AAIB investigation to AS332 L2 Super Puma, G-WNSB - Special Bulletin S1/2014

Investigation update to the accident on 23 August 2013, approximately 1.5 nm west of Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
16 December 2014
Category:
Commercial - rotorcraft
Report type:
Special bulletin
Date of occurrence:
23 August 2013
Aircraft type:
AS332 L2 Super Puma
Location:
Approximately 1.5 nm west of Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands
Registration:
G-WNSB

Summary:

At 1717 hrs UTC on 23 August 2013, an AS332 L2 Super Puma helicopter, with 18 persons on board, crashed into the sea whilst on approach to Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands. Four of the passengers did not survive.

AAIB Special Bulletins S6/2013 and S7/2013 were published to provide initial information on the circumstances of the accident. This Special Bulletin is published to highlight a safety concern relating to pre-flight safety briefings, given to passengers, on the functionality of emergency equipment provided to them for UK North Sea offshore helicopter flights.

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Special Bulletin S1-2014 - AS332 L2 Super Puma, G-WNSB

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Published 16 December 2014
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