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التاريخ: 24 أغسطس 2013
المكان: جزر شيتلاند شمالي اندبره / اسكتلندا
الطائرة من نوع Super Puma كوغر من طراز AS332 L2
الضحايا: 4 أشخاص


سقطت طائرة هليكوبتر تقل 18 شخصا في البحر في اسكتلندا. وقال خفر السواحل الاسكتلندي انه تم انتشال 15 شخصا من البحر ونقلوا الى المستشفى ولكن ثلاثة مازالوا مفقودين. ووقع الحادث قرب جزر شيتلاند شمالي اندبره، لطائرة هليكوبتر كانت تقل 16 راكبا وطاقما مؤلفا من فردين خلال قيامها برحلات مكوكية من والى منصات للنفط والغاز . واصدرت وزارة النقل بيانا باسم فرع التحقيق في الحوادث الجوية اوضحت فيه انها ارسلت فريقا لمكان الحادث. ومازالت عمليات البحث الجوية والبحرية مستمرة عن الاشخاص الثلاثة المفقودين.

Four killed in oil industry helicopter crash off Scottish coast

Four people were killed when a helicopter carrying oil workers crashed into the sea off Scotland’s Shetland islands, the fourth incident in the area involving different models of the widely used aircraft in just over four years.

The Super Puma L2, made by EADS unit Eurocopter, was carrying 16 passengers and two crew, and was operated by CHC Helicopter for France’s Total, CHC said.

The helicopter lost contact with air traffic control and crashed into the sea as it approached Sumburgh airport, on the coast of Shetland, a cluster of islands more than 100 miles (160 km) off the northeastern tip of mainland Scotland, on Friday.

The mother of one of the survivors told Sky News, “He said it seemed to lose power and there was no time to brace. They just dropped into the sea. He was by a window so he was able to escape that way as it rolled over.”

Scottish police said three bodies had been recovered and work was under way to recover the body of the fourth. Sky News said the fourth body was in the wreckage. All those killed – three men and one woman – were passengers.

All four were contractors and only one Total employee was on board, a Total spokeswoman. The others were from 12 separate contractor firms, she said.

All 14 passengers and two crew died in April 2009 when Super Puma crashed off Peterhead on the east coast of Scotland on its way back from BP’s Millier oil platform.