HeliOffshore launches Industry Action Plan for Night Deck Landing Practice

Today (14 December 2022), HeliOffshore released a new paper titled ‘Industry Action Plan: Night Deck Landing Practice’. The paper outlines opportunities for systemic improvements for routine night deck landing practice identified by reviewing two recent accidents. 

The report identifies fifteen common factors to both events, which naturally fall into six broad themes, leading to 21 improvement opportunities. In the majority of cases, these opportunities require a collaborative approach between multiple stakeholders to gain the maximum benefit to industry safety performance.

Tim Rolfe, Chief Executive Officer, HeliOffshore, said: “This Industry Action Plan is an important step towards a safer frontline, by illustrating the benefits – principally, learning opportunities – that are achievable through an increasingly open and responsive industry.

“The approach proposed in the paper is not designed to replace existing industry and organisational investigation protocols, but is instead intended to go beyond minimum regulation and foster what can be difficult conversations. Only through open and responsive conversations can we share data, strategies and solutions to improve our collective safety performance.”

The majority of the mitigatory actions identified in this report are closely connected to priorities outlined in HeliOffshore’s Safety Performance Model and are natural extensions of existing workstream activities. They are equally aligned with the aims of the IOGP’s Aviation Sub-Committee’s activities, particularly the further development and refinement of Report 690 and the related document suite.

The report has been made public and can be accessed via the following link