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Old 6th Mar 2017, 03:06
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TylerMonkey
 
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I have not flown yet on the S-92 , but I have flown to oil rigs on the Puma series a few times. Some comments here equate one fatal accident each on the 92 and the 225 as being a reason not to fear one machine over the other. As SLF I would not take any comfort in those statistics if I had a choice of which machine to board. One 92 broke 2 filter studs and still presumably had time to ditch in control ( hindsight is always 20/20 unfortunately) , but the 225 ( and G-REDL before it ) both suffered instant and unrecoverable failures that will remain etched in the public's memory. I would never belittle a worker or crew who refuses to fly the Puma series just because someone feels they don't really understand the flight hours and statistics vrs other types.
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