Malaysia's civil aviation department DCA has ruled out poor weather as a contributing factor to last month's accident involving a Eurocopter Super Puma L2 and says that the cabin filled with smoke ...

PARIS (Reuters) - The head of the company that manufactures Super Puma helicopters defended their safety record as UK oilfield flights resumed after a fatal crash last month, and said deliveries of ...

However, the L2 model involved in the accident will only be used for non-passenger carrying flights such as for training and maintenance. The Step Change in Safety’s Helicopter Safety Steering Group ...

Flights that use AS332-L/L1, AS332-L2 and EC225 Super Puma helicopters to take passengers to and from UK offshore oil and gas installations are to resume following a recommendation made by the UK's ...

Flights over the North Sea by Super Puma helicopters have resumed just one week after an AS332 L2 Super Puma crashed off the Shetlands in circumstances that remain unexplained. Four workers―Sarah ...

The L2 is not the same model of Super Puma which was only returned to the North Sea skies earlier this month following two ditching last year. The Eurocopter-manufactured EC225 has been operating ...

All Super Puma L2 helicopters flying to and from Norwegian fields operated by Statoil have been grounded for technical checks. This follows the incident from November 5 when a helicopter of this type ...

Operating restrictions that have grounded operations using Eurocopter Super Puma models in the UK have been lifted following a two-day meeting of the pan-industry Helicopter Safety Steering Group. The ...

Eurocopter AS 332-L2 Super Puma, off Crimond, Scotland, April 1, 2009 –A Bond Offshore Super Puma crashed in the North Sea while transporting offshore oil workers. The helicopter went down 35 miles ...

A Hampshire man is among those to have died in a helicopter tragedy in the North Sea, it has been revealed. Police have named George Allison among the four people to have died when a helicopter ...

OSLO (Reuters) - The European Aviation Safety Authority on Thursday grounded Airbus H225 LP and AS332 L2 Super Puma helicopters following the discovery of metal fatigue in the gearbox of a Super Puma ...