Another North Sea Incident - Norwegain sector

[GJM]

Another North Sea helicopter emergency - Offshore247.com (http://www.offshore247.com/news/art.aspx?Id=13409)

A North Sea helicopter travelling from Sola airport near Stavanger out to the Ekofisk accommodation installation in the Norwegian sector had to make an emergency landing on the Tor platform after a technical problem.

Offshore247.com's sister site Offshore.no reported that the helicopter, a Sikorsky S92a aircraft operated by Norske Helikopter – now renamed Bristows Norway AS, was involved in the incident yesterday.

“There was a minor leak in a hydraulic system and the pilot chose to land on the nearest platform,” a Bristows Norway source told Offshore.no. She said technicians had been sent out to the Tor platform and the problem was expected to be resolved last night.

Norske Helikopter was renamed Bristows Norway AS from 1 April, after Bristows increased its stake in Norske Helikopter from 49% to 100%.

[leading edge]

Already reported in another thread.

Join up, read nothing and blindly post something already reported.....good one

[Horror box]

This is getting very silly. Sensible debate about the MGB design is one thing, but reporting every minor leak on the S92 is frankly scare mongering, and of no use or interest whatsoever. The 92 happens to have 3 hyds systems, so a minor leak on 1 is not a great worry, but any crew will make a precautionary landing and speak with maintenance crews in this event. The last thing we all need now is people trying to spread further panic based on crap such as this.

[bleepup]

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[sonas]

Hoi! Lay of the newbie, thought he was doing right posting what he knows about the incident.

[DOUBLE BOGEY]

Try looking at it this way...the decision taken by the Crews of the helicopters in these recent incidents are nothing new.

These incidents are part of normal working NS life and a testetament to the complexity (and often the resilience) of the machines we are flying.

Most of the decisions occur over the sea, and they need to be carefully and logically concluded, relying on the experience and training of the crew.

Let anyone who reads this site be of little doubt that the quality, both in training and experience of offshore helicopter crews and the engineers who maintain them play a significant part in the management and successful outcome of all these seemingly minor incidents.

Right now, we have an aggreesive offshore fiscal policy that is being felt right down to the bottom of the last contracted service.

If the oil Companies need to take something on board it is this...driving down contract prices in the helicopter sector (and many other vital sectors) will lead to a marked deterioration in safety. PERIOD.

DB