Avoiding 'CFIT' for Helicopters - A major safety boost by adopting a new Technical standard for 'Terrain Awareness & Warning Systems'(TAWS).
'EUROCAE' in Europe & 'RTCA' in the USA has already published this new technical standard for 'Terrain Awareness & Warning Systems' to be fitted to helicopters operating offshore (Offshore HTAWS).
The upgrade will significantly enhance safety levels by increasing the warning time helicopter pilots receive of a potential impact by up to 600%, allowing the flight crews a much better reaction time to avoid accidents.
Developed by a joint helicopter industry working group, the new standard can be adopted by regulators & applied by equipment manufacturers to their products installed in helicopter fleets globally.
The Recommended development of a situational awareness tool is based on NASA’s ground collision avoidance system (GCAS) technology.
The technical standard availability is from EUROCAE (ED-285) or RTCA (DO-376) .
TAWS are on-board systems aimed at preventing unintentional impacts by airworthy aircraft under pilot control with the ground or sea, known in the industry as controlled flight into terrain accidents, or CFIT.
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