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INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND

MIKE LITSON

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*2011 – Safest year on record!

oFor airlines

*General non-scheduled commercial aviation

accounts for approximately 50% of world‟s aviation

activity.

*Very few statistics

*Many accidents don‟t make the headlines

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• There are 54 countries in Africa

• How many have DEDICATED aero-medical

cover?

• Aero-medical helicopter and fixed wing flights

are mostly undertaken by:

• Military

• Para-military

• Civilian charter companies

In the Resource sector we use:

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And they have to be maintained:

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The places we fly to

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• The aircraft we use in the Resources sector

are the same aircraft that are used in the

Aero-medical industry.

• They are maintained by the same Approved

Maintenance Organisations

• They are flown by pilots with the same

licences

• They fly to the same airfields and many of

the same, but not all of the same heli-pads

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So why shouldn‟t we have the same Standards?

When Standards fail………….

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Chopper crash kills 10 in Indonesia, say officials

A helicopter crash in central Indonesia killed 10 people including at

least two Australians employed by Melbourne-based Newcrest Mining,

officials said Thursday.

The company said two South Africans were also killed. Six Indonesians

also died when the chopper went down in heavy rain Wednesday

afternoon shortly after taking off from Manado on Sulawesi island, local

officials said.

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8th October 2011

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N.W.T. plane crash kills 2

2 other people aboard Air Tindi Cessna Caravan survive

Two people died when an Air Tindi passenger plane crashed east of Yellowknife

Tuesday afternoon, while two survivors were taken to hospital in undisclosed

condition.

4th October 2011

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Six tourists and the pilot died inside the wreckage while another

tourist who attempted to jump from the plane while it was still in the

air died from his injuries in hospital later, according to a local report.

An official from Kenya's Civil Aviation Authority said that two Britons,

three French women and three Swedes - two women and a man -

were among the dead.

Diplomatic sources told the Daily Telegraph that the British tourist

was a man in his 60s who lived in Switzerland and had been

travelling with his wife, who was also killed.

There were four survivors from the crash. Two French people were

transferred to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, in neighbouring

South Africa.

15th October 2011Cessna C208 Caravan

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“The fatal accident rate for EMS flights is some 201

times higher than that of commercial airliners.” Ira

Blumen

“Main cabin occupants have nearly 4.5 times the risk

of serious injury (especially back injuries and head

injuries) or death in survivable crashes when

compared to a comparable population of occupants

in the cabin of non-EMS air taxi helicopters.”

David Evans, Air Safety Consultant

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As we may be on the verge of establishing an Africa wide aero-

medical industry in that new Aircraft Operators will hopefully be

entering the industry in countries which have not had aero-

medical services before, and if we are to establish a SAFE aero-

medical industry that operates iaw „best practice‟ principles and:

• Provides the required fixed wing and helicopter services

• Safely

All of the Safety and other Management Systems have to be in

place from the start.

Boston House Mi-8

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ALA

CFIT

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What are “Aviation Standards”

Standards

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Gold-plating Level

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• CARs

• Policies

• Procedures

• Practices

• Standards

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Every policy and procedure in a Flight Operations

Manual or a Maintenance Manual of Procedures

has been learned through experience, sometimes

the hard way.

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A FRAMEWORK FOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT

MRM

JAR

Checklist Worksheets

Training

Plan

Alcohol& Drugs

PolicyAudit

Maint .Schedule

SafetyDrills

Policy

CAARegs .

No Structure

ERPs

Structured

Process

Practices

Policy

Future

HSEPolicy

Security

QA

Ops

Manual

Plans

Current

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IATA IOSA IAGSA

Charter Foundation

Oil & Gas Producers

ISO 9000

IS-BAO

Independent Audit Companies

Individual Resource Company Standards

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Standards are focussed

on

Management Systems

Flight Operations & Training

Management Systems

Maintenance

Management Systems

Safety & Quality

Management Systems

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In ICAO document 9859 ICAO requires national Civil Aviation

Authorities to promulgate a requirement for Operators to

implement an aviation Safety Management System.

At its discretion the NCAA will then trickle this requirement down

to Aircraft Operators / AMOs / ATM Centres as the NCAA sees fit.

At this stage in its evolution, the requirement for SMS varies from

country to country.

In some countries SMS is not yet mandated

In some countries SMS is not yet mandated for either Aircraft

Operators / Approved Maintenance Organisations / Air Traffic

Management Centres.

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IS SMS REQUIRED!

• But it is a client requirement

o Resources Sector – mining

o Oil & Gas industry

o NGOs

• A fully implemented SMS is required

• In the AERO-MEDICAL industry the

answer should be: IT IS REQUIRED!

IT’S NOT REQUIRED!

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1. Safety Promotion.

2. SMS Management Plan

3. Document and Data Information Management

4. Hazard Identification and Risk Management

5. Occurrence and Hazard Reporting

6. Occurrence Investigation and Analysis

7. Safety Assurance Oversight Programs

8. Safety Management Training Requirements

9. Management of Change

10.Emergency Preparedness and Response

11.Performance Measurement and Continuous Improvement

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IHST MODEL OF SMS

WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE A CULTURE OF

‘FEET ON THE GROUND SAFETY’

For the larger Groups of Companies: SAFETY CANNOT BE

MANAGED ONLY FROM AN OFFICE. The has to be ‘daily

Safety oversight’.

Your SMS should be in accordance with the size and

complexity of your organisation.

SMS will only be a success if the LINE Crew and Staff get involved.

The Accountable Manager must commit the human & financial

resources sufficient to support the system of managing Safety.

Just Culture

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NEAT & TIDY

GAPS

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GAPS – MAINTENANCE

MANAGEMENT

NEAT & TIDY OPERATIONS &

WELL MAINTAINED AIRCRAFT

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WORKSTANDS

SAFETY RAILS

SAFETY HARNESS

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BEST PRACTICE

YES, WE HAVE THINGS IN

PLACE BUT ARE THEY

EFFECTIVE

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BEST PRATCICE

VERY BAD PRACTICE

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BEST PRACTICE

POOR PRACTICE

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LOOSE ITEMS IN FLIGHT

NEAT & TIDY

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