A report from the UK government responding to a call for a public inquiry into offshore helicopter safety is due to be published later.
MPs on Westminster's transport select committee looked at the issue of safety after a crash off Shetland in August 2013 in which four people died.
They published their findings over the summer and called for a public inquiry.
An official response from UK ministers, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Oil & Gas UK is now expected.
The inquiry by the transport select committee followed the crash of a Super Puma helicopter near Sumburgh Airport.
Four passengers were killed when the helicopter ditched into the North Sea.
The accident was the fourth of its kind in five years.
The committee's report, published in July, questioned whether commercial pressure from oil and gas companies affected offshore helicopter safety.
MPs also said they feared a "creeping complacency".
The then UK Transport Minister Phillip Hammond refused to commit to a full public inquiry, despite pressure from offshore unions.
Since the Shetland crash a number of new safety measures have been introduced, including a new underwater emergency breathing system, giving workers a better chance of survival should a helicopter crash into the sea.
Helicopter safety call response due
Put the internet to work for you.
0 comments:
Post a Comment