(Dagbladet): Director of the aviation department of the AIBN, Kåre Halvorsen told Dagbladet that the two black boxes, which is actually a combined entity, is observed by divers on the seabed at the crash site outside Turøy.
The black boxes will be picked up as soon as possible, and then promptly sent to AIBN in England, says Halvorsen.
Eleven people have been found dead after the accident, and search is still ongoing after the two last one was on board. Statoil says that they are working in different companies, but everyone was at work for Statoil.
Police told Dagbladet that all aboard presumed dead. Approximately at 17 notified JRCC on Twitter that the operation has been completed but that the search for the estimated casualties continues under the auspices of the police.
Divers observed boxes
Halvorsen can not at this time comment on what condition the boxes are in or what they look like.
– We do not know about the data that is on them complete until we have read them in a laboratory under controlled conditions so we do not destroy information in the process, says Halvorsen.
the AIBN has three people at the accident site, and two new ones are on the way.
– We are about to acquire an overview of the accident site, and in collaboration with other agencies take up what is in the sea. The material will be cleaned in a proper manner and transported on to a collection point, says Halvorsen.
It is uncertain how long it will take before eventually getting treated the data located on the black boxes, which actually is orange in color.
– How long the work will take depends entirely on the condition of the tachograph and sound recorder, says Halvorsen.
– Hoping that the data is complete
Halvorsen says that the data located on the black boxes will be very important for the further investigation of the accident.
helicopter type which today crashed, EC255 has previously received no-fly because of a fault in the gearbox, writes VG. CAA also confirms to Dagbladet that accident helicopter twice has been deferred service on two occasions in 2015. Earlier today introduced CAA-fly for the relevant type of helicopter.
The tachograph and the cockpit voice recorder shall be observed. The tachograph records a number of technical parameters, such as heading, altitude, speed and speed of the rotor. The cockpit voice recorder, or sound recorder records sound in the cockpit, sound between cockpit and audio between cockpit and cabin.
– the cockpit voice recorder of this type is mandatory in aircraft of a certain class because accident investigation boards will have a tool to understand what as has happened in the aftermath of an accident or incident. It is very important for us to get reading and data, and we hope that the data is complete and usable, says Halvorsen.
– Do not speculate
– We’re not going to speculate, communicate or confirm what has happened, but have sent two people from the Sun to the scene, he says to Dagbladet.
He said, moreover, that it comes representatives from producers behind Airbus helicopter from France’s errand to assist in the work.
Ongoing assessment
Legal senior advisor Hege Aalstad by CAA told Dagbladet that they can not go out with information on how and why the helicopter overthrown.
This will be investigated, and the audit can not go out with how they are now going to work on.
– We take ongoing assessments, says Aalstad.
Major accidents
Former major accidents (ie with five or more fatalities) in offshore helicopter, according to the CAA:
• 1977 LN-OSZ, Sikrosky S-61N, helicopter Service, the North Sea. Here killed 12 people.
• 1978 LN-OQS, Sikrosky S-61N, Helicopter Service, the North Sea. Here killed 18 people.
• 1990 LN OML, Bell 214, Helicopter Service, Askvoll. Here, five people died.
• 1997 LN-OPG, Eurocopter AS332, Helikopter Service, North Sea (Norne). Here killed 12 people.
The accident today is the first in Norway with the new version of the Super Puma (EC 225). Norne accident happened with the old Super Puma (AS 332), writes Aalstad in email
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