QM2 to flying stations
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QM2 to flying stations
Am on QM2 in the North Sea, there's a Lynx flying a sick crew member off right now (12:15 Zulu). Where's it from?
Update: Its at the limit of its range and has just gone off to a oil rig to refuel, before coming back to pick up the patient.
Update: Its at the limit of its range and has just gone off to a oil rig to refuel, before coming back to pick up the patient.
From the colour, it sounds like a Dutch aircraft. I had one doing something similar when working on a rig out that way. It's a long way from the polders, but there are plenty of manned installations for fuel stops, and den Helder is probably closer than the Danish coast.
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Apparently the chap didn't make it. The crew member concerned was turned over the police here in Bergen this morning.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4768493.stm
Well done to Dutch AF it was an impressive bit of flying.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4768493.stm
Well done to Dutch AF it was an impressive bit of flying.
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Amend 1 to the BBC report:
"The 1,132ft vessel - which cost an estimated £422m to build - can carry up to 2,620 passengers who are looked after by a crew of 1,253."
Should now read "crew of 1,251"
"The 1,132ft vessel - which cost an estimated £422m to build - can carry up to 2,620 passengers who are looked after by a crew of 1,253."
Should now read "crew of 1,251"
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How sad
Life time cruise on the QM2 and slogging away at Prune.
Prune never even crossed my mind as we cruised the Caribbean.
Prune never even crossed my mind as we cruised the Caribbean.