CHC Helicopters has taken delivery of a 12th Eurocopter AS32L2 Super Puma MkII to a 30-month North Sea support contract for Kerr-McGee Chemicals from its UK subsidiary CHC Scotia. CHC Ireland has won a five-year contract, starting in July, for 24h search-and-rescue operations in south-east Ireland using a Sikorsky S-61. CHC now has three Irish coastguard contracts.
Source: Flight International
German offshore windfarm specialist Heli Service International has warned in its 2023 accounts of a “strained” liquidity position on the back of heavy financial support for its overseas sister operations, particularly in Taiwan but sees brighter future ahead on back of contract wins and increased flight activity.
South African investigators have determined that the pilot of a Robinson R44 helicopter did not assess the risk of transporting a live penguin in the cockpit before the aircraft crashed just after lift-off. None of five occupants – a pilot, three passengers and the penguin – was injured during the ...
Early reports suggest that six people aboard a tourist helicopter that plunged on 10 April into the Hudson River were killed. Dramatic videos circulating on social media purportedly show the rotorcraft breaking apart mid-air, including an apparent loss of rotors, before hitting the water near the George Washington Bridge ...
