Another helicopter down in the North Sea
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king Super Puma 
SVX said:
What is it about the Super Puma? - these seem to fall out of the sky with alarming regularity.
I wouldn't underestimate how many flying hours these things do whilst on the North Sea jobs. Many of the faults have been MR gearbox failures. If you consider the stress that these things are under day in, day out then it's not surprising when the thing is going 19 to the dozen that some of them fall out of the sky, even with expert maintenance. Lets see what the results of the inspection reveal on this one assuming that the hull is recovered.ETA: it doesn't help that when they do go down the only place for them to go is the North Sea so of course everyone hears about it. As well it is better to ditch it whilst you can control the outcome than to wait for the thing to explode and definitely kill everyone.
Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 24th October 08:02
To say an aircraft has "fallen out of the sky" following an on-water landing under full control is complete over-exaggeration.
There has only been one "fallen out of the sky" Puma crash in recent years in the North Sea following a MRGB failure. (Bond AS332L2 G-REDL on 01 Apr 09)
Other recent incidents involving Puma types: -
One inadvertent ditching due to pilot error.
Two controlled on-water landings.
There has only been one "fallen out of the sky" Puma crash in recent years in the North Sea following a MRGB failure. (Bond AS332L2 G-REDL on 01 Apr 09)
Other recent incidents involving Puma types: -
One inadvertent ditching due to pilot error.
Two controlled on-water landings.
Edited by JoeBolt on Wednesday 24th October 12:56
Quite right.
These helicopters are operating constantly, round the clock. The operators will be very prudent with safety, and if the crew are in anyway concerned about an issue they will consider a precautionary landing, or even ditching. Pilots and px are trained for this eventuality.
These helicopters are operating constantly, round the clock. The operators will be very prudent with safety, and if the crew are in anyway concerned about an issue they will consider a precautionary landing, or even ditching. Pilots and px are trained for this eventuality.
think with that one the pilot had his altimiter warning set wrongly and in patchy fog landed on the water when he thought he was landing on the deck.
hearing this latest one was similar to the last controlled ditching in May where the pilots had an indication of a gearbox issue and went for a controlled ditching. After the fatal crash i guess pilots are erring on the side of caution.
hearing this latest one was similar to the last controlled ditching in May where the pilots had an indication of a gearbox issue and went for a controlled ditching. After the fatal crash i guess pilots are erring on the side of caution.
Is it me or are CHC being less forthcoming with info than bond where a few months ago?
It does seem now that its get it on deck/water ASAP after the Miller crash. Would rather that than another crash.
With regards to the ETAP ditching the alarm for altitude failed/was turned off and as someone said they thought they had landed on the helideck hard until water was round there feet.
It does seem now that its get it on deck/water ASAP after the Miller crash. Would rather that than another crash.
With regards to the ETAP ditching the alarm for altitude failed/was turned off and as someone said they thought they had landed on the helideck hard until water was round there feet.
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