# Helicopter crashed off Norway **URL:** \ **Category:** Marine Incidents\ **Created:** [May 2, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179 "2016-05-02T01:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/1 "2016-05-02T01:56:52Z")
A tragic accident happened off Norway this weekend. A Super Puma Helicopter carrying Oilfield workers going home from the Gulfaks B Platform on the Norwegian OCS crashed just before landing in Bergen. All 13 on board died, 11 Norwegians, 1 Brit (Scotshman) and 1 Italian (The Pilot) Here is the report in today’s gCaptain Newsletter: [https://gcaptain.com/offshore-community-mourns-victims-of-helicopter-crash-in-norway/?utm\_source=gCaptain+Newsletter&utm\_campaign=d1246fc842-Mailchimp\_RSS\_CAMPAIGN&utm\_medium=email&utm\_term=0\_f50174ef03-d1246fc842-169863069](https://gcaptain.com/offshore-community-mourns-victims-of-helicopter-crash-in-norway/?utm_source=gCaptain+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d1246fc842-Mailchimp_RSS_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f50174ef03-d1246fc842-169863069) What is not mentioned here is that the entire rotor assembly came off in flight and was seen spinning to the ground intact, landing 2-300 m. from where the fuselage ended up: ![](http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss102/OMBugge/978x.jpg) This has never been happened before, says the head of Eurocopters UK, but has it?: [http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i-2009-loesnet-denne-rotoren-fra-et-super-puma-helikopter/a/23672385/](http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i-2009-loesnet-denne-rotoren-fra-et-super-puma-helikopter/a/23672385/) One more thing that is not mentioned is that Statoil shut in production at Gullfaks B and sent Priests, Psychologists and Management personnel to the field to help the people out there overcome the trauma. Statoil and the Norwegian Government promise that no effort or money will be speared to find the reason for this accident, the worst in the Norwegian Oil & Gas Industry since a helicopter crash killed 12 in 2009. Let’s hope something good can come from this, not just big talk just after the event. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/2 "2016-05-02T13:48:20Z")
Eurocopter has ordered all air crafts of this model to be put on the ground until further notice. Here is a video that shows the rotor spinning in the air after parting from the helicopter body, which dropped like a stone. Not even a MayDay was sent: [http://www.tv2.no/a/8269925/#\_ga=1.108898241.276235913.1442304295](http://www.tv2.no/a/8269925/#_ga=1.108898241.276235913.1442304295) The dialogue is in Norwegian, but those pictures of a rotor flying like a Frisbee speaks for itself. I have never heard about, or seen, anything like this. Has anybody else? ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/3 "2016-05-02T14:06:35Z")
CEO of Statoil have visited the people onboard the Gullfaks B Platform today: [http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/05/02/nyheter/statoil/turoyulykke/helikopter/44081168/](http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/05/02/nyheter/statoil/turoyulykke/helikopter/44081168/) He wanted to show sympathy with the people who lost friends and colleagues yesterday by actually making a helicopter trip out there from Stavanger. Only one of the dead actually worked for Statoil, the rest was Contractors from four different companies + 2 Pilots from CHC Helicopterservice: Production at the platform has been re-started at the request of the offshore personnel who would rather get back to normal routine than just sit idle and brood over what happen. They are probably also thinking of their own trip to shore in the nearest days. Norske Shell is dropping CHC until things get a little clearer: [http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/05/02/nyheter/flyulykker/luftfart/olje\_og\_energi/44089823/](http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/05/02/nyheter/flyulykker/luftfart/olje_og_energi/44089823/) ---
**Author:** ![BilgeRat42](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/bilgerat42/32/235_2.png) [@BilgeRat42](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/BilgeRat42)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/4 "2016-05-03T13:23:33Z")
[QUOTE=ombugge;183977] I have never heard about, or seen, anything like this. Has anybody else?[/QUOTE] We used to call the nut that held the rotor on the mast the “Jesus Nut”. Reason being that if the nut failed, that’s who you’d be talking to. Used to be a part of every pre-flight inspection because it was a “single point of failure”. I was under the impression that modern helicopter designs had more redundancy for things like that, but I may be wrong. Det er så veldig trist. ---
**Author:** ![skycowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@skycowboy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/skycowboy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/5 "2016-05-03T15:24:17Z")
We still do call it the Jesus nut ---
**Author:** ![powerabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@powerabout](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/powerabout)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/6 "2016-05-03T17:24:58Z")
and this is after other guys have been killed due to a floored design of the oil pump gear on the main shaft that was fixed or was it? ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/7 "2016-05-22T04:21:47Z")
The preliminary report from the Investigators are ready: [http://www.verticalmag.com/news/article/Investigators-release-preliminary-report-into-Norway-H225-crash](http://www.verticalmag.com/news/article/Investigators-release-preliminary-report-into-Norway-H225-crash) Meanwhile Statoil will look at their own routines: [http://www.verticalmag.com/news/article/Statoil-to-investigate-Norway-helicopter-crash](http://www.verticalmag.com/news/article/Statoil-to-investigate-Norway-helicopter-crash) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/8 "2017-10-26T22:37:44Z")
