All North Sea helicopter flights grounded over safety fears
ByLee McCann and Niamh Burns
All North Sea helicopter flights have been grounded today over safety fears.
Sikorsky S92 helicopters have returned to base following a probe into a recent incident on a North Sea platform.
It’s understood the request to ground the S-92s was at the request of Sikorsky.
The decision to ground S-92s comes after Super Pumas were banned in the wake of a North Sea helicopter crash off the coast of Norway which killed 13 people on April 29th last year.
A spokesman for CHC said the move was in response to an Alert Service Bulletin (ASB) and that all aircraft would now be subject to the ASB maintenance instruction and would be returned to service upon completion.
He was unable to give an indication as the timescale involved.
