OSLO: A helicopter carrying six individuals crash landed within the ocean off the coast of western Norway on Wednesday, and all these on board had been later hoisted from the ocean, the nation’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centres mentioned.
Haukeland College Hospital, the area’s largest, mentioned it had acquired all six sufferers from the accident however that their medical situation was unclear in the mean time.
The helicopter belonged to Bristow Norway, the corporate’s nation supervisor, Heidi Wulff Heimark, advised every day Stavanger Aftenblad.
Vitality group Equinor mentioned the helicopter was a search and rescue plane usually serving platforms on the firm’s Oseberg oil and fuel area within the North Sea.
The helicopter was a Sikorsky S-92 mannequin and was on a search and rescue coaching mission on the time of the accident, a police spokesperson advised reporters, including it was too early to say what had precipitated the crash.
“We’re conscious of the incident and stand able to help the investigative authorities and our buyer. Security is our prime precedence,” mentioned a spokesperson for Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin.
The realm had been experiencing excessive winds on the time of the accident, a rescue service official advised broadcaster TV2.
Air visitors information confirmed a number of rescue helicopters circling within the air close to an island west of Bergen, Norway’s second largest metropolis and a busy hub for the Norwegian offshore oil and fuel business.
In 2016, an Airbus Tremendous Puma helicopter coming back from the North Sea crashed in roughly the identical space, killing all 13 individuals aboard.
The accident led to the suspension of the usage of that kind of helicopter by the Norwegian oil and fuel business.
Haukeland College Hospital, the area’s largest, mentioned it had acquired all six sufferers from the accident however that their medical situation was unclear in the mean time.
The helicopter belonged to Bristow Norway, the corporate’s nation supervisor, Heidi Wulff Heimark, advised every day Stavanger Aftenblad.
Vitality group Equinor mentioned the helicopter was a search and rescue plane usually serving platforms on the firm’s Oseberg oil and fuel area within the North Sea.
The helicopter was a Sikorsky S-92 mannequin and was on a search and rescue coaching mission on the time of the accident, a police spokesperson advised reporters, including it was too early to say what had precipitated the crash.
“We’re conscious of the incident and stand able to help the investigative authorities and our buyer. Security is our prime precedence,” mentioned a spokesperson for Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin.
The realm had been experiencing excessive winds on the time of the accident, a rescue service official advised broadcaster TV2.
Air visitors information confirmed a number of rescue helicopters circling within the air close to an island west of Bergen, Norway’s second largest metropolis and a busy hub for the Norwegian offshore oil and fuel business.
In 2016, an Airbus Tremendous Puma helicopter coming back from the North Sea crashed in roughly the identical space, killing all 13 individuals aboard.
The accident led to the suspension of the usage of that kind of helicopter by the Norwegian oil and fuel business.
