The biggest danger would be if the facts remain on the seabed, because then the decisions will become irrational. Thus, the bandwidth would be that an insinuated 2nd case ‘G – REDL’ the SUPER PUMA will not survive and to wait for a 3rd case is absolutely prohibited!Inevitably the success story of Super Puma was canceled by the offshore crash series within the last years to a discontinued model and the resulting lean spell is for the account and risk of Airbus Helicopters.
In 1974, Aérospatiale commenced the development of the new medium transport helicopter SUPER PUMA AS332 based on its SA 330 Puma going back to 1965 and the project was publicly announced at the 1975 Paris Air Show.
40 years later at the 2015 Paris Airshow, Airbus announced the launch of a development program to build the X6 helicopter that would replace the Super Puma in 2022 - 2023 and will have a military variant delivered in 2030. Compared to AgustaWestland and Sikorsky, Airbus has slept through a whole generation of helicopters, which already flies in civil and military markets.