North Sea Helicopter ditching 10th May 2012
The 'only issue'? Are you for real?
The gearbox suffered from a catastrophic failure of a major component (the main shaft). That is slightly more than a 'false alert'.
The gearbox suffered from a catastrophic failure of a major component (the main shaft). That is slightly more than a 'false alert'.
Eurocopter's system worked and the only issue was a false alert
I did read what he said, 212. And it appears that he was just trying to score some anti-Sikorsky points (yet again).
But he is also as poorly informed as that other 'expert', Jim Ferguson. The emlub system might have been working as designed but it wasn't designed to deal with a failure of this type. The major issue here was the failure of the main shaft - when the weld failed, it effectively sheared in two. No amount of glycol was going to stop the lower section thrashing the rest of the gearbox apart.
But he is also as poorly informed as that other 'expert', Jim Ferguson. The emlub system might have been working as designed but it wasn't designed to deal with a failure of this type. The major issue here was the failure of the main shaft - when the weld failed, it effectively sheared in two. No amount of glycol was going to stop the lower section thrashing the rest of the gearbox apart.
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Sadly Jim Ferguson has been the media's gob on a stick of choice for about three decades. Accuracy, knowledge, and being trusted by anyone from the operators have never been any of his virtues.
What he once wrote about me (and said on tv) was so inaccurate as to be laughable.
If he'd like to take me up on this how about the car park of the Spiders web one Friday night. I'll give him the correction that I know so many pilots and the families of pilots he has effectively libelled over the years would dearly like him to have
As for the crew of this one the definition of "Land Immediately" in the FM doesn't brook many arguments. I bet it made a good CRM exercise, well done them.
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What he once wrote about me (and said on tv) was so inaccurate as to be laughable.
If he'd like to take me up on this how about the car park of the Spiders web one Friday night. I'll give him the correction that I know so many pilots and the families of pilots he has effectively libelled over the years would dearly like him to have
As for the crew of this one the definition of "Land Immediately" in the FM doesn't brook many arguments. I bet it made a good CRM exercise, well done them.
SND
Just watched the video of the JF interview.
I have thought it for many years, but that man is truly an idiot.
Well done to the crew.
I have thought it for many years, but that man is truly an idiot.
Well done to the crew.
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The pilots of an offshore helicopter forced to ditch in the North sea have begun court proceedings against the aircraft's manufacturer.
Pilots set to launch legal action after offshore Super Puma ditching | Aberdeen & North | News
Pilots set to launch legal action after offshore Super Puma ditching | Aberdeen & North | News
So what's this legal action all about...Did they ditch safely ?.....Yes, Did the helicopter roll over ?....No,Were they injured ?...probably not...Were they safely rescued?.....Yes...Were they traumatised?..Probably....Are the lawyers going to make loads of money?ABSOLUTELY,
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I checked the link and then checked the Court of Session reports; this case was entered on 21/05/15. Strangely on the same day several cases were filed by individuals against Bond Offshore using the same law firm as the Airbus case! Do I detect a bit of ambulance chasing? 
It's a brave pilot that risks his future employment chances by getting the reputation of being a litigious money chaser. If a pilot has suffered injury, loss of earnings or similar then fair enough but when he/she knows that the a controlled ditching is a predictable event for which he/she is trained for and the ditching was "by the book" without them getting too wet, a court case like this could, in my opinion, be held against them by a potential future employer.
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Do not see much of a case against Bond, however the gross incompetence of Airbus in designing the emergency lube fault switch with the wiring backwards is as they say "priceless."
The Sultan
Do not see much of a case against Bond, however the gross incompetence of Airbus in designing the emergency lube fault switch with the wiring backwards is as they say "priceless."
The Sultan
