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G-BEON (1983 British Airways Helicopters Sikorsky S-61 crash)

January 28, 2025

On 16 July 1983, a British Airways Helicopters Sikorsky S-61 departed from Penzance bound for St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly, but they never make it. What went so terribly wrong on that fateful journey?

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In Company Failures, Pilot Failures Tags Helicopter, North Sea, British Airways, Pilot Error, Company Failure
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G-BWFC

December 14, 2021

On November 6, 1986 a Chinook Helicopter operating in the North sea is picking up passengers from an oil rig, but when they take off something goes wrong. What caused this flight to crash into the frigid waters of the North?

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In Mechanical Failures Tags Chinook Helicopter, Helicopter, North Sea, Loss of tail rotor, Fatigue, G-BWFC
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BHL56C

September 7, 2021

On January 19, 1995 a Bristow Helicopter is doing a routine flight in the North sea whem something unthinkable happens in a storm. What caused this flight to ditch in the sea?

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In Weather, Mechanical Failures Tags Lightning, Helicopter, BHL56C, North Sea, Bristow Helicopters
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