Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
The Chinook, a helicopter that has had decades of trustworthy service and is still is was effectively wiped off the North Sea and the international O&G patch because of a fatal accident as a result of a gearbox failure.
They solved the problem by stepping back a little. Perhaps Airbus could step back to modifying the 330/332 gearbox arrangement.
They could engineer the snot out of the gearbox.
What people have problems with is there attitude to safety.
This can never happen again………..oh dear it has………..(Bevel shaft)
This is the only possible cause of the accident……..oh dear apparently it isn’t.
Not confidence building.