Helicopter ditches in North Sea off Aberdeen - Bond EC225

Richard from Rotterdam · Post by **Richard from Rotterdam** » 10 May 2012, 14:08

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18020646

10 May 2012 Last updated at 12:06 GMT

Helicopter ditches in North Sea off Aberdeen

A helicopter has ditched in the North Sea, Coastguards have said.

The incident - about 25 miles off Aberdeen - involved a Bond EC 225 Super Puma helicopter.

It is understood all 14 people on board made it into a liferaft, and are in process of being airlifted by helicopters.

The incident, which happened at about 12:15, has been described as a controlled ditching.

The incident is being co-ordinated by Aberdeen Coastguard. The RNLI lifeboat is also on its way to the scene.

cHabu · Post by **cHabu** » 10 May 2012, 18:34

EC225LP G-REDW

All 14 persons recovered safely to Aberdeen.

Stratofreighter · Post by **Stratofreighter** » 10 May 2012, 21:43

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=145549

TONKACRAZIE22 · Post by **TONKACRAZIE22** » 10 May 2012, 22:36

is it definately G-REDW ?

RobertMB · Post by **RobertMB** » 11 May 2012, 00:08

TONKACRAZIE22 wrote:is it definately G-REDW ?

Confirmed as G-REDW: http://www.bondaviationgroup.com/media/ ... story=2017

BR,

Robert

Pete · Post by **Pete** » 21 Jun 2012, 11:37

I came across this article regarding the crashhttp://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/ ... -1-2361667.

Regards Pete

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