A Russian helicopter that crashed on svalbard MAY have been found: > **[Norway says sunken Russian helicopter wreckage may have been located](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-crash-russia/norway-says-sunken-russian-helicopter-wreckage-may-have-been-located-idUSKBN1CV2CV)** > > Norwegian rescuers believe they may have located the sunken wreckage of a Russian helicopter that went missing on Thursday with eight people aboard off the coast of the Arctic Svalbard archipelago. ---
**Author:** ![DeepSeaDiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/deepseadiver/32/21_2.png) [@DeepSeaDiver](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DeepSeaDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/9 "2017-10-27T02:03:14Z")
This is a Mi-8, and possibly the chopper that crashed? ![Mi-8](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/2/2fc319349b58f4127bfc800c8888ba5054fe52b5.JPG) The average water surface temperature in the Barents Sea in the months of October and November is between 5.2 C and 2.6 C. Normal body temperature is around 37 C. Even if anybody survived the crash they would be doomed rapidly in those water temperatures. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/10 "2017-10-27T14:22:59Z")
Here is a picture of the actual helicopter: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/0/0242a258129436120a807a74f4cc5b1c221a2e7c.jpg) > [@](#): > > Arkivbilde av det russiske helikopteret med åtte personer ombord som trolig har styrtet i havet ved Barentsburg på Svalbard. Foreløpig er det ikke funnet spor etter maskinen. Bildet er tatt i hangaren på den russiske helikopterbasen Kapp Heer ved Barentsburg. Foto: Birger Amundsen / NTB scanpix Here is latest news from vg.no: > **[Helikopter styrtet på Svalbard: – Ingen signaler fra nødpeilesender](https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/oJexK/helikopter-styrtet-paa-svalbard-ingen-signaler-fra-noedpeilesender)** > > Det er ikke fanget opp signaler fra nødpeilesenderen på det russiske helikopteret som styrtet i havet på Svalbard i går. Nå er en større miniutbåt på vei fra Bergen med transportfly. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/11 "2017-10-27T14:34:57Z")
The Russians wants to have their own rescue capability at their Kapp Heer Base: > **[Helicopter crash might add power to Russia’s push for new base on Svalbard](https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2017/10/helicopter-crash-might-add-power-russias-push-new-base-svalbard)** > > Moscow argues that a Russian search and rescue service is needed to protect its expanding activities in the area. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/12 "2017-10-29T23:43:54Z")
The wreck has been found. Here is a pix: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/7/7f969095e8f941891e127afb6f7e3b92b2784c83.jpg) Link: > **[Slik ser helikoptervraket ut etter styrten på Svalbard](https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/JPqO6/slik-ser-helikoptervraket-ut-etter-styrten-paa-svalbard)** > > Søndag ble helikopteret som styrtet utenfor Barentsburg lokalisert på 209 meters dyp. Mannskapet på forskningsskipet G.O. Sars fant vraket. ---
**Author:** ![DeepSeaDiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/deepseadiver/32/21_2.png) [@DeepSeaDiver](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DeepSeaDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/13 "2017-10-30T00:01:17Z")
685 feet down. Sounds like they are going to try to raise the aircraft? They do not mention the name of the ship that will perform the operation of lifting the aircraft off of the seabed. The aircraft passengers were miners and researchers, according to the Russian news agency TASS. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/14 "2017-10-30T15:54:30Z")
This is the ship that will salvage the helicopter wreck according to Svalbard Posten: > **[Denne skal heve helikopteret](http://svalbardposten.no/nyheter/denne-skal-heve-helikopteret/19.9048)** > > Offshoreskip på vei mot Svalbard. Unfortunately the article is behind a pay wall. but here is specs for the vessel: > **[Maersk Forza - DeepOcean](https://deepoceangroup.com/asset/rem-forza/)** > > Vessel spread specifications: Build: 2008 Design: Multi purpose subsea construction vessel Class: DNV 1A1 SF COMF-V(3) HELDK-S EO DYNPOS-AUTR CLEAN DK(+) LOA: 107,6oM LPP: 100,10M Breadth: 22M Draught: 7,15M Accommodation: 120 persons  (20 single, 46... PS\> Official confirmation directly from the “horses mouth”: [https://www.aibn.no/Om-oss/Nyhetsarkiv/Helikopterulykke-pa-Svalbard-Havarikommisjonen-monstrer-pa-bergingsfartoy](https://www.aibn.no/Om-oss/Nyhetsarkiv/Helikopterulykke-pa-Svalbard-Havarikommisjonen-monstrer-pa-bergingsfartoy) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helicopter-crashed-off-norway/16179/15 "2017-11-04T13:26:39Z")
The helicopter was recovered last night: > **[Helikopteret på Svalbard er hevet – ingen omkomne funnet](https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/helikopteret-paa-svalbard-er-hevet-ingen-omkomne-funnet/a/24179174/)** > > Det havarerte helikopteret er hevet på Svalbard. Taleregistratoren er funnet, opplyser Havarikommisjonen. Same from CBC in English: > **[Crashed Russian helicopter raised from its Arctic seabed](http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-helicopter-norway-1.4387720)** > > A Russian helicopter that crashed off Norway's Arctic Svalbard archipelago with eight people on board last month was raised Saturday from the seabed.