http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7898093.stm

 

Helicopter ditches in North Sea

 

A helicopter, understood to have up to 20 people on board, has ditched on approach to an installation in the North Sea.

 

The Super Puma was believed to have ditched on approach to an installation 120 miles east of Aberdeen. The alarm was raised just before 1900 GMT.

 

Three helicopters - including two in-field aircraft and a Sea King from RAF Lossiemouth - are heading to the scene.

 

A Nimrod from RAF Kinloss has also been scrambled.

 

There is currently no information on those on board the ditched aircraft.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7898093.stm

 

 

Very good result! 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7898472.stm

 

Every four years I have to go on a course to train in escape from Helicopters that have capsized when they have ditched in the water. When I go offshore I am dressed in a survival dry suit with a thermal liner. We have been flying helicopter to offshore platforms since the mid 60's with little improvement in their safety. If it is necessary to send people on course and near drown them and then dress them in survival suits to travel in these machines there is some thing wrong with this mode of transport!Edmund Fitch, Lewes, England

Hats off to the crew, passengers and rescue staff. A helicopter ditches in one of the most unforgiving seas in the world, and everyone comes out either unscathed or walking-wounded.

 

Bravo!  

Every four years I have to go on a course to train in escape from Helicopters that have capsized when they have ditched in the water. When I go offshore I am dressed in a survival dry suit with a thermal liner. We have been flying helicopter to offshore platforms since the mid 60's with little improvement in their safety. If it is necessary to send people on course and near drown them and then dress them in survival suits to travel in these machines there is some thing wrong with this mode of transport!Edmund Fitch, Lewes, England

 

 

What a fucking tool, of course safety has increased.  Three operators in Aberdeen launch up to 40 aircraft every day, flying more than 300 return trips a week.  More people died in car crashes in Aberdeenshire yesterday than have died in helicopter accidents in the north sea in the last 10 years.

 

Get a fucking job you like Edmund, you cock.

Just seen a picture of the guys comming back to beach on the news. Johnny Horne was comming out, ( used to be derrickman on the Galaxy I )  Good job by the pilots ditching safely . Wonder if they will get an award like yon pilot in america ??

Probably not. Americans get awards for farting. It would be nice for the pilots/rescue workers to get some sort of recognition though

The North Sea currency of "a coke and a mars bar" should do it 

 

Aslong as they remember to get somebody else to provide their sample when they're drug tested. 

Robo?

rocognition for doing their job?

 

The North Sea currency of "a coke and a mars bar" should do it 

Mars gads fuck that get em a snickers!

funny ye mention that! A couple of months ago a guy at my work got caught trying to cheat it with the "condom filled with pish in the boxers trick" - he got caught cos the piss wasn't the correct temperature

 

Instant dismissal

 

It's just not worth it! Why do these idiots put so many colleagues' lives at risk?

Probably not. Americans get awards for farting. It would be nice for the pilots/rescue workers to get some sort of recognition though

 

You don't think the pilot who turned that plane away from the Manhattan skyline into a safe landing in the Hudson deserved his award?

 

 

Yes I do. I think his response was perfect too ... "I was just doing my job!"

 

But I do think the yanks are very quick off the mark when it comes to handing out medals and awards for the most insignificant thing, especially when it comes to their soldiers!

The pilot I know has said that a few of the guys have been complaining about subtle differences in the cockpit configurations between the SuperPumas, although who can say at this moment if that played any role which resulted in them having to ditch.

 

As for rewards, I'm sure these guys get all the satisfaction with the rescue of 18 lives. Its a lot of time spent on standby doing absolutely nothing, so more than anything I'm sure they were happy to 'get a bit of action'.

 

Even justifies the huge expenditure for the BP-Jigsaw system in place. Money well spent.

 

Good to hear it was a 'controlled ditching' too, as a general rule people don't survive helicopter crashes. 

Mate's been telling me that 'The Sun' newspaper's report on the incident is a lot of sh*te.  No surprise there then...

Latest is that the machine stayed upright through the night (minus the tail section which presumably came off during the impact), overturned at some point this morning, and has now sunk.  Think the Flight data recorder may be in the tail section, so the prority will be to recover that first. 

 

I'm loving the sky news coverage, the primary school graphics, the speculation, the sketchy details, and the 'experts' are making the whole thing laughable.

Latest is that the machine stayed upright through the night (minus the tail section which presumably came off during the impact), overturned at some point this morning, and has now sunk.  Think the Flight data recorder may be in the tail section, so the prority will be to recover that first. 

 

I'm loving the sky news coverage, the primary school graphics, the speculation, the sketchy details, and the 'experts' are making the whole thing laughable.

 

Ah.

 

I thought the reason they'd had to ditch was due to them flying 18 fully grown men out to a rig in a cartoon cut-out helicopter.

Here is some pics of the Bristows Helicopter that deployed its airbags durring flight off Yarmouth think it was:

Lets you see what it would look like. hope this works 

 

here is the rest

 

 

 

The 'staining' on the seat does have a slight resembalance to Jade Goody.

did someone soil themselves in panic?

aye the picture was called soiled seat but I widna blame the poor guy . think i would hiv shat myself too

aye the picture was called soiled seat but I widna blame the poor guy . think i would hiv shat myself too

 

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These pictures do show what the floats would look like, but the helicopter is completely different.

 

 

And the punter must have been really scared to shit himself through a watertight survival suit.

 

 

Bond helicopters EC 225  Registration G-REDU (RIP in peace)

 

 

 

I'll be shitting myself on Tuesday!

can you come too and hold my hand?