557/ Helicopter Operations / 992
H
elico
p
ter O
p
erations
BOS-
P
RD-2
6
.900
6
10
I
f commun
i
cat
i
on from
R
ad
i
o
R
oom
brea
k
s
down
,
H
LO
w
ill,
as poss
i
b
l
e
,
co
-
ord
i
nates commun
i
cat
i
ons w
i
th
any a
i
rcraft us
i
ng h
i
s
portab
l
e
rad
i
o unt
il
norma
l
commun
i
cat
i
ons
are
restored
.
Ad
v
erse weat
h
er con
d
itions
4.
7
.2
T
he
dec
i
s
i
on to
operate
he
li
copters
i
n
adverse
weather
can
be
ta
k
en
by e
i
ther
the
H
elico
p
ter Master
or
Master
.
T
he
Master
,
after
consu
l
t
i
ng w
i
th
the
Barge
Su
p
er
v
isor
,
w
ill
contact
the
S
BV Master
to see
k
conf
i
rmat
i
on
that
there
i
s
a
good prospect
of
rescue
and
recovery
i
n
the
event
of
a
poss
i
b
l
e
he
li
copter
acc
i
dent
resu
l
t
i
ng
i
n persons
enter
i
ng
the water
. I
n part
i
cu
l
ar
,
the
Master
w
ill
ver
i
fy
that
the
FR
C
can
be
safe
l
y
l
aunched
.
I
f
the
current
and
forecasted weather and
sea cond
i
t
i
ons are such
that
the
S
BV Master
j
udges
the prospect
of
rescue
and
recovery
to
be
poor
,
the
Master
can
dec
i
de
to
postpone
the
f
li
ght
unt
il
the
cond
i
t
i
ons
return
w
i
th
i
n
operat
i
ng
li
m
i
ts
.
T
he
Vessel Master
has
overr
i
d
i
ng
respons
i
b
ili
ty
for ensur
i
ng the
safety
of
the
Vessel
and
a
ll
personne
l
on
-
board
,
and
shall
ensure
that
the
dec
i
s
i
on
to a
ll
ow he
li
copter
operat
i
ons
under
adverse weather
.
Loss o
f m
ain
p
ower to
h
eli
d
eck
4.
7
.
3
Should
he
li
copter
per
i
meter
l
and
i
ng
li
ghts
become
unserv
i
ceab
l
e
due
to
sudden
une
x
pected
power
fa
il
ure
wh
il
e a
he
li
copter
i
s
approach
i
ng the
Vessel
,
the
H
LO
should
adv
i
se
the
H
elico
p
ter Master
to
abort
l
and
i
ng
.
I
t
should
be
noted
that
the
H
elico
p
ter Master
i
s
so
l
e
l
y
respons
i
be
for
f
i
na
l
dec
i
s
i
ons on he
li
copter
movements
.
H
elico
p
ter
b
reak
d
own on
h
eli
d
eck
4.
7
.4
I
n
case
of mechan
i
ca
l
fa
il
ure
i
nvo
l
v
i
ng a
he
li
copter
par
k
ed w
i
th
i
n the ma
i
n
he
li
dec
k
c
i
rc
l
e
,
the
a
i
rcraft
should
be
t
i
ed
up us
i
ng
i
ts own
t
i
e
-
down
strops
and
b
l
ade
soc
k
s
. I
f
necessary
,
a
l
ternat
i
ve
secur
i
ng methods may
be
used accord
i
ng
to
the
H
elico
p
ter Master
’
s
i
nstruct
i
ons
.
N
o
act
i
on
shall
be ta
k
en
w
i
thout
consu
l
t
i
ng the
“A
i
r
O
perators
Cert
i
f
i
cate
”
of
the
He
li
copter
Company
. T
he
Master
shall
be
respons
i
b
l
e
for
li
a
i
s
i
ng w
i
th
a
ll
other
re
l
evant part
i
es
before ma
ki
ng any
dec
i
s
i
on
to
remove
the He
li
copter from
the he
li
dec
k.
4.
8 R
o
u
tine
p
roce
d
u
res
R
e
p
orting req
u
ire
m
ents
f
or weat
h
er an
d
relate
d
in
f
or
m
ation
4.
8
.1
A weather
status
report must be
fa
x
ed or
ema
il
ed
to
the
H
elico
p
ter O
p
erator
at
l
east one hour
1
5 m
i
nutes
pr
i
or to
any
schedu
l
ed
f
li
ght
departure
t
i
me
. T
he
report
shall
conta
i
n weather
and
other
i
nformat
i
on
re
l
evant
to he
li
copter
operat
i
ons
.
Any abnorma
l
operat
i
ons w
i
th
potent
i
a
l i
mpact on he
li
copter
operat
i
on
should
be
noted
i
n
the C
O
MME
NTS
sect
i
on
. W
herever poss
i
b
l
e
,
the
H
elico
p
ter O
p
erator
should
be
not
i
f
i
ed
we
ll i
n
advance
of
any abnorma
l
operat
i
ons
by a
separate
fa
x
or
te
l
e
x. T
he weather
status
report
should
i
nc
l
ude
but
i
s
not
li
m
i
ted
to
the
fo
ll
ow
i
ng:
(
a
)
D
ate/
Ti
me of
observat
i
on
(
U
.T.
C
.);
(
b
)
Wi
nd d
i
rect
i
on
(
degrees
);
(
c
)
Wi
nd
speed
(k
nots
);
(
d
)
N
umber
of PA
X;
(
e
)
V
i
s
i
b
ili
ty
(
naut
i
ca
l
m
il
es
);
(
f
)
C
l
oud
cover
(
octas
);
(
g
)
C
l
oud base
(
feet
) (
spec
i
fy
i
f
est
i
mated or
recorded
);
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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