New Oilrig lifejacket test.

[quimby]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27894529

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Bit like the submariners ww2 escape lifejacket and preserver. Would this type be worth carrying on your yacht?

 

[Deleted member 36384]

The procedure is not new, its been in place since at least 1990. The re-breather was introduced in the mid 1990s before then you had to hold your breath - that was interesting.

 

[quimby]

The procedure is not new, its been in place since at least 1990. The re-breather was introduced in the mid 1990s before then you had to hold your breath - that was interesting.

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early type of oxygen rebreather invented in 1910 by Sir Robert Davis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Submerged_Escape_Apparatus

 

[capnsensible]

Er, its not the procedure that's new, its the lifejacket....

 

[Deleted member 36384]

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early type of oxygen rebreather invented in 1910 by Sir Robert Davis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Submerged_Escape_Apparatus

I was not referring to the invented date but rather the approximate time they were introduced into the helicopter evacuation drills and compulsory passenger use. When they were introduced everyone had to perform the drills again to become certified to use the devices.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Er, its not the procedure that's new, its the lifejacket....

Whats new about it? I was using lifejackets and rebreathers (in my case a separate device) from about the mid 1990s when flying to platforms. We had to re do the HUET training to be competent in using these devices. IIRC they were single use devices that worked with a chemical reaction that had a limited time span, 15 minutes and they produced very warm air to breath, so probably an exothermic reaction.

I am not trying to be argumentative, just stating my experience. The BBC article is light on details, but the concept of using a lifejacket and rebreathing device for helicopter escape is not new.

 

[capnsensible]

All I can see is that the article states that 'the CAA are bringing in a new lifejacket that will give workers more time to escape underwater.'

BBC, eh?

 

[wully1]

Very good, but it ain't going to help if the rotors fall off....

I still can't believe that no one is going to be prosecuted for killing all those people.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Very good, but it ain't going to help if the rotors fall off....

I still can't believe that no one is going to be prosecuted for killing all those people.

Who are you going to prosecute? If people aren't negligent and deliberately muck up and don't take reasonable safety precautions then surely you have to accept that accidents happen? We learn and move on. I despise the compensation culture that you seem to be referring to and where you seem to be implying that 'someone is always to blame.' Life just isn't like that.