A petition to ground all Super Puma EC225 helicopters from use in North Sea offshore operations would need European-wide approval, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The move comes after a petition, which has amassed more than 26,00 signatures, was set up with backing from a number of relatives from previous helicopter crashes.
Earlier this month thousands of people backed the call for the helicopter type to be pulled after 13 people were killed while returning from Statoil’s Gullfaks B platform.
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North Sea helicopter crash: CAA claims European watchdog needed to ground Super Puma flights
