H175 “Declares an Emergency” North Sea
H175 “Declares an Emergency” North Sea
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Breaking: Airbus H175 Helicopter Declares an Emergency
Breaking: Airbus H175 Helicopter Declares an Emergency
A CHC Airbus H175 helicopter made an emergency landing in Aberdeen a short time ago after declaring an emergency while returning from offshore. Other aircraft were held in a circling patern over Aberdeen as the chopper came in to land at Dyce airport a little after 8.30pm.
The helicopter is of the same type as those grounded earlier in the week after a crack emerged in the horizontal stabilizer of a H175 operated by Babcock.
Airbus has been critisised after they only advised operators to fly at a slower speed rather than grounding the fleet. Responsible helicopter operators in Aberdeen however chose to ignore the Airbus advice and ground their aircraft while checks were carried out.
More information as we get it.
If you were on the chopper or have any information you can contact our news desk in confidence: [email protected]
The helicopter is of the same type as those grounded earlier in the week after a crack emerged in the horizontal stabilizer of a H175 operated by Babcock.
Airbus has been critisised after they only advised operators to fly at a slower speed rather than grounding the fleet. Responsible helicopter operators in Aberdeen however chose to ignore the Airbus advice and ground their aircraft while checks were carried out.
More information as we get it.
If you were on the chopper or have any information you can contact our news desk in confidence: [email protected]
Last edited by Senior Pilot; 27th Jun 2019 at 05:18. Reason: Add quote: this helps Rotorheads know what you're posting about!
Is this a rerun of what happened on the AS365 which had the VNE reduced from 175 to 150 for a while following the delamination of a horizontal stabiliser a few years ago?
Update
(extract from full article)
CHC issued the below response to Oil and Gas People when quizzed on the reason for the emergency landing. The company would not give any other details.
“Our crew, as they are trained to do, made a precautionary call for a priority landing when an intermittent warning light illuminated during the flight. The aircraft landed safely at Aberdeen and will now be inspected by engineers before returning to service.”
Contact [email protected] in confidence if you have information on this or any other industry related news.
“Our crew, as they are trained to do, made a precautionary call for a priority landing when an intermittent warning light illuminated during the flight. The aircraft landed safely at Aberdeen and will now be inspected by engineers before returning to service.”
Contact [email protected] in confidence if you have information on this or any other industry related news.
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And with some aircraft you can still do that. For instance, with the AW139 you can activate the MGB fuzz burner three times in one flight. If the chip light clears the MGB is considered good. If after the third attempt to clear it the light is still on or the light clears but comes back, then action needs to be taken.
Perhaps the 175 has something similar but the light stayed on after the maximum number of fuzz burner attempts were made???
I mentioned the stabiliser because of this sentence in the link
I clearly didn't appreciate that this wasn't the cause of the 'emergency' doh!
The helicopter is of the same type as those grounded earlier in the week after a crack emerged in the horizontal stabilizer of a H175 operated by Babcock.
Perhaps the 175 has something similar but the light stayed on after the maximum number of fuzz burner attempts were made???
The S92 will try and burn any chip a max of 6 times, if the chip is still present then the caution will illuminate in the cockpit.
Of course there could be lots of minute particles present that may cause many fuzz burn events yet not produce a caution. Highly unusually though.
The system works. There is no fuzz burn on the CT7 engines though.
I'm really surprised there's no MGB fuzz burning on the H175. Can any 175 pilot confirm that's correct?
Of course there could be lots of minute particles present that may cause many fuzz burn events yet not produce a caution. Highly unusually though.
The system works. There is no fuzz burn on the CT7 engines though.
I'm really surprised there's no MGB fuzz burning on the H175. Can any 175 pilot confirm that's correct?
At least Captain declared an emergency.
After a recent S-92 incident where they had to shutdown an engine, ATC had to remind them to declare an emergency ;-)
Maybe it wasn’t classified as an emergency because it wasn’t reported in the local media or Mr Molloy didn’t say it was?
After a recent S-92 incident where they had to shutdown an engine, ATC had to remind them to declare an emergency ;-)
Maybe it wasn’t classified as an emergency because it wasn’t reported in the local media or Mr Molloy didn’t say it was?
Last edited by EESDL; 2nd Jul 2019 at 15:32.
At least Captain declared an emergency.
After a recent S-92 incident where they had to shutdown an engine, ATC had to remind them to declare an emergency ;-)
Maybe it wasn’t classified as an emergency because it wasn’t reported in the local media or Mr Molloy didn’t say it was?
After a recent S-92 incident where they had to shutdown an engine, ATC had to remind them to declare an emergency ;-)
Maybe it wasn’t classified as an emergency because it wasn’t reported in the local media or Mr Molloy didn’t say it was?
There were at least three S92 pan calls in Aberdeen & Sumburgh over the last couple weeks. I might have missed it but I didn't see anything in the local Aberdeen rag (P&J) about those either.
