Summer flight fears for passengers after workers at Aberdeen Airport vote for strike action
Workers at Aberdeen Airport have voted for strike action.
Workers at Aberdeen Airport have voted for strike action.
Britain’s ban on laptops and tablets being carried as cabin baggage on inbound flights from a group of Middle East countries could at some stage be extended to all flights, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has suggested.
Super Pumas have been grounded since April 2016 after a fatal helicopter crash killed 13 people.
Tenaris has said one of its employees may have been on a fatal helicopter flight which was en route to a Chevron platform in Angola.
Helicopter operator CHC is reportedly being audited by the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
As events unfolded, it rekindled painful memories of similar tragedies for many in the north-east.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said the death of 13 workers on a North Sea flight was a "sad day" for the oil and gas industry.
A CHC helicopter has made an emergency landing after a warning light went on in the aircraft's cockpit.
A preliminary report by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) in Nigeria has found a fatal offshore helicopter crash may have been caused by a malfunction of one of the aircraft parts. The crash, which happened last month, caused the death of two crew members and four passengers on board. There had been 12 people on the helicopter when the incident happened.