Global InformationCHC Helikopter Service Flight 241 information
 A Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma similar to the one that crashed | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 29 April 2016 |
| Summary | Gearbox failure, rotor separation |
| Site | Skitholmen, Øygarden, Hordaland, Norway 60°27′8″N 4°55′49″E / 60.45222°N 4.93028°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma |
| Operator | CHC Helikopter Service |
| ICAO flight No. | HKS241 |
| Call sign | HELIBUS 241 |
| Registration | LN-OJF |
| Flight origin | Flesland Airport, Bergen, Norway |
| Stopover | Gullfaks B platform, North Sea |
| Destination | Flesland Airport, Bergen, Norway |
| Occupants | 13 |
| Passengers | 11 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 13 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 29 April 2016, a CHC Helikopter Service Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma helicopter, carrying oil workers from the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea, crashed near Turøy, a Norwegian coastal island 36 kilometres (22 mi) from the city of Bergen. The main rotor assembly detached from the aircraft and the fuselage plummeted to the ground, exploding on impact.[1][2] All thirteen people on board were killed.[3]
The subsequent investigation concluded that a gear in the main rotor gearbox had failed due to a fatigue crack that had propagated under-surface, escaping detection. Various safety recommendations were made, including for Airbus Helicopters, the current manufacturer of the type, to consider redesigning the affected gearbox.
- ^ "Helikopterstyrt i Hordaland – 13 bekreftet omkommet" [Helicopter crash in Hordaland – 13 confirmed dead]. Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ Lura, Christian; Bolstad, Jon; Njåstad, Marthe; Nave, Ingvild (29 April 2016). "Politiet: Alle 13 er trolig omkommet" [Police: All 13 are probably dead] (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ Pryser Libell, Henrik; Karasz, Palko (29 April 2016). "Helicopter Crashes Off Norway, Leaving No Signs of Survivors". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2016.