Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

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Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

Post by brn7y » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:15 pm

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Re: Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

Post by TimDogg » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:55 pm

I got a buddy flying them, ex-RN. Never trusted helicopters, damn.
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Re: Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

Post by C17LJR » Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:06 pm

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Re: Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

Post by Tile Diver » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:06 pm

Yep, bad news for sure, glad I'm getting there by boat these days!!
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Re: Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

Post by guy » Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:11 pm

Very sad news indeed! Thoughts go out to the families! Was supposed to be going to work today to fly the L2 puma! All grounded.
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Re: Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

Post by The_Coat » Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:06 pm

Just seen on the news 4 dead.

Very sad news :(
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Re: Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

Post by sonny » Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:42 pm

Damm hope none of our members are on there, few of them are off shore workers.

.."swinging the lantern time"...I was nearly in a Helicopter crash once, In a old 50s Wessex flying from Scotland to NI at night, the rear hydrolic failed and the thing was fish tailing...luckily we was near our destination and had to make a crash landing in a foot ball field of all places.
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Re: Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

Post by lma07 » Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:03 pm

Extremely sad times. Coming back from one of our rigs. If it had crashed on land there may have been even more fatalities.
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Re: Helicopter ditched West of Shetland

Post by RS04YOB » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:48 am

lma07 wrote:Extremely sad times. Coming back from one of our rigs. If it had crashed on land there may have been even more fatalities.

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