John
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7977095.stm
Just spotted that on my igoogle there, don't normally hear about them that often.
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_Allan_
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Good Luck Colin  
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JadeM
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Latest local news reporting 10 dead 
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Jambo
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Allan 
Poop peeps on board
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BluKoo
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I was just away to post this.
Really not good at all.
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mwg
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How many is that now in the past few years? Might be wrong but seems to be happening quite a bit.
Glad I dont need to go by heli to get to work
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Colin
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Thats bloody terrible
BP Miller Field, I dont know anyone on that platform but still shakes you up
Any onshore jobs going 
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
How many is that now in the past few years? Might be wrong but seems to be happening quite a bit.
Glad I dont need to go by heli to get to work
About 3 I can think of, 2 in North Sea within the past few weeks, one a few years previous off Morecombe Bay. It is very rare.
I think all have been Bond Super Puma's, hopefully i'll be riding in a Bristow.
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CorsAsh
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Allan
Poop peeps on board
I'd shit myself too tbh.
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Kano
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
How many is that now in the past few years? Might be wrong but seems to be happening quite a bit.
Glad I dont need to go by heli to get to work
About 3 I can think of, 2 in North Sea within the past few weeks, one a few years previous off Morecombe Bay. It is very rare.
I think all have been Bond Super Puma's, hopefully i'll be riding in a Bristow.
Thats probably due to the % of them used more than anything..
Reports are saying they suspect all 16 dead now.. Not good..
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Colin
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Yeah probably, if you've never been to Dyce airport you'll never appreciate how often these things are coming in & taking off. Theres at least 2 in the sky at any one moment & thats around the clock.
I expect BP will stop using the Bond choppers now, 2 crashes in as many weeks there not going to want a third no matter what the problem. It was calm seas & a very good day, no fog. It must have been mechanical failure!!
[Edited on 01-04-2009 by Colin]
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Paul_J
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it's weird, most air craft seems to be falling out of the sky these days
I blame global warming / religion.
it is strange though... all these helicopters and planes that have crashed recently
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Mertin
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Until 2 months ago you never heard of helicopters ditching
And if im correct, BOND only do BP flights. So if they lose the BP contract their kinda fooked
Thankfully I got home a week ago safe and sound
Just read 8 of the passengers were from my area, Grampian.
[Edited on 02-04-2009 by Mertin]
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Hammer
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Do you feel uneasy at all going on your journey to and from the field now or are you not bothered by it?
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Mertin
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
Do you feel uneasy at all going on your journey to and from the field now or are you not bothered by it?
After the last one I was ok, as it was the first time id heard of a chopper ditching in the north sea, and all were rescued safely. Dont really know how il feel in 2 weeks time when I go back
Worst thing is my family in particular really worrying about it
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JadeM
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Poor guys, on there way home as well
Hope they recover the rest of the bodies soon, how tough must that be for their families waiting on them finding them, knowing their bodies are still at sea somewhere
[Edited on 02-04-2009 by JadeM]
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ShEp
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Released figures today
there has been just under 100 lives lost in helicopter incidents whilst commuting to offshore platforms in the past 30 years
Our of 60 million people flying under 100 have died, so I would say they have a pretty good safety record.
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Hammer
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Just proves what a tragic accident that was then if those poor cunts make up over 16% of all the deaths in 30 years.
Feel for their families tbh
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
it's weird, most air craft seems to be falling out of the sky these days
I blame global warming / religion.
[Edited on 02-04-2009 by JayM]
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Kano
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quote:
Originally posted by Mertin
quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
Do you feel uneasy at all going on your journey to and from the field now or are you not bothered by it?
After the last one I was ok, as it was the first time id heard of a chopper ditching in the north sea, and all were rescued safely. Dont really know how il feel in 2 weeks time when I go back
Worst thing is my family in particular really worrying about it
Something must have gone seriously wrong for nobody to get out alive, the weather was supposed to be spot on etc so if there is a good time to ditch that would be it...
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Ellis
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Gives me the creeps this shit 
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Ojc
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Recession is to blame.
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Kano
Something must have gone seriously wrong for nobody to get out alive, the weather was supposed to be spot on etc so if there is a good time to ditch that would be it...
It wasnt a controlled ditch though like last time. Reports are it came down hard.
All the weight is up top in a helicopter, id imagine hitting the sea from 2,000ft would be similar to dropping a breeze block onto a shoe box.
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Recession is to blame.
Id suspect a broken gearbox is more likely to be to blame.
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Ellis
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Recession is to blame.
Id suspect a broken gearbox is more likely to be to blame.
I suspect something similar, box was to blame for the Chinook disaster IIRC
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