This was not a crash, every time an aircraft lands "out of sequence" it has to be a crash. Why?
This was a controlled ditching following engine "problems" followed by flight control "problems". The helicopter is on the beach (yes beach) so no doubt these problems will, we hope will be found and sorted so all the other L2 drivers can sleep well at night again.
As well as being the SAR helicopter it also does the night standby cover for the oil patch. Which was the reason for last night's flight.
As reported previously, all are well.