A Monday morning helicopter flight from the oil rig Henry Goodrich was scrapped, after heavy vibrations were felt shortly after takeoff, the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has noted.
The helicopter is reported to be a Sikorsky S-92 and flew up 150 metres before turning back to land.
There were 18 onboard the flight. No injuries were reported.
As part of new reporting system, the C-NLOPB posted notice of the incident on its website. The notice is available at
C-NLOPB || Welcome to cnlopb.nl.ca, under "media centre," "incident reports."
More information will be available in Tuesday's edition of The Telegram.