Pilots to accuse regulators of safety failings over North Sea helicopter flights
Helicopter pilots will accuse regulators today of failing to ensure adequate safety in the oil and gas industry.
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Super Puma FAI: New measures should prevent repeat of gearbox failure
Action taken by the manufacturer since the fatal North Sea helicopter disaster of 2009 should prevent the same kind of “catastrophic” gearbox failure happening again, a design expert for the company has said.
Super Puma FAI: Gearbox fragment not the first, inquiry hears
A metal fragment found in the gearbox of the helicopter involved in the 2009 North Sea disaster a week before the tragedy was not the first, it has emerged.
Safety chiefs call for flight briefings change after fatal Super Puma crash
Air accident experts investigating a North Sea helicopter crash which claimed four lives have highlighted a concern about pre-flight safety briefings on emergency equipment.
Super Puma FAI: Gearbox warnings minutes before crash
A sophisticated monitoring system recorded hundreds of warnings about loose metal in the gearbox during the days leading up to the 2009 North Sea helicopter disaster.
Safety alert after gearbox warning on Talisman offshore flight
Safety checks were carried out on a helicopter after a gearbox indicator light was triggered during an offshore flight.
Super Puma FAI: Engineer’s failure to identify gearbox fragment ‘catastrophic’, inquiry told
An engineer’s failure to correctly identify a tiny piece of metal found in the gearbox of a helicopter which later crashed, killing all 16 men on board, had “catastrophic” consequences.
MPs to hear helicopter safety evidence next week
A powerful committee of MPs will travel to Aberdeen next week to take evidence on North Sea helicopter safety.
Super Puma FAI: New doubts raised over crashed copter’s technical log
Another engineer has cast doubt on the accuracy of a technical log for the Super Puma helicopter which plunged into the North Sea in April 2009, killing 16 people.
Super Puma FAI: Checks on copter found no issues night before crash
Engineers found no sign of any problems with the gearbox of a helicopter the night before it crashed into the North Sea in April 2009, killing everyone on board.
Super Puma FAI: Copter engineers were ‘cautious about everything’ after earlier crash
Bond engineers were “cautious about everything” in the days leading up to the fatal 2009 helicopter tragedy amid ongoing investigations into an earlier crash, a fatal accident inquiry has heard.
Super Puma FAI: Crash copter’s gearbox was due to be replaced, inquiry hears
The fatal accident inquiry into the 2009 North Sea helicopter catastrophe continues to focus on the events surrounding the discovery of a metal fragment in the gearbox just weeks before the aircraft crashed.
Scotland Decides: SNP energy plans ‘unworkable’, warns Carmichael
Proposals to force UK consumers to subsidise renewables in an independent Scotland, and buy back energy to keep the lights on, have been branded “wrong-headed” and “unworkable”.
Super Puma FAI: New rules would have grounded crash copter
Maintenance guidelines introduced since the 2009 North Sea helicopter disaster would have led to the immediate grounding of the doomed Super Puma.
Super Puma FAI: Crash copter was grounded over gearbox fears week before disaster
Flights of a helicopter that crashed into the North Sea killing 16 men were temporarily halted just a week before the accident after a problem was discovered with its gearbox, an inquiry has heard.
Super Puma FAI: Crash copter’s log accuracy in doubt, admits engineering boss
An engineering boss has told the inquiry into the 2009 North Sea Super Puma disaster it would be “very tight” to carry out the necessary checks on a helicopter in the 10 minutes claimed in the technical log for the ill-fated aircraft.
Firm behind Super Puma crash helicopters set for new name
The maker of the controversial Super Puma has unveiled a change in its name.
New calls for North Sea career advice to be given to school pupils
Opportunities that north-east pupils have to learn about careers in the oil and gas industry must be extended across Scotland, according to the Youth Employment Minister Angela Constance.
Independent Scotland in ‘strong position’ to emulate Norwegian energy industry success, says minister
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said the two countries could play a key role in Europe’s increasingly integrated energy market, building on established expertise in both the renewables and oil and gas sectors.
Scotland Decides: Oil and gas ‘face being milked’ to pay for independence, claims MSP
Labour MSP Richard Baker says oil and gas will be milked to pay for “uncosted” proposals in the white paper on independence.
Student steps up to pioneering company role
Recent graduate Katie Musgrave is playing a leading role in a young company's pioneering scour protection technology thanks to the direct support of her university.
Inaugural industry prize for first-year Kirsteen Bell
An Aberdeen student has won an inaugural oil industry prize thanks to her academic performance in the first year of a new course at Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Mirrors and soil to power lunar missions
Scientists have proposed an amazing system of mirrors, processed lunar soil and a heat engine to provide energy to vehicles and crew during the lunar night.
Super Puma FAI: Helicopter fell ‘like a torpedo’, inquiry told
The families of 16 men killed when a helicopter crashed into the North Sea heard yesterday how the tragedy unfolded – from the only man who saw it happen.
Peterhead pupils first to try out carbon capture kit
Secondary school students across Scotland will now be able to get their hands on an exciting new interactive hands-on science kit focused on the role carbon capture and storage (CCS) can play in helping to meet the future energy challenge.