CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241 · Turøy
On April 29, 2016, CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241 (Turøy). 13 people died.
- Date
- April 29, 2016
- Place
- Turøy
- Operator
- CHC Helikopter Service
- Killed
- 13
- Position
- 60.452°N, 4.930°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q23936619
From Wikipedia
On 29 April 2016, a CHC Helikopter Service Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma helicopter, carrying oil workers from the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea, crashed near the island of Turøyna, a Norwegian coastal island 36 kilometres (22 mi) from the city of Bergen. The main rotor assembly detached from the aircraft and the fuselage plummeted to the ground, exploding on impact. All 13 people, 11 Norwegians, one Briton and an Italian, on board were killed.
The subsequent investigation concluded that a gear in the main rotor gearbox had failed due to a fatigue crack that had propagated under-surface, escaping detection. Various safety recommendations were made, including for Airbus Helicopters, the current manufacturer of the type, to consider redesigning the affected gearbox.
Text from Wikipedia, “CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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