Helicopter crash in the north sea

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18-02-2009, 08:36 PM

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Helicopter crash in the north sea

fills me full of confidence i just got back onshore yesterday and im away friday again!!
just glad they are all fine i would of shat myself

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18-02-2009, 08:48 PM

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well thats why you do your tank training and wear full survival gear.

It crashed and everyone got out. No reason to be worried. still safer than driving.

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18-02-2009, 08:53 PM

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been confirmed all are rescued but no news of injuries yet.

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18-02-2009, 08:59 PM

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The reports that we have are that they are traumatised and they are cold, but they are walking wounded – in other words there are no major injuries reported among any of the 18

all fine then!! look on the bright side, your trained for that type of disaster.

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18-02-2009, 09:00 PM

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18-02-2009, 09:04 PM

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News at Ten now

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18-02-2009, 09:08 PM

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It was a near a BP platform but haven't said which one my m8 (jim s )on here is on britannia at the moment

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18-02-2009, 09:25 PM

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they came down near to the marnock platform and all were in 2 liferafts the chopper was also still floating..

looks like a very good controlled ditching..

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18-02-2009, 09:44 PM

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training or not thats a situation i hope to never be in

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18-02-2009, 09:55 PM

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Sounds like it was heading to Etap i was up there last year around this time and wouldnt like to be in the water thats for sure. Its crazy the amount of times the choppers are late due to technical problems.

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18-02-2009, 09:59 PM

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training or not thats a situation i hope to never be in

true words mate

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18-02-2009, 11:35 PM

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Not another Bristow chopper was it? Similar thing (crashing) happened a few years ago when the tail rotor was hit by lightening and due to the carbon fibre composite, it caused severe burning and fatigue and ultimately total failure of the tail rotor (it was left hanging on by the hydraulic pipes

). The pilot managed to put it down in the sea without it sinking and everyone was deployed onto a liferaft and survived with nothing more than shock and a touch of hypothermia

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19-02-2009, 06:28 AM

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Great news glad the boys are ok, i'm sitting waiting on my chopper right now, i'm in angola though so i dont have the decent fkn pilots anymore!!

The pilots in the north sea are the best in the world, the ones in nigeria wouldnt fly in the rain! or the dark!! No joke.....Over here they really dont have a fkn clue...

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19-02-2009, 08:50 AM

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Not another Bristow chopper was it?

No, Bond Helicopter.

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19-02-2009, 09:15 AM

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No, Bond Helicopter.

Are you working today Chop?

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19-02-2009, 09:17 AM

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19-02-2009, 01:47 PM

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13 of the crew arrived in aberdeen at 6 this morning.and the other 3 that got air lifted have been let out off hospital.im thinkin about goin off shore, this kind off stuff doesnt put me off.its never put my old man off either hes been off shore for 25 year or so.