A powerful committee of MPs will travel to Aberdeen next week to take evidence on North Sea helicopter safety.
Members of Westminster’s transport select committee will hold a inquiry session on recent helicopter ditchings at Aberdeen University on Monday.
The probe was launched last year following the deaths of four offshore workers when a Super Puma crashed off Shetland – the fifth helicopter incident in the North Sea in just four years.
The MPs will hear evidence from senior representatives at offshore helicopter operators including Bond, CHC, Bristow, Airbus and Sikorsky. Trade union officials from the RMT, Unite and BALPA, the pilots union, will also speak at the public hearing, as well as trade body Oil and Gas UK.
Louise Ellman MP, committee chairwoman, said: “Helicopter accidents in the offshore sector is a major cause for concern.
“After the events of last summer involving helicopter fatalities off the Shetland Isles, the Committee decided to look closely at what might be done to curb the risks that offshore workers face from helicopter transport.
“We are coming to Aberdeen to hear from workers themselves, oil and gas firms, helicopter manufacturers, operators and pilots.”
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