Nordsjøhelikopter med motorproblemer

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Nordsjøhelikopter med motorproblemer

Ifølge nrk alltid nyheter, har et "nordsjøhelikopter" motorproblemer.

Et helikopter med 15 personer om bord sendte ut nødmelding til Hovedredningssentralen etter å mistet motorkraft i Nordsjøen, melder TV2.

Helikoptret blir eskortert tilbake til Sola av et redningshelikopter.

– Me eskorterer nå helikopteret tilbake til Stavanger lufthavn Sola med hjelp av eit Sea King redningshelikopter, seier redningsleiar Erik Willassen ved Hovudredningssentralen på Sola.

Ifølge dagbladet har helikoptret bare motorkraft på den ene motoren.

 

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Re: Nordsjøhelikopter med motorproblemer

Og der har det tydeligvis landet, overraskende nok uten den helt store dramatikken. (ironi)

Mannskapet hadde meldt "PAN" og hadde vel god kontroll på sakene..

 

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Re: Nordsjøhelikopter med motorproblemer

Yesterday at 11:09 GMT during cruise flight with S-92 helicopter at 2000 feet in the vicinity of Yme platform the flight crew heard a grinding noise for approximately 2 seconds followed by an over speed and subsequent engine failure of Engine #2. After assessing the situation and securing the engine the crew altered course towards Sola and a PAN call was made. The crew briefed the passengers multiple times during the remainder of the flight and landed after 36 minutes without further incident. 15 persons were onboard the flight enroute to Maerk Reacher at the Valhall field.

The passengers were met by two BP representatives and taken to Quality Airport Hotel for debriefing by Briistow management representatives.

Inspections of the aircraft revealed a broken and disconnected integral coupling between the engine and input gearbox. The integral coupling is designed to break at extreme conditions in order to protect the helicopter. The Sikorsky representative states that other operators have reported two other occurrences of broken couplings due to cracking. The current incident on ONW is then the third occurrence of this failure type. Sikorsky is analyzing the situation and has based on the low probability of failure not issued any continuing airworthiness data for restricting continued operation.

Bristow has implemented a thorough and daily HUMS analysis of this area in order to detect early changes in the shaft and coupling vibrations. Also a close visual inspection of the coupling has been implemented. Having implemented these actions we consider further operations safe.

This matter has the highest priority both with Bristow and Sikorsky with top level technical team and the top management of Sikorsky involved.