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H

elico

p

ter O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

10

4.

2

L

an

d

in

g

P

re

-

arri

v

al

4.2.1

W

hen a

f

li

ght

to

the

Vessel

has

been schedu

l

ed

,

the

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

should

send

a

“weather

/

status

report

”

to

the

H

elico

p

ter

C

ontractor

at

l

east

one

hour

before

schedu

l

ed

departure

t

i

me

.

T

he Master

shall

be

a

l

erted

by

the

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

before

any

f

li

ght

depart

i

ng for

the

Vessel

i

n

case

of

one

or more of

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng meteoro

l

og

i

ca

l

factors:

Wi

nd

speed greater

than

40 k

nots

;

c

) G

usts

greater

than

5

0 k

nots

;

d

)

Hor

i

zonta

l

v

i

s

i

b

ili

ty

l

ess

than

2

naut

i

ca

l

m

il

es

;

e

)

Vert

i

ca

l

v

i

s

i

b

ili

ty

l

ess

than 5

00

feet

;

f

) Si

gn

i

f

i

cant

swe

ll

greater

than

4

meters

.

Cond

i

t

i

ons

Li

m

i

ts

for

L

and

i

ng

Li

m

i

ts

for P

l

ann

i

ng

D

ay

Ni

ght

D

ay

Ni

ght

P

i

tch &

ro

ll

+

3

º

+2º

+

3

º

+2º

Average

heave

rate

1.0

m/s

0.

5m/s

1.

3m/s

0.

5m/s

I

n

s

i

tuat

i

ons

i

nvo

l

v

i

ng

any

of

these

factors

,

the

Vessel Master

i

n

coord

i

nat

i

on

w

i

th

the

C

hie

f

O

ff

icer

w

ill

contact

(i

f

app

li

cab

l

e

)

the

Master

of

the

S

tandby

Vesse

l

and

see

k

conf

i

rmat

i

on

that

a

S

tandby

Vesse

l

can

prov

i

de

ade

q

uate

coverage

i

n

the

event

of

an

emergency

. I

n

part

i

cu

l

ar

,

the

Vessel Master

w

ill

ensure that

the

F

ast

R

escue Craft

can

be

safe

l

y

l

aunched

.

I

f meteoro

l

og

i

ca

l

factors are

s

i

gn

i

f

i

cant

l

y worse

than those def

i

ned above

,

the

Vessel Master

,

after

ana

l

ys

i

ng

the weather

forecast

,

can dec

i

de

to postpone

the

f

li

ght

unt

il

the

cond

i

t

i

ons

return w

i

th

i

n

the operat

i

ng

li

m

i

ts

.

T

he

onshore

H

eli

-

Re

p

should

i

nform

the

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

of

actua

l

t

i

me

of

departure

and

est

i

mated

t

i

me

of

arr

i

va

l

at

the

Vessel

so

that

Vessel

p

ersonnel

ma

k

e a

ll

necessary arrangements

for the

f

li

ght

.

B

efore

the

commencement

of

day's

f

li

ght

schedu

l

e

,

the

HL

O

shall

chec

k

that

a

ll

he

li

dec

k

e

q

u

i

pment

assoc

i

ated

i

s

serv

i

ceab

l

e

and

i

n

pos

i

t

i

on

. T

he

HL

O

shall

a

l

so

carry out

the

chec

k

s

re

q

u

i

red

by the

pre-arrival

checklist

.

I

f

app

li

cab

l

e

the

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

shall

i

nform

the Master

of

the

S

tandby Vesse

l

of

the

f

li

ght

schedu

l

e

once

i

n

the morn

i

ng

and

then

aga

i

n

after

departure

of

the he

li

copter

. T

he

vesse

l

shall

then

set and

ma

i

nta

i

n

a

head

i

ng

to

one

s

i

de

of

the

he

li

copter's

f

li

ght

approach path

. T

he

vesse

l’

s

pos

i

t

i

on

shall

be

conf

i

rmed

to

the

HL

O

.

He

li

copter

O

perat

i

ons

shall

be cont

i

nuous

l

y mon

i

tored by

the

S

tan

d

-b

y Vessel

on A

i

r

B

and

R

ad

i

o

.

Crane

operat

i

ons

shall

be

ha

l

ted before

a

he

li

copter

approaches

to

l

and

.

J

i

bs

should

be

l

owered

and

stowed

i

n

a

safe

pos

i

t

i

on

or

,

after

agreement

w

i

th

the

H

elico

p

ter Master

,

may

be

k

ept

i

n

a ra

i

sed

but

stat

i

onary

pos

i

t

i

on

dur

i

ng

he

li

copter

operat

i

ons

.

T

he

li

st of

the

vesse

l

shall

be

corrected

to

zero

.

T

he

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

should

li

sten

out

on

the

appropr

i

ate

rad

i

o

fre

q

uency

dur

i

ng he

li

copter

departure

and

be

ready

to

supp

l

y current

weather

cond

i

t

i

ons at

the

Vessel

l

ocat

i

on as

we

ll

as deta

il

s

about rout

i

ng

and

l

oad

re

q

u

i

rements

.

Vers

i

on

SF (BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

10-

ver

.01). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

8/8/

2014.

Vers

i

on date: 3

1

/

12

/

201

5

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document when

pr

i

nted

.

Procedure prepared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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