Aimed at workers of offshore wind companies, a new course on how to survive a helicopter crash in the ocean is coming to Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay. “The offshore environment can ...

It's one thing to unbuckle a seat belt. It's another thing to do it while floating upside down inside a helicopter cabin partially submerged in water. I learned that lesson quickly on a January ...

It's easy to be brave in the classroom. It's harder when you're submerged 10 feet underwater, strapped to a seat in an enclosed simulator, flipped upside down and told to escape. Panic is inevitable.

The 2014 Offshore Technology Conference is taking place this week at the Reliant Center in Houston, bringing an estimated 80,000 attendees from around the world to see and learn about the latest ...

What prompted the notice was a fatality on March 14, 2018, in Western Australia. A Eurocopter EC135 helicopter hit the water at night while on a trip to collect a marine pilot from a departing ship.

GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has certified Deutsche WindGuard Offshore GmbH's Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) courses. Helicopter transport is an important way for technical ...

Twenty eight floaters are drilling, producing or en route in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, according to Rigzone's Riglogix Database. Though plenty of offshore personnel travel by supply vessel to ...

Naval Maritime Academy had offered a safety course to ONGC staff, but officials never took it seriously. Casualties in the recent Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) helicopter crash could have ...