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Super Puma crash: UK team to help inquiry in Norway Super Puma crash: UK team to help inquiry in Norway
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UK air accident investigators will travel to Norway later to assist with an inquiry into a helicopter crash, thought to have killed 13. UK air accident investigators are heading to Norway to help with an inquiry into a helicopter crash, thought to have killed 13.
A team from the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch is heading to the city of Bergen, near the crash site.A team from the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch is heading to the city of Bergen, near the crash site.
Eleven people, including one Briton, died and two more are presumed dead after the Airbus EC225LP helicopter - or Super Puma - crashed on Friday.
Commercial Super Puma flights in the UK have been grounded following the crash.
The Briton is understood to be from Scotland.
The helicopter was flying from the Gullfaks oil field to Bergen, a centre for the North Sea oil and gas industry, when it crashed near the small island of Turoey.
A major rescue operation was launched but ended within hours of the crash. No survivors were found.
Eleven Norwegians and an Italian were also on the flight, which crashed close to the country's west coast as it transported workers from a North Sea offshore oil field.
The UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch said it was deploying a "small team" to assist Norwegian officials in their investigation.
It has investigated a number of crashes involving helicopters operating to and from offshore oil and gas fields in recent years.It has investigated a number of crashes involving helicopters operating to and from offshore oil and gas fields in recent years.
One of the victims is understood to be from Scotland.
Eleven people are known to have died and two more are presumed dead after the Airbus EC225LP helicopter - or Super Puma - crashed on Friday.
Commercial Super Puma flights in the UK have been grounded by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) following the crash.
The helicopter was flying from the Gullfaks oil field to Bergen, a centre for the North Sea oil and gas industry, when it crashed near the small island of Turoey.
A major rescue operation was launched but ended within hours of the crash. In addition to the Briton, 11 Norwegians and an Italian were on the flight.
In 2012, EC225 Super Puma helicopters crashed in two incidents in Scotland - one off Aberdeen and another off Shetland - that were both blamed on gearbox problems.In 2012, EC225 Super Puma helicopters crashed in two incidents in Scotland - one off Aberdeen and another off Shetland - that were both blamed on gearbox problems.
In both cases, all passengers and crew were rescued. EC225s in the UK were grounded following the crashes but given the go-ahead to resume flying in 2013. In both cases, all passengers and crew were rescued. EC225s in the UK were grounded following the crashes but given the go-ahead to resume flying in August 2013.
Flight restrictions However that model was again grounded, along with several others, later that same month after a Super Puma (AS332 L2) crashed off Shetland, killing four people.
On Friday, the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced a restriction on all EC225 commercial passenger flights. On Friday, the CAA announced a restriction on all EC225 commercial passenger flights, mirroring action taken by its Norwegian counterpart.
The restriction does not apply to search and rescue flights, it said.The restriction does not apply to search and rescue flights, it said.
BP and Statoil have also suspended the use of the aircraft model, so it is unable to carry oil and gas workers.BP and Statoil have also suspended the use of the aircraft model, so it is unable to carry oil and gas workers.
"Following the accident, the UK CAA has issued an instruction to stop any commercial passenger flights by UK operators flying the Airbus EC225LP helicopter," a CAA statement said.
"This mirrors action taken by the Norwegian CAA."
Super Pumas are responsible for many of the 140,000 helicopter passenger flights in the UK each year.Super Pumas are responsible for many of the 140,000 helicopter passenger flights in the UK each year.
Tommy Campbell, regional industrial officer at the Unite union, said the incident raised questions about the safety of oilrig workers.
He told the BBC: "We need to wait and see what the accident investigation branch uncover but by these early reports, it appears that it is some sort of mechanical fault - and if that turns out to be the case, then I think the workforce's confidence in the helicopter, travel will again hit an all-time low."
Airbus (formerly Eurocopter) EC225 Super Puma
Source: Airbus Helicopters