Talk:1983 British Airways Helicopters Sikorsky S-61 crash/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ed! (talk · contribs) 00:40, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Taking a look at this one. —Ed!^(talk) 00:40, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Overall

• Dup, dab link, copyvio and link checks all showing up good, except for some paywall issues. (No action required)
• Reference spot checks: Checked Ref #9, Ref #11 and Ref #21 and all accurately reflect use in the article.

Background

• Might be worth noting this type of helicopter's safety record at the time, as well as the British Airways Helicopters safety record? Would add some helpful context.
• Outsider to aviation accident GA nominations here, but perhaps it would be useful to indicate the average operational lifespan of an S-61?
  • I need to have a look around for more information on both of these. Harrias ^talk 11:37, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Flight

• "Oscar November was one of two flights scheduled to fly from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly" - departure and destination airfields would be helpful here in the prose, even though one is named in image.
  • Added. Harrias ^talk 11:37, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
• "Delta Alpha departed at 10:46 am, and landed at St Mary's at 11:06 am." indicate time zone if you could.
• Are there ages for Lucille Langley-Williams and Megan Smith?
  • Added. Harrias ^talk 12:40, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
• The background section could also do with some minor explanation on the nature of the flight. Currently it only lists the provenance and the destination by nothing on why this flight occured. Then later two child survivors are mentioned but nothing about why they were being transported with the helicopter.2A02:A03F:5017:BA00:2457:796F:5781:AFC6 (talk) 00:08, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Investigation

• Some switching between S-61 and S61 in this section on references.
  • Sorted in prose. Harrias ^talk 11:37, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
• "Initial speculation in the press..." - which media outlets?
• "Lynda King Taylor, a reporter who flew over to the Isles of Scilly in the days after..." this sentence needs a bit more context. Did she fly in an S-61 as well? Was it a British Airways flight? Does help to have British Airways contest the allegations, but the implication with the current wording is that these were similar circumstances in the flight itself and it should be clear.
• "The AIB investigation was carried out by D. A. Cooper. " - Any details on who that is? An AIB investigator?
  • Yes, clarified. Harrias ^talk 11:37, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Legacy

• Again here, I think a subsequent look at the safety record of the S-61 would be useful, if not to reinforce the pilot error cause in the accident.
• Did the pilots continue to fly? Any word on what became of the passengers?
• Any policy or business changes from British Airways?

Thanks for the review Ed! I'm swamped at work at the moment, so am struggling to find time for this. I won't be offended if you feel the need to close it down, but I'm hoping to get to it in the next few days. Harrias ^talk 08:39, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Not a problem. Can wait on this one a bit. —Ed!^(talk) 00:01, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

@Ed!: Sadly, I don't think I'm going to be able to give this any time in a hurry. I'll use your pointers to work on it when I'm around again, but for the moment I'm not going to be able to make the suggested improvements to reach the GA criteria I'm afraid. Harrias ^talk 22:01, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Not a problem. Thank you for your work on it—definitely would love to see it at GA again. —Ed!^(talk) 22:19, 20 March 2018 (UTC)