2.2.1 Landing area at ship's side
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2.2.1 Landing area at ship's side

 Landing areas should be as large as possible and set out to provide safe access for helicopters from the ship's side. Due account must be taken of possible helicopter slippage and wind and ship movement. Where the boundary of the clear zone is close to or in line with the ship's side, and where the height of fixed obstructions so permits (see 2.2.7 below), helicopter safety will be improved by extending the clear and manoeuvring zones to the ship's side symmetrically, thereby widening the approach to the landing area (see figure 1). This extended landing area at the ship's side is therefore the preferred operating area.

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