Nye nødlandinger - Hvorfor bare på engelsk side?

Noen av oss husker introduksjonen av Super Puma serien helikoptre i Nordsjøtrafikk tidlig på 80-tallet. Særlig store var problemene på engelsk side som byttet MGB`er (Main Gar Box) fort vekk. I Norge reduserte vi powersetting under cruise i forhold til engelskmennene. Det her vi gjort i alle år med alle typer helikoptre. Dette bare som et innspill i debatten om hva forskjellene på norsk og engelsk side kan skyldes.

Den 12. var det igjen to nødlandinger, denne gang i Aberdeen.

Bond and CHC Super Puma helicopters forced to return to shore

 

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By Gary Cruden 13 December 2012 12:50 GMT

Two North Sea offshore helicopters have been involved in separate incidents which forced them to return to Aberdeen on Wednesday.
A Super Puma helicopter was escorted back to shore after an oil pressure warning light illuminated mid-flight. The Bond-owned aircraft had been returning from the Borgholm Dolphin at around 9.30am on Wednesday when the incident occurred.
At the time, 16 passengers and two crew were on board the Eurocopter manufactured craft.
After the warning light activated the aircraft’s pilot dropped 1000ft as a precaution and was escorted back to Aberdeen by a CHC owned helicopter to be met by emergency ground crew.
A spokesman for Bond said: “Bond Offshore Helicopters can confirm that one of its AS332L2 aircraft, registration G-REDK, landed safely at Aberdeen earlier yesterday with all passengers and crew disembarking normally.
“In line with standard procedure, emergency services were in attendance at Aberdeen airport as a precautionary measure, following notification that the crew had observed a standby pump warning light whilst en route. Engineers will examine the aircraft fully before it returns to service.”
The second incident involved a CHC Scotia helicopter, which was ferrying 15 people, with two crew, to the Elgin field, before the journey was aborted.
A spokesman for CHC helicopter said: "An AS332L2 flight made a non-emergency return to base after an indicator light came on in the cockpit.
"The aircraft landed safely at Aberdeen Airport just after 3pm and will be inspected by CHC engineers. There were 17 people on board."
RMT offshore organiser Jake Molloy said he was unhappy with the lack of transparency within the offshore helicopter industry.
He said: “I'm putting this to the Helicopter Safety Steering Group. What this highlights is that the communication process is not working. We should not be hearing this second-hand from concerned parties.
“I have heard that another two helicopters have developed technical problems today. Two flights are delayed.
“I am unhappy with people boarding these things without knowing what is going on. Our members are just being told that they have 'gone tech'. There should be openness and transparency.”
In October a problem in an aircraft's gearbox caused a CHC-owned helicopter to ditch while carrying an oil crew from Aberdeen to a rig 86 miles north-west of Shetland. The 17 passengers and two crew were rescued and escaped injury.
A report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) found that a problem with the main gearbox lubrication system caused the pilots to take action. The ditching was the fourth serious helicopter incident in three years.
In May, all 14 passengers and crew members on a Super Puma helicopter were rescued after it ditched about 30 miles (48km) off the coast of Aberdeen. It was on a scheduled flight from Aberdeen Airport to a platform in the North Sea.
On April 1, 2009, 16 people died when a Super Puma plunged into the sea off the Aberdeenshire coast. The gearbox of the Bond-operated helicopter failed while returning from the BP Miller platform.
The tragedy happened about six weeks after another Bond Super Puma with 18 people on board ditched in the North Sea as it approached a production platform owned by BP. Everyone survived the incident.