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Eurocopter Super Puma Helicopter crashes off Coast of Scotland


Posted on Mar 11, 2009

Aberdeen, Scotland - A Eurocopter Super Puma helicopter crashed about 120 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland.  All eighteen people aboard were recovered by the Royal Air Force, alive and with no serious injuries.  The eighteen consisted of sixteen passengers and two crew members.

It was reported that the copter was approaching or attempting to land on an offshore oil drilling platform.  There was some fog in the area but it is not known at this time if it was a contributing factor to the crash. 

Five emergency rescue helicopters were dispatched towards the emergency beacons being transmitted from the lifejackets of the eighteen people.

The Super Puma is regularly used in the oil and gas drilling industry to transport personnel to and from offshore platforms.  It is thought that the Super Puma has a good safety record. 

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Eurocopter have formed the EUROTAI Consortium. Under this venture agreement TAI will manufacture the Eurocopter Super Puma and Cougar in Turkey

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