I hope they find the cause of the accident.
RW
From Australian ABC
Offshore workers delayed returning to WA's Pilbara after helicopters grounded - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Oil and gas workers have been left stranded on a rig off Western Australia's north west coast after a fleet of helicopters was grounded in the wake of last month's Norway crash.
Commercial flights of the EC225LP Super Puma helicopter were suspended worldwide by Airbus after
the accident near the Norwegian city of Bergen killed 13 people on April 29.
Two of the helicopters, also known as the H225, are normally used to transfer workers from the Ocean Monarch drilling rig back to the mainland in the Pilbara.
The company which transports the offshore workers, CHC Helicopters, said it was using smaller aircraft to try to clear the backlog.
However a spokeswoman said the new aircraft could only take between three and five people at a time, resulting in minor delays getting workers home.
The ABC understands some employees have been waiting up to five days for alternative transport.
It is also believed some stranded workers may have been transferred to the mainland by boat - a trip which takes about 13 hours.
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority said it was aware of the matter and was currently making inquiries with the operator of the Ocean Monarch.
The crash off Norway came after two EC225LP Super Puma helicopters ditched in the North Sea off Scotland in 2012, with all passengers and crew rescued.
Both accidents were blamed on gearbox problems.
The helicopters were grounded in the UK before being given the go-ahead to resume flying in August 2013.
Four people died later that month when a different model of Super Puma, the AS332 L2, crashed off Shetland.