Bell 412 fuel leak in Cargolux 747-8F
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib...47-8r7f-lx-vcf
I think the expression "a catalogue of errors" is an understatement!
I think the expression "a catalogue of errors" is an understatement!
Gross Stupidity is a concept that springs to mind!
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Signing off Legal Documents you know to be false is frowned upon!
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The shipper/handling agent appear to have been negligent at the very least. Unless I'm drawing the wrong conclusion from the report Bristow simply handed the aircraft over to them for preparation and movement.
Either way it was a potentially very dangerous result and a lot of work to clear up.
NEO
Either way it was a potentially very dangerous result and a lot of work to clear up.
NEO
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A helicopter flying that high is sure to suffer a nosebleed!
Notwithstanding the issue of where the contractual commitment for preparation and defuellingof the helicopter lay, the disassembly of the helicopter and preparations for its transporttook place at the seller’s facility and were conducted by its staff, despite a substantialamount of fuel remaining on the helicopter.
Yes something of a cockup with Bristow not coming out of it well! A case of too many cooks and no-one actually in charge, resulting in an absolutely basic error (and leaving the battery in was a bad idea too). I wonder if anyone will get prosecuted under the DGRs.
I think the point is that many items fitted to live aircraft become dangerous goods when they become freight.
Obvious examples are batteries, sqibs, oxygen cylinders,fire extinguishers, in fact any compressed gas cylinder.
In recent years we have shipped numerous helicopters by air,road and sea. Complete defuel is always item one on the to do list.
Obvious examples are batteries, sqibs, oxygen cylinders,fire extinguishers, in fact any compressed gas cylinder.
In recent years we have shipped numerous helicopters by air,road and sea. Complete defuel is always item one on the to do list.
Complete defuel is always item one on the to do list