Safety
North Sea Industry Implements Safety Measures
New emergency breathing systems are in use; study of passenger body size and shape will yield results soon.
As part of the offshore safety initiative, a working group is studying passenger size to determine a maximum size for passengers to allow a safe emergency egress. Photo: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS/LORETTE-PHOTOGRAPHE.COM
As part of the offshore safety initiative, a working group is studying passenger size to determine a maximum size for passengers to allow a safe emergency egress. Photo: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS/LORETTE-PHOTOGRAPHE.COM

The Step Change in Safety organization, which represents a number of players in the North Sea oil-and-gas industry, is reporting progress in the implementation of the safety improvement measures required by the UK CAA in its CAP 1145 review. To improve survivability in the event of a ditching, helicopters are being equipped with a better emergency breathing system (EBS) and more attention is being focused on the shape and size of passengers in relation to the size of emergency escape windows.

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