Airbus Helicopters is suspending a blanket ban on commercial flights of its H225 Super Puma helicopter, considering the additional information gathered regarding the recent H225 crash in Norway that killed 13 people.
The company recommended soon after the accident a worldwide halt to all commercial H225 passenger flights, but has now stated that operators could resume commercial operations of H225 outside UK and Norway. Authorities in these countries are still imposing ban on commercial operations of the H225, following its crash near the island of Turøy.
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Operated by Canadian firm CHC Helicopter Service, the helicopter was shipping oil workers to the mainland from Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil’s Gullfaks B oil platform in the North Sea when it fell down, reported The Guardian.
After the crash, Norway’s joint rescue coordination centre recovered 11 bodies, but was unable to find those of the two remaining passengers.
Statoil stated that one of the passengers of the crashed flight was an employee, while the other passengers worked for US oilfield services companies Halliburton and Schlumberger, Norwegian firms Aker Solutions and Karsten Moholt, and Danish robotics company Welltec.
The Norwegian civil aviation authority announced that recovery of the crashed helicopter’s flight recorders or black boxes.
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By GlobalDataHowever, the investigating authorities are yet to find the reason behind the crash.
