6 March, 2019: Airbus Helicopters launches an analytics service that will take care of operational safety by analysing aircraft data post-flight to identify risks before they lead to any accidents.
Flight Analyser helicopter flight data monitoring (HFDM) application would analyse the data generated by a number of onboard sources, including the ISEI Helicom system, the Appareo Vision 1000 flight data recorder, and the Outerlink IRIS data recorder, to automatically check for situations that could have been safer or could lead to an incident or accident.
The application analysis data such as altitude, vertical speed, ground speed, height and engine parameters, among others. The system then augments this data with weather data and environmental context, such as sky coverage and obstacles present at the time of the potential event, to give the user with the most complete picture possible. It also does a confidence check for each event, assessing the dependability of the data.
The users of Flight Analyser are given access to dashboards that are updated post-flight. The organisation’s safety management system can use the output to support future decision making.
Airbus Helicopters Flight Analyser service is available for all operator types, regardless of their size, safety management system maturity, and fleet composition. The reports are self-service and can be accessed via the customer’s personal space on Airbus’ Keycopter customer portal.
“What we’re doing is helping our customers uncover issues that would have been near impossible to see in the raw data,” said Gilles Bruniaux, Head of Aviation Safety at Airbus Helicopters. “Being able to make sense of this rich data and learn from it so as to fly in a more informed way the next time represents another step forward for safety.”