A helicopter hit a handrail on a Taiwan Navigation bulker off Australia partly because the ship’s crew were using an out-of-date safety checklist.
The accident happened on 6 December when the Agusta A109E helicopter came in to land on the deck of the 83,900-dwt Tai Keystone (built 2017), the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said.
The helicopter pilot reported hearing a shredding noise and an increase in the engine pitch before completing the emergency shutdown procedure, an accident report added.
