Hundreds of North Sea workers too heavy for new helicopter rules

Workers should weigh no more than 19.5st fully clothed so that they can be winched to safety in an emergency. Hundreds of North Sea workers are still too heavy for offshore helicopter travel less than two months before new rules come into force, BBC Scotland has learned. From November they should weigh no more than 19st 7Ib (124kg) in their clothing and footwear, so they can be winched to safety in an emergency [1].

Sources

1. bbc.co.uk · Hundreds of North Sea workers too heavy for new helicopter rules Sep 3, 2026

This is the neutral brief the press writes once, for everyone, before each reader’s paper adds its own so-what. It links out; it does not republish. 1 article clustered.

Print your own paper