OPERATORS of a North Sea helicopter had been planning to replace its main rotor gearbox a week before the unit suffered a "catastrophic failure" leading to a crash which killed all 16 aboard, an air accident report said yesterday. A magnetic particle had been found on the chip detector in the gearbox of the Eurocopter Super Puma, a final report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said. This had led the operator to initiate a plan to remove the main rotor gearbox and replace it with a unit from another helicopter undergoing heavy maintenance, the AAIB said.
A SHERIFF has been urged to rule that former world rally champion Colin McRae was at fault for the helicopter crash which killed him and three others. Official documents submitted by the Crown Office claim the most likely cause of the accident was the way Mr McRae piloted the aircraft.
Flights to and from Plymouth City Airport were disrupted yesterday after a helicopter leased to the Royal Navy crash landed and broke its wheel. The Dauphin aircraft, which is used by the Navy's Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), was stuck on the main runway following the incident at 10.45am. The two crewmen onboard, both civilians, were uninjured. A spokesman for the airport denied it had been forced to temporarily close, but passengers who were due to catch a flight from Plymouth to Cork were taken by road to Newquay, where they were able to board the same service. Lt Cdr Lindsey Ashwood, of FOST, said: "The crew were carrying out a routine standards check.
UNION leaders say families of the 16 men who died in a North Sea helicopter crash will be upset by a decision not to pursue criminal proceedings. All 14 passengers and two crew lost their lives after the Super Puma plunged into the sea off the Aberdeenshire coast while returning from the BP Miller platform on April 1, 2009.
Former world rally car champion Colin McRae engaged in "unnecessary and unsafe" low-level flying before an avoidable and fatal helicopter crash, a sheriff has ruled. A fatal accident inquiry found McRae had been "imprudent" in embarking on demanding manoeuvres in difficult terrain, "contrary to the principles of good airmanship".
Sheriff blames 'unsafe' fly-past by rally driver for four deaths RALLY driver Colin McRae caused the helicopter crash that killed him, his son and two family friends because he flew too fast and too low, a sheriff has ruled. A fatal accident inquiry found the 2007 crash could have been avoided if McRae had not tried dangerously 'unsafe' and 'unnecessary' manoeuvres for which he was unqualified.
A HELICOPTER pilot who died in yesterday's London crash helped save Teesside lives through his work with the Great North Air Ambulance. Tributes were paid today to Captain Pete Barnes, 50, who worked for executive helicopter charter firm RotorMotion and has piloted helicopters in action movies.
THE widow of rally driver Colin McRae told an inquiry into his death she believed all private helicopters should be fitted with a flight recorder. Alison McRae, 42, told the fatal accident inquiry into a helicopter crash that killed her husband and five-year-old son Johnny that she had always felt comfortable flying with him.
Three businessmen scrambled from the wreckage of the helicopter they were travelling in after it crashed into a copse yesterday. Witnesses described the pilot battling to keep control of the aircraft as he looked for a spot to make an emergency landing near an industrial estate in Salisbury.
THE family of a Merseyside pilot who died in a helicopter crash with his student have demanded answers from the aircraft's manufacturer as to why its engine lost power. The call comes after the conclusion of a four-day inquest into the death of Rainhill instructor Steven Lewis, 38, who was giving flying lessons on a clear, dry day to pupil Philip Gray, 46, over Poulton-le-Fylde.
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