North sea oil workers drop protest as hunt for super puma black. Europes air safety regulator grounds airbus super puma. North sea workers fear flying in super puma helicopters financial. Helicopters well knew that maintenance must be done by the book. Accordingly, more than half the surion fleet was grounded and were to have their gearboxes replaced.
Some airbus helicopters grounded after crash marketwatch. Aug 25, 20 widow of 2009 helicopter crash victim calls for super pumas to be grounded permanently after disaster. Widow of 2009 helicopter crash victim calls for super pumas to be grounded permanently after disaster. Super puma helicopters have been grounded in the uk and norway since a crash off the scandinavian country last. May 01, 2016 a petition to remove the ec225 super puma helicopter from services, started by an oil worker following the crash, has now been signed by more than 5,000 people some of them relatives of those. After the crash, the operating company admitted that the same helicopter had just days earlier been forced to return to base after a cockpit warning light came on. A helicopter crash in norway that killed people, including a british fatheroftwo was caused by technical error, officials say.
It is essentially a larger variant of the as332 super puma now the h215, which has been marketed for military use as the as532 cougar, 215m. Offshore super puma helicopter ban to be lifted, airbus plans. Oct 26, 2016 airbus group voiced frustration on wednesday at a continued ban on super puma oil industry flights in britain, weeks after european safety regulators cleared the helicopter to fly again. Super puma flights grounded in uk after fatal crash in. North sea crash choppers grounded oil giant bp last night suspended flights onboard the type of aircraft involved in the north sea oil drama which almost claimed the lives of 18 men.
Energy voice has asked several oil and gas operators if they would be. Oil and gas workers have been left stranded on a rig off western australias north west coast after a fleet of helicopters was grounded in the wake of last months norway crash. Company grounds super puma helicopter after north sea crash. Issues with the helicopters main rotor gearbox was identified in 2012. Super puma helicopters had a poor reputation among oil workers long before one of them crashed into the sea on friday, killing three. Last year after criticism of the selection process the polish government was threatening to pull out of the h225m deal. So what do offshore workers and pilots think of the aircraft. Super puma helicopters latest news updates, pictures. Following a fatal crash in norway, families of offshore personnel killed. Jan 06, 2014 super puma helicopter that crashed, killing all 16 on board, fell like a torpedo, inquiry hears north sea helicopter separated from its rotor blades before fatal accident off peterhead. The crash was the latest in a string of incidents that left furious union bosses claiming offshore workers. Widow of helicopter crash victim calls for super pumas to.
Following the 22 october 2012 crash, the major north sea super puma operators. Anger of oil workers after latest super puma crash raises death toll to 20 in just four years. Investigators probing a fatal helicopter crash have issued an urgent request to the european aviation safety agency easa to deem whether the super puma h225 should be immediately grounded. Another crew member was injured when the airbus helicopter went down at the gotthard pass after dropping off. Entire uk helicopter fleet of super puma 225s grounded. Some airbus helicopters grounded after crash comments. Apr 29, 2016 all uk commercial passenger flights of the airbus ec225lp helicopter or super puma are suspended by the civil aviation authority following a fatal crash in norway. Dji f550 hexacopter crash after flight above the clouds duration. The european aviation safety agency easa has grounded all airbus super puma h225 and as332 l2 helicopters across europe. Eurocopter defends super puma safety record after uk crash. Super puma grounded flights of the helicopter involved in the crash have been suspended as the body of the last victim is recovered from the wreckage. Norway and uk lift super puma ban helicopter investor. Super puma fleet grounded as four killed are named the independent subscribe now. Entrepreneurship recruitment business books business travel.
Less than a week later, however, britains civil aviation authority lifted the ban, saying it had found no evidence that the crash was caused by a technical problem with the choppers. They drop water on forest fires, rescue islanders after a flood and form a key. The airbus helicopters h225 is a longrange passenger transport helicopter developed by. The helicopter was ferrying 11 workers and two crew from a. Eurocopter under pressure to replace super puma after death crash. Three people feared dead as chopper ditches in north sea fifteen people were plucked from the freezing waters after the super puma as332 l2 chopper. A helicopter operator decided monday to ground some h225 super puma choppers in australia following last weeks deadly crash that killed more than a dozen in norway as investigators begin. Super puma h225 faces immediate grounding after investigation. Statoil to improve chopper safety after crash norwegian oil company releases the findings of an internal report after fatal crash in april. British firms halt super puma flights after north sea crash. Helicopter fleet grounded after tragic north sea crash an entire fleet of helicopters has been grounded after four people died when a chopper crashed into the north sea. May 16, 2016 accident investigation board norway has issued a preliminary report of the investigation into the crash of the chcoperated super puma helicopter in norway, on april 29, in which people died.
