North Sea oil workers leap from helicopter - The Scotsman
Sounds interesting. Perhaps over played by the Scotsman me thinks.
OFFSHORE workers were forced to jump from a hovering helicopter yesterday after the crew encountered problems with the aircraft’s landing gear.
The Bond-operated Super Puma EC225-L is thought to have been heading to an installation off the west of Shetland when the crew noticed a suspected technical issue.
The aircraft was north of Orkney when it looped back over the island and came down to hover at Kirkwall Airport.
A total of 15 offshore workers were then made to jump from the helicopter before it flew back to Aberdeen.
A coastguard spokeswoman said: “There was an issue with the landing gear. They were unable to land. So they had to hover and allow the passengers to jump off at Kirkwall.
“The helo was then routed to Aberdeen Airport.”
Passengers made the dramatic exit from the helicopter, on contract for oil giant BP, at Kirkwall at around 1pm. The flight is believed to have originally been heading for the Foinaven deepwater oil field, 120 miles west of the Shetland Islands.
A police spokeswoman said: “Police Scotland can confirm that emergency services were involved in an incident at Kirkwall airport on the Island of Orkney