Here's 212man's story, plus a cached link (good find btw).
Copter returns to base safely
New Straits Times 9/14
A brand-new Sikorsky S-92 helicopter ferrying 17 people to a gas platform off Bintulu reportedly suffered engine failure and was forced to return to its base in Miri yesterday. The Malaysian Helicopter Bhd (MHB) aircraft was to land at 9.55am on Sarawak Shell Bhd’s B11 platform, 178km off Bintulu.
According to a Shell employee, the aircraft had landed on the F6 platform, 45km away from B11, without any problems. After the pilot aborted the landing, he flew back to Miri at low altitude, "almost touching the surface of the sea".
Another employee said he was told the pilot informed the platform’s radio operator that the aircraft was "heading back to MHB (base) because one of the engines had failed." He said the helicopter passed the B11 helideck at a height of about 10m and then "dived to fly at a low altitude." The helicopter touched down safely 36 minutes later at 10.31am.
In June last year, one of MHB’s Super Puma helicopters with 11 workers on board ditched into the sea about 200m from B11 after one of its engines reportedly failed as it was hovering to land. The pilot managed to steer the helicopter clear of the helipad before ditching. All on board were safe.
The Sikorsky S-92s are replacements for MHB’s ageing Super Puma fleet. MHB could not be contacted for comment.
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