Helicopter guidelines for land seismic & helirig operations - OGP

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11.6.3 If hazardous materials are carried, the Pilot-In-Command must be provided with a
Shipper’s Declaration of Dangerous Goods form (or equivalent) in accordance with
aforementioned procedures.
11.6.4 Passengers must not be carried in conjunction with explosives.
11.6.5 Explosives and detonators should normally not be transported together.
However, small quantities of non-mass detonating caps (100 or less) can be carried
inside the aircraft provided they are packaged in an approved Faraday cage blast
absorbing container. In such circumstances a jettisonable external load of explosives
may be carried.
It is the OGP position that detonators and high explosives can be carried as internal
load in a single flight and that this may often be safer than the execution of two
separate flights, provided:
1. Non mass detonating caps.
2. Stable high explosives.
3. Detonators inside a Faraday cage.
4. Proper separation (not less than 0.5 m) between the two products, with the
detonators in a blast absorbing container.
5. Quantities not to exceed 100 detonators and 200 kg high explosives.
11.6.6 Small quantities of non-mass detonating caps and high explosives can be carried
together as an external load provided they are packaged in an approved container (day
box).
11.6.7 Provided that the detonators are carried in their original packaging and inside
approved containers ensuring Faraday cage protection, it is considered safer to
continue radio communications and flight following than to impose radio silence.
11.6.8 Bulk high explosives should be carried as external load. Where flights carrying high
explosives as external loads need to be over water, it is strongly recommended that
a non floating product is used that self destructs within a reasonable time when in
contact with water (1 year).
11.6.9 Kerosene lamps/stoves, small petrol engines, chainsaws etc. should have no fuel in
their tanks during transport.
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