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The report concluded that Queen of the North failed to make the required or any course changes at Sainty Point, and that the ship proceeded straight on an incorrect course for 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) over 14 minutes until its grounding at 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) on Gil Island. The investigation found no evidence of ...
Date: 6 and 7 July 1988: Time: Approximately 22:00 (first explosion)Location: Piper Alpha platform, Piper oilfield, North Sea (UK sector) Coordinates: 1]: Type: Explosion and fire: Cause: – Startup of a condensate pump that had not been mechanically isolated due to ongoing maintenance – Lack of protection by design of gas risers: Filmed by: Scottish Television: Deaths: 167: Property damage ...
Disaster Date of disaster Nature of disaster Original release date; 68: 1 "Chopper Down" Battle of Mogadishu 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash: October 3–4, 1993 June 2, 1994: Helicopter crashes: February 15, 2018 ()
Bond also operated a very similar Eurocopter EC225 LP helicopter which ditched in the North Sea on 18 February 2009, in which all 18 aboard were rescued. [3] [8] The most serious North Sea helicopter accident was the 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, when a Boeing 234 Chinook crashed, killing 45 people. [9] [10]
Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C was a helicopter flight that flew between Aberdeen and the Brae Alpha oil rig in the North Sea. On 19 January 1995, the AS 332L Super Puma helicopter operating the route, registered G-TIGK and named Cullen, was struck by lightning.
A helicopter flying between an offshore oil platform and mainland Norway crashed into the North Sea, killing one person and injuring five others, two of them seriously, authorities said Thursday.
Rescue is a 13-part documentary series created, directed and filmed by Paul Berriff. It focused on the air-sea rescue work of "Rescue 137", a Sea King belonging to 202 Sqn , Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force in and around their base at RAF Lossiemouth , Scotland and the North Sea over a period of a year between 1988 -1989.
The dramatic helicopter rescue of a man who clung to a Northern California cliffside after having fall e n off a trail in Golden Gate National Recreation Area was caught on video released by the ...