04 February 2016
CAP1145 Helicopter Water Impact Survivability Statistics – A Critique
Eurocopter AS332L2 G-WNSB impacted the sea 1.5 nm west of Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands on 23 August 2013 with the loss of 4 lives (all passengers who did not egress the capsized helicopter).
Within weeks the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ordered a hurried safety review. This resulted in the CAP1145 report (‘Safety review of offshore public transport helicopter operations in support of the exploitation of oil and gas’), issued in 20 February 2014.
