view, that is an extremely low failure rate for the number of miles flown and a rate that the authorities and operators have been working on reducing still further. Something like 1.9 deaths per 100,000 kilometres flown in the North Sea.
I get an email every time there is a death or reportable incident to the HSE (we use them as examples in the training) and Working at Height is by far the biggest killer, and I do not mean up the top or drilling derriks, its normally someone in an office or warehouse on a set of step ladders!
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http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Holderness-Road-man-escaped-death-helicopter/story-20093886-detail/story.html#!
A good read about one of the survivors story!
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http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Holderness-Road-man-escaped-death-helicopter/story-20093886-detail/story.html#!
A good read about one of the survivors story!
It is indeed Baz, anyone who has worked offshore will know how cramped the choppers are , it always went through my mind how difficult it would be to get out if a crash occured.
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Jim