Regulations and Government
Air Ambulance H145 Dual Flameout Traced To IBF Icing
According to Norway’s Accident Investigation Board, ice-clogged inlet barrier filters likely caused the dual flameout on an Airbus H145 helicopter.
A Norsk Luftambulanse flight was conducting a search and rescue mission last November 20 in the Kongsvikdalen valley in Lofoten during localized snowy conditions when ice-clogged inlet barrier filters caused a dual flameout on the H145 helicopter. (Photo: Norsk Luftambulanse)
A Norsk Luftambulanse flight was conducting a search and rescue mission last November 20 in the Kongsvikdalen valley in Lofoten during localized snowy conditions when ice-clogged inlet barrier filters caused a dual flameout on the H145 helicopter. (Photo: Norsk Luftambulanse)

Norway’s Accident Investigation Board (AIBN) has concluded that the dual flameout of a 2015 Airbus H145 helicopter last year was caused by ice-clogged inlet barrier filters (IBFs).