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Article: Safety checks ground Super Pumas

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April 18, 2009
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VITAL helicopter operations for Britain's oil and gas industry will be grounded this weekend after urgent safety checks were ordered on hundreds of Super Pumas across Europe, following the 1 April disaster in the North Sea in which 16 men died.

The North Sea's entire fleet of Super Puma Mark 2s - the model involved in the disaster - and the advanced Super Puma EC225, the type involved in an earlier offshore crash, are to be temporarily withdrawn from service as part of the Europe-wide safety alert.

More than 1,000 helicopters - including aircraft used in search and rescue operations - are expected to be affected by the alert.

The emergency airworthiness directive was issued yesterday by ...

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