Nye helikopterproblemer i Nordsjøen - Nordsjøen - Børs og Finans - E24
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"No one has come to or from the platform since Monday because the helicopter blocks landing place, the BA.
The Sikorsky helicopter from CHC Helikopter Service has been fixed at Kvitebjørn due to an oil leak in gear box. The error should be rectified, but the tests that should be done, have not been implemented because of the bad weather.
-It is of course reassuring that helicopter the company takes all precautions and make the necessary testing, but it is also regrettable for the crew that has been given an involuntary stay on installation, says Morten Eek in Statoil to the newspaper Friday.
On Tuesday reported the CHC that all Norwegian helicopters of the type Sikorsky S-92 carrying oil workers to the platforms in the North Sea, is set on the ground. The reason is that a helicopter of this type spun around and cut a hole in the deck during a landing on the platform West Franklin on the Scottish continental shelf before new year. Now, all the helicopters inspected before the next flight.
The helicopter that crashed last year at Turøy outside Bergen, also belonged to CHC"