Exclusive: Workers on the platform where those involved in the North Sea helicopter crash worked were given a briefing on the safety of Super Puma helicopters – days before the fatal accident.
Concerns over safety issues surrounding helicopters are at their highest levels for nearly 25 years, a leading union official has warned.
The bodies of three of the four oil workers who died after their helicopter plunged into the North Sea on Friday night have been returned to the mainland.
The UK Oil and Gas Chaplaincy has opened a book of condolence for people wishing to pay tribute to the four offshore workers who died after Friday's helicopter accident.
A number of safety concerns have been raised regarding the Super Puma type at the centre of the latest North Sea tragedy, the Press and Journal can reveal.
The suggestion, from what I gather from eye-witness reports, is that the most likely cause of the incident appears to be a catastrophic mechanical failure cutting the connection between the engine and the rotor blades, writes aviation expert Tim Ripley.
Union leaders last night said they would back workers who refuse to fly on Super Pumas again.
With four serious Super Puma incidents since April 1, 2009, the latest resulting in four deaths, the UK offshore industry has recommended the grounding of all Eurocopter Super Puma aircraft – not just the L2 variant at the centre of Friday’s crash.
The boss of the firm which built the fateful Super Puma helicopter expressed his sympathies yesterday to the families who lost a loved-one in the tragic crash.
A North Sea safety boss has told workers not to “sit in silence” if they have fears about flying offshore.
Heartbroken relatives of the oil workers who died in the helicopter crash have spoken of their grief in the aftermath of the accident.
A helicopter of the same type as the craft which crashed into the sea on Friday had an emergency alert on the same route just days before.
Exclusive: Work may have to stop on some North Sea platforms following the latest helicopter tragedy, according to a leading UK oil boss.
Since 1986 a number of significant helicopter accidents have occurred involving North Sea workers.
Yes, another Eurocopter aircraft has suffered a major failure – the third in less than two years and, I think, the fourth Puma to have gone down since April 2009.
The head of the oil and gas industry body said last night news of another helicopter crash was troubling.
Three people have died after a helicopter ditched in the sea off Shetland - with the body of a fourth still unaccounted for.
It was a given that Sea Lion would be developed using a floating production system; the surprise was that Premier currently favours using what is called a tension leg platform.
Tory MEP Struan Stevenson sparked a row by calling on policy-makers to send “trendy” environmental protesters “packing” and embrace shale gas. Mary Church, of Friends of the Earth Scotland says the country should be wary of fracking.
Elaine Ramsay of Brodies looks at the legal implications of introducing drug and alcohol testing for employees in the workplace.
The debate over fracking has divided communities in England and already forced one firm to reconsider its plans. But MEP Struan Stevenson warns failure to embrace shale gas could lead to UK blackouts
However, ageing structures must inevitably reach the end of their economic lifespans, production rates will decline through time, and with recently announced tax relief deeds allowing greater clarity in decommissioning decisions, a maturing of the UK sector seems imminent.
I’ve been watching the latest TV news reports from Egypt. It seems to me that an exceedingly terrifying, slow-motion implosion is taking place. And it started long before Muhammed Morsi came to power through an apparently democratic election following the January 25 revolution of 2011.
Is the oil and gas exploration minnow Antrim about to croak? Read the notes of yesterday’s result statement and you will find that the company itself admits to “significant doubts” about its ability to continue trading.
In the first part of his briberty series, Brodies' associate Paul Marshall looks at the steps which businesses who discover bribery connected to their organisation can take with the authorities to reduce the risk of prosecution.