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Annual Safety Review 2014
Helicopters
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Phase of Flight
Figure 18 shows the distribution of accidents and serious incidents by phase of flight. Most CAT Helicopter ac‑
cidents and serious incidents occur in the en route phase (37%), followed by the landing and take‑off phases at
26% and 16% respectively. Only 7% of the accidents and serious incidents take place in the manoeuvring phase,
which is chiefly because CAT Helicopter operations are generally characterised as flying from point A to point
B. In addition, manoeuvring is generally a short phase of flight, hence it not surprising that this features in only
7% of occurrences.
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Figure 18:
CAT helicopter number of accidents and serious incidents 2005-2014
per phase of flight
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Standing
Taxi
Take-o
En route
Manoeuvring
Approach
Landing