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#4254760 - 05/01/16 01:20 PM Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead  
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Two days ago, a Super Puma helicopter crashed on its way back from an oil platform to the airport outside Bergen, on the west coast. 13 people died. A very strange accident, as the entire rotor came off! An eyewitness filmed the rotor coming down after the crash. A chilling sight! Don't know if you can see the video, but here is the link:

http://www.tv2.no/v/1039640/


In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#4254769 - 05/01/16 02:04 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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sigh

#4254796 - 05/01/16 04:23 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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Very sad. RIP to the victims.


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#4254799 - 05/01/16 04:38 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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Wow, what a bizarre failure frown Sorry for everyone aboard that helo.

#4254803 - 05/01/16 04:49 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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That video was surreal, watching the complete rotor blade assembly spinning down on its own.
RIP to all those lost.


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#4254826 - 05/01/16 06:09 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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That is truly a shame.

S !


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#4254854 - 05/01/16 07:42 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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Friend of mine's 'step son' lives in Norway, travels around the world, manages the building of those oil rigs, he's out of work right now, no new rigs being built, price of oil and all.
Lucky for him maybe.

Yeah, really big loss.
A lot of very good people, 'gone'.



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#4254855 - 05/01/16 07:42 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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RIP

I knew a good few North Sea oil workers that flew out to the rigs on the Super Pumas, including my late brother.
My condolences to all the victims and their families.


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#4254862 - 05/01/16 07:52 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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One of the reasons I've never had the urge to fly helicopters.

I like having wings.

#4254878 - 05/01/16 09:38 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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"Jesus nut / pin" failure?


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#4254894 - 05/01/16 10:52 PM Re: Helicopter crash in Norway, 13 dead [Re: semmern]  
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Condolences to the families.

Super Pumas have been having problems with their transmissions and have been grounded in the UK in the past after some crashes.


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.

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