Aug 24, 20 four people who died after a helicopter plunged into the sea off shetland have been named. The h225m formerly the ec225 super puma is the nine ton class long range transport helicopter in airbuss extensive cougar super puma family. Bp rules out super puma return until norway crash cause is. A helicopter operator decided monday to ground some h225 super puma choppers in australia over last weeks deadly crash that killed more than a dozen in norway. Following a fatal crash of an airbus h225 in norway on 29 april 2016, the norwegian authorities grounded the aircraft a ban was issued by easa later in. Super puma helicopters bosses dismissed worries about flying in choppers at safety briefing on platform where doomed super puma made final flight before last weeks fatal crash off shetland. Super puma helicopters latest news updates, pictures, video. Oil rig helicopter crashes off norway coast, presumed dead. There are currently as332 l2s, one as332 l1 and 19 ec225 helicopters serving the uk oil and gas industry. He showered, dressed, then, after lunch in the canteen, packed his bags and.
It is a twinengined aircraft and can carry up to 24 passengers along with two crew and a cabin attendant, dependent on customer configuration. Should the airbus 225 super puma be grounded for good. Airbus ceo to prove super puma safety by flying offshore. Sep 28, 2016 two pilots died when a swiss military helicopter crashed in the alps on wednesday, prompting the air force to ground its fleet of super pumas while it investigates what caused the accident. Super puma helicopter that crashed, killing all 16 on board. Airbus stays silent on super puma claims news for the oil. It is a reengined and more voluminous version of the original aerospatiale sa 330 puma. Faa issues new airworthiness directives for ec225s helicopter. The airbus helicopters h225 previously eurocopter ec225 super puma is a longrange passenger transport helicopter developed by eurocopter as the next generation of the civilian super puma family. Sep 28, 2016 swiss air force grounds super puma copters after fatal crash. The cause of the crash was main rotor separation following a catastrophic gearbox failure.
Mar, 2014 the essential fact is that everyone in the company well knew that maintenance must be done by the book. The two super puma helicopters will be able to fly again if operators meet revised safety measures issued by the two authorities. Super pumas grounded chc, the company whose super puma helicopter ditched off shetland last night killing four people, have temporarily suspended all flights of the. Rok kai kuh1 surion muh1 marineon fatal crash in korea.
Police confirmed the recovery of the fourth body from the wreckage after it was announced that all helicopters like the one which ditched into the sea have been grounded. The european aviation safety authority grounded two types of super puma helicopters for commercial use in june following the discovery of metal fatigue in the gearbox of an h225 model that crashed in norway in late april, killing. The super puma chopper went down around midday local time in the archipelago off the coast of bergen, norways secondbiggest city. Super puma helicopters remain grounded following a crash off shetland on friday that left four people dead. In four decades, choppers have flown more than 65 million passengers to and from north sea oil rigs. This version of the story corrects paragraph 6 to show two types of super puma helicopters grounded instead of all. In 2016, an accident saw super puma model number 225 grounded in.
A safety body has cleared all super puma helicopters to return to service in the north sea, nearly a week after a fatal crash off shetland left four. Fridays crash was the fifth incident involving a super puma in the north sea since 2009. Helicopter operators on sunday cancelled flights by eurocopter super puma helicopters to oil and gas fields in the u. Apr 29, 2016 the entire fleet of super puma ec225s operating in the uk have been grounded, the civil aviation authority caa has confirmed. Super puma helicopters cleared to fly one week after fatal crash an oil industry safety group has cleared super puma helicopters to fly agailn, less than a week after an aircraft crashed off. Jun 20, 2017 at the airbus plant in marseilles, the 225 remains in production. Apr 30, 2016 airbus helicopters says all commercial passenger flights of helicopters similar to the super puma that crashed off norway, likely killing all people on board, are suspended. Statoil, who had contracted the helicopter in the crash, permanently ceased use of the super puma family of helicopters, even after some restrictions were lifted, and stated their plans were instead to use the sikorsky s92 helicopter to replace the super puma in contracts going forward. Super puma crash might have been prevented bbc news. This is the newssite for the company puma on markets insider. Super puma crash survivor calls for answers bbc news.
Widow of helicopter crash victim calls for super pumas to be. In august 20, a helicopter crashed in the north sea killing four oil rig workers. News transport super puma flights grounded in uk after fatal crash in norway all uk commercial passenger flights using the airbus ec225lp helicopter have been grounded by the civil aviation. All super puma helicopter passenger flights to uk oil installations are grounded after a crash off shetland claimed the lives of four people. North sea helicopter crash survivor speaks out after super. Aug 28, 20 super puma helicopters remain grounded following a crash off shetland on friday that left four people dead. Eurocopters ec225 super puma fleet for offshore operations.
