tirsdag 6. september 2011

AW139 et farlig helikopter?

Sjekk innlegget den 29.08. vedr. havariet i Brasil. Nå er flåten til bl.a. Sky Shuttle satt på bakken etter havariet i Brasil. Selskapet flyr mellom bl.a. Victoria og Macau, formodentlig med gamblere.
Til spørsmålet over så synes svaret å være at helikoptertypen har overdrevent mange uhell og ulykker. Jeg sakser:

According to SCMP five accidents involving AW139s worldwide have been reported so far this year, killing nine people.

In February a South Korean Coast Guard helicopter crashed into the sea leaving one female officer dead. In May a tail rotor gearbox came off a Gulf Helicopter AW139 while on the ground in Doha.

A month later the entire tail section of Weststar AW139 detached while landing in Kuala Lumpur. In August four people died when a Beijing police AW139 fell during a training flight.

On July 2010 a Sky Shuttle ditched at sea near Victoria Harbour. All 13 people on board, including two male aircraft crew members and 11 passengers were plucked to safety with no serious injuries.

A preliminary report released by the CAD that same month said the direct cause for the helicopter losing control seconds after it took off was a tail rotor failure.
The full investigation "is expected to take more than one year to complete," CAD said at the time.
Fotografiet viser en S-76 ta av fra heliporten i Macau. Foto: Macau Times

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