I see the Aberdeen Press and Journal is full of EC225 doom-mongering this morning. Amongst other bits of foolishness it links the AS332L2 Sumburgh crash into the anti-225 pot. In its ignorance it fails to understand that the type of event that caused the accident could equally apply to the S92 and in fact we know of several very near misses on the S92 that very nearly did. However that type of accident could not happen on the EC225. But of course it is not newsworthy to report anything good about the 225 at the moment!
We don't yet know what caused this latest catastrophe. Only when we do will it be time to decide whether the EC225 should be kept in service. Any ranting and hysteria in the mean time is just a reflection of the travelling public's foolishness and ignorance. And probably a general dislike of going to work by helicopter because they don't like being squished up.