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Accident | |
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Date | 23 August 2013 |
Summary | failure to monitor instruments during approach, pilot error |
Site | Fitful Head, 2 nm west of Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, Scotland |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma |
Operator | CHC Scotia |
ICAO flight No. | HKS23R |
Call sign | HELIBUS 23 ROMEO |
Registration | G-WNSB |
Flight origin | Aberdeen Airport, Scotland |
Stopover | Alwyn North oil rig |
Last stopover | Borgsten Dolphin |
Destination | Sumburgh Airport, Scotland |
Occupants | 18 |
Passengers | 16 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 4 |
Injuries | 14 |
Survivors | 14 |
On 23 August 2013, a Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma helicopter belonging to CHC Scotia crashed into the sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, while en route from the Borgsten Dolphin drilling rig. The accident killed four passengers; twelve other passengers and two crew were rescued with injuries.[1] A further passenger killed himself in 2017 as a result of PTSD caused by the crash.[2] An investigation by the UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch concluded in 2016 that the accident was primarily caused by pilot error in failing to monitor instruments during approach.[3] The public inquiry concluded in October 2020 that the crash was primarily caused by pilot error.