Decision-making support system of civil helicopter maritime search and rescue for people in distress

Abstract

Helicopter maritime search and rescue（MSAR）is one of the important components in aviation emergency rescue system. However，the MSAR unit usually analyzes distress information and makes response plans according to previous experience，which lacks the theoretical guidance and software support. According to the process from receiving the distress message to performing the MSAR mission，a kind of decision-making support technology architecture for helicopter MSAR mission is put forward. The decision-making support system of civil MSAR for people in distress is designed and developed，and verified with MSAR typical mission. The results show that the system can quickly formulate the response plan and output the evaluation results，which can provide decision support suggestions for the helicopter crew of the actual MSAR mission，and then improve the efficiency indirectly.

Keywords

• helicopter
• maritime search and rescue
• response flow
• response plan
• decision-making support system