Ooops, bugger.

[Mick_J]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9500897/US-Air-Force-Osprey-destroys-Addenbrooke-Hospitals-helipad.html

[seth]

Shows how powerful the thing is .
I'm sure either the USA or the UK  military would be straight across to repair it as not only do they have the budget to repair damage they cause it's a great opportunity for training of putting in a landing pad at high speed .
I'd be interested in seeing what happens next and how long it took to repair the landing pad.

[Kiwifruit]

Hmmm commission a report, traffic mangement plan, health and safety concerns, identify any site hazards and put up noticeboard, crowd control and temporary fencing, budget concerns and liability, the list is endless. These things take time Seth
Now what are we fixing ?? 

[seth]

Indeed
When i was part of a helideck team in the north sea many years ago .
When the military called for fuel they didn't really bother with any instructions from us they had a guy looking out if the door rather than watch the HLO is to when they have touched down .
They got fuel but went bothered by the fuel test to show if any water in the fuel ECT as they just wanted fuel and go I asked once what about the fuel check they said if we crash we crash as no time to bother with all that stuff.
I think they are still responsible for any damage caused and normally repair asap .

[AndyB]

Indeed
When i was part of a helideck team in the north sea many years ago .
When the military called for fuel they didn't really bother with any instructions from us they had a guy looking out if the door rather than watch the HLO is to when they have touched down .
They got fuel but went bothered by the fuel test to show if any water in the fuel ECT as they just wanted fuel and go I asked once what about the fuel check they said if we crash we crash as no time to bother with all that stuff.
I think they are still responsible for any damage caused and normally repair asap .

Where where you HLO seth....I'm Deck/Helideck Crew on the Elgin PUQ

[seth]

Hiya @AndyB
I was on the 40's alpha .
Part of an F.R.C. crew based on the platform not a standby boat for 4 years .
The crane couldn't work when helicopters were flying/landing ECT so we doubled as helideck crew .
I finished offshore in 1991 lol

[AndyB]

Hiya @AndyB
I was on the 40's alpha .
Part of an F.R.C. crew based on the platform not a standby boat for 4 years .
The crane couldn't work when helicopters were flying/landing ECT so we doubled as helideck crew .
I finished offshore in 1991 lol

Yeah sounds about right mate..they want us multi skilled..deck/helideck/ rigger/ERT ,etc.....theres was talk last trip about training up all the maintenance guys,sparks,tiffys etc...and getting rid of the vendors...can you imagine one of our turbines going offline and asking Siemens for a drawing so our guys can fix it....never gonna happen...alots changed since I started in 93