Super Puma down central North Sea Feb 2009

[teeteringhead]

Hey ShyTorque .... you don't moonlight for the Daily mail do you??

[rondun]

As I write an expert on SKY is demonstrating what probably happened with a Lego chopper.

Ah, but it's not just any Lego helicopter.

It's one made by his son Jack and is "almost identical to a Super Puma."

It has the same "red things" to take the ice away and a modified door so it's easier to get in and out.

[Firefly01]

Congrats to all involved in the safe rescue of a potentially disasterous event.

[ShyTorque]

Hey ShyTorque .... you don't moonlight for the Daily mail do you??

I'm open to all offers..

I've even got two Airfix models - I could hang them up in the background while I'm being interviewed on TV. Mind you, one's of the Scharnhorst and the other is a Wellington bomber...

[heli-cal]

Perhaps the Lego tailboom detached, hence SKY's graphic reconstruction.

When Sky conduct accident investigation's with Lego helicopters, laugh, when the AAIB do it, worry!

[offshore_taxidriver]

The dive support vessel CSO Wellservicer is currently standing by to possibly salvage the "ditched" aircraft

The Wellservicer is indeed being used to salvage the aircraft, as it was carrying out work for BP in the area. Apparently the gear is down and there were plans to lift the aircraft onto deck by putting slings and shackles around the gear. I think that plan may have changed and it is preferable for the helicopter to sink in order for divers to properly secure the aircraft with slings in order to prevent further damage when lifting.

[R44-pilot]

STATE OF THE ART RECONSTRUCTION!

Super Puma Reconstruction.

P.s watch it all the way through.....

[K48]

Isn't the salvage process to lift by crane onto deck by rotor head if still upright..??

I hear the tail is missing... Any real info from a Bondite?

Guys, the media is the way it is. It's always crap but is there any need to get so emotional about it....? You have to ask what if one of us had been called up? All the media want is someone to talk to.... chill.. ... zzz:

[jamier]

Hi all

Just to say great job by the crew and glad everyone got off safely my dad is offshore in the irish sea/morecambe bay area so each time i hear about something like this happening it hits a little closer to home.

Question ive got is what is JIGSAW?

Thanks

Jamie

[offshore_taxidriver]

Isn't the salvage process to lift by crane onto deck by rotor head if still upright..??

Well seawater adds a fair bit of weight to the lift so I am not sure if the rotor head could cope with the stress. If anyone has seen the video of G-TIGK being salvaged.... it wasn't very dignified!

[HeliComparator]

Flight Man Supplement 14 (Flotation gear) says " Emergency ditching is authorised with the landing gear extended or retracted"

Apparently it was floating upside down for a while (minus tailboom) whilst they spent 5 hours carrying out a risk assessment on recovery (you can't be too careful you know), now its sunk.

HC

ps - now know it didn't sink yet!

[diginagain]

Jamier, some background info on JIGSAW is at Bond Offshore | Corporate Case Study | Energy Digital

[T4 Risen]

I know BALPA are looking for volunteers to become a media contact that they can call on in just these events...would make alot more sense to have somebody currently flying either type or environment to comment instead of getting the "experts" involved......

Any info on possible cause at all??

T4

[ElcRico]

Does anyone have a link to an official government website where I can view a report on this event. I haven't had much luck finding anything.

Thanks in advance

[darrenphughes]

Preliminary probably isn't published yet. It's only been 1 day since the event.

[ElcRico]

Thanks darrenphughes,

Do you know where it would be posted when a report is ready?

[ElcRico]

Thanks helimutt

[TRC]

ElcRico

Eventually, the AAIB will issue an accident bulletin.

They might issue an interim if there is something important to report before then.

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[Camper Van Basten]

The BBC have kindly let this expert give his views...

BBC NEWS | Scotland | North East/N Isles | 'Nobody likes helicopter flights'

"I've been in several choppers that have been flying along normally and then you hear a sudden noise and everybody looks round wondering 'what was that?'. The next minute the chopper drops a couple of hundred feet.

[coalface]

Local paper reporting passengers as saying;

"We thought it was just a hard landing until the water started pouring in"

Sounds as though there was no warning given to the passengers.

Is there any information yet as to whether this was a controlled ditching or an unintentional descent into the water?