Monday, August 29, 2011

Sikorsky S-92A: St. John's chopper makes emergency landing

A Cougar helicopter flight that left Monday morning destined for offshore rig east of Newfoundland turned around and made an emergency landing in St. John's without incident.

Emergency vehicles were called to the Cougar airbase at the St. John's International Airport before the Sikorsky S-92A chopper landed after noon.

The flight was originally scheduled to land on the Henry Goodrich offshore drilling rig, which is currently working for Statoil.

A Cougar helicopter crashed into the ocean east of St. John's on March 12, 2009, killing 17 of the 18 people onboard.

That helicopter was also returning to St. John's on an aborted flight to offshore oil production facilities.

Source:  http://www.cbc.ca

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