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Chopper Ditched


zander

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  • 3 months later...

Unsure of figures, but seems the frequency is certainly rising.

 

Very glad i dont work offshore.

 

 

I agree with that sentiment.

 

Hated flying in them. Always tried to pick a seat with a big window and not next to some fat bastard.

 

Fair difference between a crash and a ditch though and it sounds like this has been a controlled ditching which although not ideal is quite a safe thing to do in the grand scheme of things. Rather that than fly on and things get worse.

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AAIB confirms that during the ditching in May, the helicopter's EmLube system was functioning as designed and that, for whatever reason, a false master caution signal indicating the EmLube system had failed activated on the flight deck.

 

In other words, through no fault of their own (acting as they believed the situation warranted) the pilot ditched a fully flyable, functioning aircraft.

 

 

 

No technical details on this latest ditching as-yet.

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