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Inquiry on EC-225 helicopter ditching: strong similarities with an episode in May this year

Aldershot, UK - Eurocopter: "The investigation will allow us to better understand the exact circumstances"

The initial investigations into the problem which, on October 22, 2012, forced an EC-225 Super Puma by Eurocopter helicopter, registration code G-CHCN, operated by CHC Scotia with 17 passengers and two crew on board to perform a ditching at roughly 59 km southwest of Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands during a routine flight from Aberdeen to the West Phoenix drilling rig, show strong similarities with...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1146786
Rome, Italy, 10/26/2012 14:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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