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Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 [1] was a scheduled flight of a Cougar Sikorsky S-92A (Registration C-GZCH) [3] which ditched on 12 March 2009 en route to the SeaRose FPSO in the White Rose oil field and Hibernia Platform in the Hibernia oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland 55 kilometres (34 mi) east-southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Cougar Helicopters (a VIH Aviation Group Company) is a St. John's based commercial helicopter company servicing offshore oil and gas fields off the coast of Newfoundland. Cougar has permanent facilities in St. John's and Halifax. The company is affiliated with Bristow Helicopters which has a financial stake in Cougar. [5] [6]
On 29 April 2003, 4 military personnel were killed when a Cougar helicopter crashed into power lines during a training flight, in Isparta Turkey. On 25 July 2012, a Cougar helicopter during test flight has crashed in Southeastern France in a region called Verdon Gorge. The aircraft was bordered with test pilots and engineers of the manufacturer.
Flight 91 or Flight 091 may refer to: X-15 Flight 91, 1963 American human spaceflight mission; Mandala Airlines Flight 091, airplane crashed on 5 September 2005; Cougar Helicopters Flight 91, helicopter crashed on 12 March 2009
On 12 March 2009, Cougar Helicopters Flight 91, a Sikorsky S-92A departed St. John's and ditched about 71 km (44 mi) east of St. John's, The helicopter was en route to the SeaRose FPSO in the White Rose oil field and Hibernia Platform in the Hibernia oil field. Of the eighteen on board, only one survived. [30] [31]
On 12 March 2009, one of PAL Aerospace's Maritime Patrol Aircraft was first on the scene of Cougar Helicopters Flight 91's ditching, flying "top cover" until other help could arrive, leading to the rescue of the sole survivor. [11] Between 2011 and 2012, the company divided into two operating segments.
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On July 17, 1987, a four-seat Bell 206 helicopter operated by Versatile Air Services crashed next to Highway 102 near the airport. Two were injured and the aircraft was destroyed. [92] On the night of September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111, a scheduled flight from New York City to Geneva, declared a pan-pan after the crew noticed smoke in the ...