Geared up to film Helicopter Underwater Escape!

What do you do when the helicopter you’re riding in crashes into the ocean? Do you have the training to survive an emergency like this?

Trainees all suited up for their turn at HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training).

Trainees all suited up for their turn at HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training).

That’s what we were doing at Pasir Gudang Port, Johore, in the southern tip of Malaysia. We did a recce of the MSTS Asia training facilities.

Trainees will be submerged underwater in this metal tube and learn to escape.

Trainees will be submerged underwater in this metal tube and learn to escape.

Our country’s leading safety services provider has commissioned us to shoot their corporate film.

The simulator will execute a 360 degree roll underwater to imitate a capsized craft.

The simulator will execute a 360 degree roll underwater to imitate a capsized craft.

In addition to the HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training), we get to see their Fire Response Team Leader training categorized under the Specialist Role.

Trainees already have their rebreathers on before the tumble. They are now swimming off to safety.

Trainees already have their rebreathers on before the tumble. They are now swimming off to safety.

Most of the Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training (BOSIET) is conducted on board a ship. An oil rig is floating nearby. How’s that for authenticity?

One of the state-of-the-art MSTS Asia training facilities is onboard a ship.

One of the state-of-the-art MSTS Asia training facilities is onboard a ship.

This film looks to be really exciting to shoot and we’re even going to do some underwater cinematography.

This site is the training grounds for Fire/Emergency Response Team. The entire structure will be set ablaze.

This site is the training grounds for Fire/Emergency Response Team. The entire structure will be set ablaze.

We are in the scriptwriting stage now. Check back with us to see the Behind The Scenes and finally, to watch the completed film.

Training grounds for Helicopter Landing Officer as a Specialist Role.

Training grounds for Helicopter Landing Officer as a Specialist Role.

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