BrownyBrown Posted February 18, 2009 Report Posted February 18, 2009 Fair enough, but I'd imagine it varies wildly. Probably the worst time of year for such a thing to happen as well. Hopefully never have to find out if its true or not. Being on a rig and looking at the sea below at night makes my balls tingle at the thought of ever being in there. Never mind having the helicopter you're travelling in drop out of the sky. At night. :shudder: Quote
Woolenrouge Posted February 18, 2009 Report Posted February 18, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7898093.stm Very good result! Quote
Kowalski Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7898472.stm Every four years I have to go on a course to train in escape from Helicopters that have capsized when they have ditched in the water. When I go offshore I am dressed in a survival dry suit with a thermal liner. We have been flying helicopter to offshore platforms since the mid 60's with little improvement in their safety. If it is necessary to send people on course and near drown them and then dress them in survival suits to travel in these machines there is some thing wrong with this mode of transport!Edmund Fitch, Lewes, England Quote
Reekie_Red Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Hats off to the crew, passengers and rescue staff. A helicopter ditches in one of the most unforgiving seas in the world, and everyone comes out either unscathed or walking-wounded. Bravo! Quote
CtS Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Every four years I have to go on a course to train in escape from Helicopters that have capsized when they have ditched in the water. When I go offshore I am dressed in a survival dry suit with a thermal liner. We have been flying helicopter to offshore platforms since the mid 60's with little improvement in their safety. If it is necessary to send people on course and near drown them and then dress them in survival suits to travel in these machines there is some thing wrong with this mode of transport!Edmund Fitch, Lewes, England What a fucking tool, of course safety has increased. Three operators in Aberdeen launch up to 40 aircraft every day, flying more than 300 return trips a week. More people died in car crashes in Aberdeenshire yesterday than have died in helicopter accidents in the north sea in the last 10 years. Get a fucking job you like Edmund, you cock. Quote
octavion Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Just seen a picture of the guys comming back to beach on the news. Johnny Horne was comming out, ( used to be derrickman on the Galaxy I ) Good job by the pilots ditching safely . Wonder if they will get an award like yon pilot in america ?? Quote
Reekie_Red Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Probably not. Americans get awards for farting. It would be nice for the pilots/rescue workers to get some sort of recognition though Quote
Kowalski Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 The North Sea currency of "a coke and a mars bar" should do it Aslong as they remember to get somebody else to provide their sample when they're drug tested. Quote
octavion Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 rocognition for doing their job? The North Sea currency of "a coke and a mars bar" should do it Mars gads fuck that get em a snickers! Quote
Reekie_Red Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 funny ye mention that! A couple of months ago a guy at my work got caught trying to cheat it with the "condom filled with pish in the boxers trick" - he got caught cos the piss wasn't the correct temperature Instant dismissal It's just not worth it! Why do these idiots put so many colleagues' lives at risk? Quote
glasgowdon Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Probably not. Americans get awards for farting. It would be nice for the pilots/rescue workers to get some sort of recognition though You don't think the pilot who turned that plane away from the Manhattan skyline into a safe landing in the Hudson deserved his award? Quote
Reekie_Red Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Yes I do. I think his response was perfect too ... "I was just doing my job!" But I do think the yanks are very quick off the mark when it comes to handing out medals and awards for the most insignificant thing, especially when it comes to their soldiers! Quote
BrownyBrown Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 The pilot I know has said that a few of the guys have been complaining about subtle differences in the cockpit configurations between the SuperPumas, although who can say at this moment if that played any role which resulted in them having to ditch. As for rewards, I'm sure these guys get all the satisfaction with the rescue of 18 lives. Its a lot of time spent on standby doing absolutely nothing, so more than anything I'm sure they were happy to 'get a bit of action'. Even justifies the huge expenditure for the BP-Jigsaw system in place. Money well spent. Good to hear it was a 'controlled ditching' too, as a general rule people don't survive helicopter crashes. Quote
??? Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Mate's been telling me that 'The Sun' newspaper's report on the incident is a lot of sh*te. No surprise there then... Quote
CtS Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Latest is that the machine stayed upright through the night (minus the tail section which presumably came off during the impact), overturned at some point this morning, and has now sunk. Think the Flight data recorder may be in the tail section, so the prority will be to recover that first. I'm loving the sky news coverage, the primary school graphics, the speculation, the sketchy details, and the 'experts' are making the whole thing laughable. Quote
Superstar Tradesman Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Latest is that the machine stayed upright through the night (minus the tail section which presumably came off during the impact), overturned at some point this morning, and has now sunk. Think the Flight data recorder may be in the tail section, so the prority will be to recover that first. I'm loving the sky news coverage, the primary school graphics, the speculation, the sketchy details, and the 'experts' are making the whole thing laughable. Ah. I thought the reason they'd had to ditch was due to them flying 18 fully grown men out to a rig in a cartoon cut-out helicopter. Quote
octavion Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 Here is some pics of the Bristows Helicopter that deployed its airbags durring flight off Yarmouth think it was: Lets you see what it would look like. hope this works Quote
Guest Makaveli Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 The 'staining' on the seat does have a slight resembalance to Jade Goody. Quote
octavion Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 did someone soil themselves in panic? aye the picture was called soiled seat but I widna blame the poor guy . think i would hiv shat myself too Quote
glasgowdon Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 aye the picture was called soiled seat but I widna blame the poor guy . think i would hiv shat myself too |u|z Quote
CtS Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 These pictures do show what the floats would look like, but the helicopter is completely different. And the punter must have been really scared to shit himself through a watertight survival suit. Bond helicopters EC 225 Registration G-REDU (RIP in peace) Quote
brunstanesheep Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I'll be shitting myself on Tuesday! Quote
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