Although there has been no conclusive released evidence of what was the root cause of the failure in the Norway crash.The failed components are known, but not the reason for failure. There is a couple of theories but nothing conclusive so far.http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-nor ... d-36187908
http://www.verticalmag.com/news/easa-co ... et-flying/
I love this quote by the European Helicopter Association
Thankfully my company has made the decision not to resume using them thank goodness. As an ex Aircraft Maintenance Engineer I am usually more than happy to fly in most things but I would not get in one of these until I had seen a lot more information on what has been done to prevent a recurrence.“we have identified where the problem is and analysis shows the probability of a similar accident is quite low. We live in a business where the only certainty is, ‘if you are sure, you don’t fly’; but we have to fly.
We are currently flying out to my platform in the older Super Puma 332 L1's which have had problems all of their own, but I still have more confidence in them than the 225's. I was talking with our Helicopter Contracts Manager while on training at head office in Perth a couple weeks back and one direction they are seriously developing is an entirely new helicopter type. Hope that goes ahead.
