HU Crew plus 9 onboard, aircraft taking off from a FSO... Tragic news
It will be interesting to read both Turbomeca and Sikorsky's reports.
Just had a quick glance at the Thai Met Dept and here's the general situation for today Jul 13th at 4am: The monsoon trough remains across Myanmar, Laos and upper of Vietnam while the rather strong southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand. Scattered to fairly widespread rain is likely over the country. Isolated heavy rain is expected in the Northeast, the East and the South west coast, people in the areas should beware of heavy rain. The wind wave in the Andaman Sea and the eastern part of upper Gulf of Thailand is intensifying. All ship should proceed with caution and small boats in the Andaman Sea should keep ashore during 13-16 July, 2011.