Safety of flights in the Arctic will be discussed within the helicopter forum

The seventh helicopter forum will take place in Moscow on the 27th -28th of November. «Partnership for safety» will be its main theme, as it is informed on the website aviaport.ru.

Professionals of the branch will participate in the forum: designers and manufacturers of helicopters, airline companies exploiting them, private owners and pilots and also providers of component parts.

They intend to elaborate a systemic approach to management of safety of flights, to discuss engineering and technical, economic and legal aspects of helicopter business. The program of the forum will include sittings of the technical committee, the committee on safety of flights and the flight committee at the association of helicopter industry. One of the conferences will be completely dedicated to helicopters being used in the Far North and in the Arctic.
According to the information given before, testing of a new helicopter created especially for the Far North and the Arctic will start in Russia this winter. The machine is adapted for work in conditions of extremely low temperatures, low visibility and disappearing of satellite signals. First of all, it is planned to manufacture the helicopter for military demands. Also it will be useful for polar explorers and oil workers.