Safety in high-risk helicopter operations: The role of additional crew in accident prevention

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 717-721

  de Voogt, Alexander J ^a   Uitdewilligen, Sjir ^a   Eremenko, Nick ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerial application; External load; Fuel management; Ground crew; Pre flight checks; Rollover; Rotor strike

Indexed keywords

AERIAL APPLICATION; EXTERNAL LOAD; FUEL MANAGEMENT; GROUND CREW; PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS; ROLLOVER;

ACCIDENTS; APPLICATIONS; HELICOPTERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

HELICOPTER SERVICES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61549086854     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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