Safety

North Sea pilots told to read rig names after landing blunder

Report by UK air safety investigators says pilots who brought down AW189 aircraft on wrong platform were distracted by discussion about a crane

Wrong platform: a similar Bristow-operated AW139 aircraft landed on the wrong facility last year
Wrong platform: a similar Bristow-operated AW139 aircraft landed on the wrong facility last yearPhoto: BRISTOW
  • Rob Watts
London
Published 11 June 2020, 14:43Updated 11 June 2020, 14:59
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