Super puma helicopters cleared to fly one week after fatal. The flight was operated using a eurocopter as332l2 super puma mk 2 belonging to bond offshore helicopters. Entire uk helicopter fleet of super puma 225s grounded after. The entire fleet of super puma ec225s operating in the uk have been grounded, the civil aviation authority caa has confirmed. The helicopters have been grounded in the uk and norway since a. Deathtraps is the critics common label for various models of eurocopters super puma, which was grounded after four people died in a crash aug. Offshore super puma helicopter ban to be lifted, airbus plans return to north sea. In may 2012 the aviationist covered the story of the eurocopter ec225 super puma that experienced an emergency whilst ferrying oil workers from aberdeen scotland to the maersk resilliant and ensc. Norwegian authorities fault super puma gearbox in fatal crash. After the 2016 chc super puma crash in norway was attributed to yet another gearbox failure, the type was grounded once more its return to service before this crash and after this crash is still the subject of intense debate. A helicopter transport service has grounded a fleet of its aircraft after a helicopter flying oil workers plunged into the north sea off shetland killing four people, including a man from hampshire. The crash came just a fortnight after global company chc reintroduced the controversial super puma model to its stable a year after the helicopter type was grounded due to two unexplained. Offshore workers delayed returning to was pilbara after. Swiss air force grounds super puma copters after fatal.
Eleven bodies have been found after the airbus super puma aircraft crashed near the island of turoy on friday. Apr 28, 2017 norwegian authorities fault super puma gearbox in fatal crash. Super puma helicopter still flying despite multiple fatal. Apparently, the airbus ceo arrived at the event last week in such fashion to show that the super pumas were, in fact, safe helicopters. Sep 02, 20 flights of eurocopters super puma helicopters in the north sea have been allowed to resume after last months fatal crash, but the trouble for the worlds largest commercial helicopter.
Swiss air force grounds super puma copters after fatal crash. A survivor of the 20 super puma crash has told of his shock after hearing about plans to bring the helicopter back into service. Aibn releases preliminary report on super puma crash norway. The airbus helicopters h215 formerly eurocopter as332 super puma is a fourbladed, twinengine, mediumsize utility helicopter developed and marketed originally by aerospatiale, later by eurocopter and currently by airbus helicopters. Airbus choppers grounded after deadly crash in norway. The model in question was suspended last year in britain and norway after the latest super puma crash had killed workers. Airbus fumes over uk ban on super puma helicopter flights. It was the secondworst super puma accident after a 2009 crash off scotland in which the rotors also detached, killing 16 people. The decision was taken earlier this afternoon following a helicopter. Sep 03, 20 paris reuters the head of the company that manufactures super puma helicopters defended their safety record as uk oilfield flights resumed after a fatal crash last month, and said deliveries.
Aug 25, 20 the body of the last victim of a helicopter crash off the coast of shetland has been recovered from the north sea. Secondhand sales are strong, and from greece to chile and across africa, the super puma brand has more than five million hours of flying time on the book, and adding to it every day. Helicopters grounded after catastrophic shetland helicopter crash kills four a fleet of helicopters has been grounded after one of them crashed into the north sea killing four oil rig workers. Helicopter fleet grounded after tragic north sea crash.
The aibn said the report is published to disseminate information obtained during the earliest stages of the investigation, with the intention to give a brief update. Oct 07, 2017 on 29 april 2016, a chc helikopter service eurocopter ec225 super puma helicopter, carrying oil workers from the gullfaks b platform in the north sea, crashed near turoy, a norwegian coastal. The decision was taken earlier this afternoon following a. The fate of the north seas grounded super puma helicopter fleet could ultimately be decided by factors like public confidence not just safety assurances, a union chief today claimed. After chc and the other two north sea helicopter operators bond and bristow grounded all their super pumas immediately following the crash, removing half of all the helicopters used offshore, oil companies have started hiring. Since then the aircraft has been grounded in several countries and even in those it. Super pumas helicopters cleared to fly in wake of fatal shetland crash. Shortly after the accident oil companies and helicopter operators voluntarily grounded similar helicopters until further notice, except for aircraft being used for.
We are one big family fighting this together march 2014. Oct 10, 2017 on its own, arrival in one of the choppers your company makes is not something to be frowned upon but arriving in the super puma helicopter involved in the fatal crash near turoy last year might be. Super puma future to hinge on probe results news for the. Oil rig helicopter crashes off norway coast, presumed. Europe grounds all airbus h225 and as532 helicopters following fatal crash. Bristow helicopters decided to ground all as332 and ec225 super puma helicopters. Eventually resuming services until the very public crash of the chc operated h225 super puma in norway in 2016. The victims of the shetland super puma crash were among those remembered. The as332 super puma is a proven military workhorse but the original design is almost 40 years old now, its muchupgraded predecessor the sa330 puma even older.
Super puma chopper was rattling like old bicycle moments. Helicopter group grounds airbus choppers in australia amid. Jun 02, 2016 investigators probing a fatal helicopter crash have issued an urgent request to the european aviation safety agency easa to deem whether the super puma h225 should be immediately grounded. Flights of eurocopters super puma helicopters in the north sea. Helicopter operators chc said flights of its super puma as332 l2 aircraft, the model which ditched without warning while carrying 18 people, are suspended globally until further notice. Super puma choppers at the centre of the shetland helicopter tragedy have been grounded.
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