which is composed of representatives from oil and gas firms, contractors, helicopter operators, offshore unions, the Health and Safety Executive and the Civil Aviation Authority, urged that precautionary measures be taken until there is "sufficient factual information" to resume Super Puma flights.
The group met on Sunday and recommended the temporary suspension of all Super Puma commercial passenger flights to and from the UK's oil and gas installations. That includes the AS332 L, L1, L2 and EC225 models. There are significant technical differences between these variants; however, until more is understood on cause of the accident, this cautious approach is appropriate.
HSSG will closely monitor the situation and will only recommend resumption of flights by one or more of the Super Puma variants when it considers that sufficient factual information is available to support the decision.
Air crash investigators are trying to locate the black box recorder of the Super Puma helicopter which
crashed off Shetland, in the hopes of establishing the cause of the accident.
While their preliminary findings will be released in the next few days, the
final report "may take much longer - could be a year or more", says Chief
Inspector Keith Conrady says the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
The crash on Friday night claimed the lives of four passengers onboard the
aircraft, which was operated by CHC Helicopter. The company has suspended
operations of Super Pumas until more information becomes available.
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