Without knowing the seriousness of the trauma per survivor , ICU care required etc, length of recovery time etc etc, could be a long wait before they are able to describe the moments before the aircraft went into the sea. Valuable piece of first hand evidence, IMHO.
The FAkebpok site Destroying the Super Pumas, , the name in itself is ummmmm well judge for yourselves. iMHO, not sure it is appropriate. The accident has cast a dark cloud and like everything and the last thing is more negativity? Am sure like everything else, it was probably started with genuine intentions and people that work in the oil industry and care but best intentions do not always work. Maybe it would be better if the site was dedicated to the memory of those who perished and a speedy recovery for those that did survive and support for the families?
Admittedly did have a quick gander and its predominantly the pax and their relatives who are commenting. Though there was a bit about how better the S92 is, and some1 responded to by listing the date of incidents involving S92 including the Cougar fatality. There was also a guy whom everyone on the site has shunned and slagged off, let's say his name begins with D. D said
" Maybe they should put you all in rowboats because motorboats can travel to fast and turn over.Dont make a joke of the statitics,get another job where you dont have to fly to your workplace but get there on foot because you should now start a petition to destroy trains, busses and anything that moves because it could cause a accident. Are you being forced to do the job you are doing or do you do it of your own free will ?LETS JUST START A PETITION TO DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT MOVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Utter and complete IDIOTS. SPEND YOUR LITTLE BRAINPOWER ON SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE !!!!"
Like some1 rightly said on here, one of the passenger gripes was about the delay of a flight because of a tech problem, so they decided to ground it, which showed the integrity of the operator to lose out and take the time in preventing an incident to fix. In the aforementioned Fakebook page a lot of the comments is from the pax observing the technical faults which cause the a/c to be grounded or returned back to base / helipad toute de suite. Nothing that remotely says "oh thankfully they did that" ?
Am sure there is the odd comment which has an ounce of substance to it, then possibly could be taken into the after actions
There is also a laughable from one person, that says
" Also ask why the army banned using super pumas a few years ago
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And the author of the above has an English name and writes in English so therefore when did the JHC operate the AS332 / 532 at any point!!
I've done Human Factor courses in aircraft maintenance and done the Robinson Helicopter Safety Course and am sure somewhere down the line, Human Factors will be part /play an appropriate and sizeable chunk of the investigation and the actions to follow the outcome?
All the best and speedy recovery to the survivors and thoughts with the families of those who perished.
Last edited by chopper2004; 27th Aug 2013 at 14:24.