CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241
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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 Turøy, 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.[1][2] All thirteen people on board were killed.[3]
Accident | |
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Date | 29 April 2016 (2016-04-29) |
Summary | Gearbox failure, rotor separation |
Site | Skitholmen, Øygarden, Hordaland, Norway 60°27′8″N 4°55′49″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma |
Operator | CHC Helikopter Service |
ICAO flight No. | HKS241 |
Call sign | HELIBUS 241 |
Registration | LN-OJF |
Flight origin | Flesland Airport, Bergen, Norway |
Stopover | Gullfaks B platform, North Sea |
Destination | Flesland Airport, Bergen, Norway |
Occupants | 13 |
Passengers | 11 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 13 |
Survivors | 0 |
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.