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CASA 485/11 - Permission and direction - helicopter special operations

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This instrument gives the NSW Police Air Wing (ARN 219412) a targeted exemption from aviation rules so officers and rescue personnel may stand on helicopter skids and embark/disembark while the aircraft hovers. It applies only during emergency operations — search-and-rescue, medical evacuations, law enforcement, firefighting, and related training — and requires adherence to the Air Wing’s CASA‑approved operations manual and strict hover procedures.

It matters because it enables access to remote or hazardous sites where landing is unsafe, speeding life‑saving responses.

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CASA 485/11 - Permission and direction - helicopter special operations

View image in the official sourceInstrument number CASA 485/11

I, gregory JAMES HOOD, Executive Manager, Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulations 151 (3), 207 (3), 250 (2) and 251 (9) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Greg Hood]

Greg Hood
Executive Manager
Operations Division

8 December 2011

Permission and direction — helicopter special operations

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after registration; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of November 2014.

2 Application

This instrument applies to a helicopter flight mentioned in Schedule 1 (a special operation) by the State of New South Wales Police Service, Aviation Reference Number 219412 (the operator).

3 Permission

When a helicopter is in the hover to enable a passenger to leave or board, the passenger may be carried on the undercarriage for the purpose of leaving or boarding.

4 Direction

When a helicopter is in the hover to enable a passenger to leave or board, the passenger is not required to occupy a seat or wear a seat belt.

5 Condition

The permission in section 3 is subject to the condition mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 Special operation

A helicopter search and rescue operation, an emergency medical services operation, a law enforcement operation, a firefighting operation or training for any of those operations, in which, for the purpose of the operation or training, it is necessary for a person to leave or board the helicopter when a landing is not possible or safe.

Schedule 2 Condition

The special operation must be carried out in accordance with the instructions, approved by CASA, set out in the operator’s operations manual.

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1 CASA 485/11 - Permission and direction - helicopter special operations

Instrument number CASA 485/11