Friday night was still two of the 13 on board missing. Police reported that the two missing were presumed dead.
It was just after 12 o’clock Friday morning that the helicopter crashed into the sea just a few meters from shore in Mountain outside Bergen. The helicopter was on its way from the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea which is run by the group.
The so-called black boxes from helicopter one which crashed at Turøy is found, informs The Accident.
AIBN states on its website that both the so-called Flight Data Recorder and the cockpit voice recorder from the cockpit is located.
– AIBN would bring recorders to England for reading as soon as possible, inform the Commission.
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Explosion
According to TV2 should Witnesses have observed that the rotor blade of the helicopter came loose while it was still in the air. Then crashed helicopter in a rock faces, before it ended up in the water. Witnesses also report a huge explosion when the helicopter hit the ground. The last 10 seconds before the helicopter hit the ground it should have fallen over 640 meters, according to NTB.
wreckage is found both on land and in water. Parts of the fuselage is observed in 5 to 7 meters, about 20 meters from shore. Portions of helicopter a was raised by a crane vessel Friday night. Preparations to raise helicopter hull went on for several hours and around the clock 20 began work. According to VG was the tail of the totalvrakede helicopter one who was raised from 6-7 meters depth.
The 13 onboard, 11 Norwegians, one Briton and an Italian, was employed by seven different companies.
All the eleven workers who flew a completely routine repatriation from Gullfaks B platform on the way to the mainland and Flesland, worked for Statoil, but only one of them was employed by the Norwegian oil giant. The illuminated Statoil Friday night, writes NTB. The other was an employee of Halliburton, Aker Solutions, Schlumberger, WellTec and Karsten Moholt.
The two pilots were both employed by CHC Helicopter Service.
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The worst since 1978
We must go back to 1978 to find a similar serious helicopter crash in Norway. And they threw a S-61N from Helikopter Service en route from Flesland to Statfjord A with 18 people on board. All perished. 13 were Norwegians.
In 1997, crashed a Super Puma from Helikopter Service with 12 men on board en route from Bronnoysund to Norne. All were later found dead.
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More accidents
The helicopter crashed Friday Airbus Helicopters H225 Super Puma, a helicopter type was known as Eurocopter EC225 until last year when the helicopter manufacturer changed its name. Helicopter type was introduced in 2004 and has been involved in several accidents, type NTB.
In the period 2009-2013 was the involved in five accidents in the British sector. The most serious occurred in 2009 when all 16 aboard were killed in a helicopter crash off Peterhead in Scotland. In 2012, all 10 helicopters of this type in Norway grounded because the helicopters had been involved in two emergency landings with short time intervals, type NTB.
Shortly after the crash chose Aviation Authority to put all Super Puma helicopters on the ground.
The ban includes Norwegian registered helicopters for operations within Norwegian territory, said the CAA. Grounding states of a security directive that the Authority implemented as a direct consequence of the accident outside Bergen Reporter said.
Not Alone
JRCC Southern Norway says that the rotor and helicopter body is found 200-300 meters.
Press Officer Anders Bang-Andersen at JRCC said that the two main parts of the helicopter were found far apart.
Helicopter body is found in the water of 6-7 meters. The rotor is found on land.
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Erna Solberg says her thoughts go to all those who lost family or colleagues in the helicopter accident.
– Our thoughts are with all those who have received the heavy message that they have lost a loved one. They should know that they are not alone in her grief, said Solberg at a news conference Friday afternoon.
– This is a sad day for all who work in the Norwegian oil and gas industry, and for the Norwegian society, she said.
She said she has spoken with Statoil management and expressed their sympathy. She also emphasizes that the emergency services and a variety of resources were quickly on the spot.
Tragic accident
– I would like to thank everyone who contributed. This looks like a tragic accident, and one of the biggest disasters in years. It is long since a serious accident has hit Norwegian oil and gas industry, she said.
– The life and safety has been the highest priority in the Norwegian oil and gas, it should still be. We have one of the very safest in production methods in the world, says Solberg, but adds that one can never be 100 percent sure in any means of transport.
Pending Commission
Now the government will wait for AIBN finds. So far, not Solberg reason to take new initiatives.
– It is important that you go through helicopters and ensures that there is a system fault that runs through several helicopters. Will it be revealed that the cause could have been prevented with other controls and checks, so it will affect the regulations, says Solberg. Erna Solberg will now travel to Bergen and will then consider whether she should visit the accident site.
King and Queen canceled Sweden tour
Increased received royal couple and Crown Prince and Princess to cancel his trip to Stockholm, where they would join King Carl Gustafs 70th birthday.
– I have with great sadness received the news of the helicopter accident at Turøy writes King Harald in a condolence to Statoil.
– On behalf of myself and the royal family, I express our condolences and deepest sympathy to the bereaved and all who are affected, it says. (NTB)
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