Accidents
Gear Shaft Suspect in EC225 Ditching
A Bond Eurocopter EC225 ditched off of Aberdeen, Scotland, in early May.
A Bond Eurocopter EC225 ditched off of Aberdeen, Scotland, in early May.

British investigators are focusing on a fractured bevel-gear, vertical drive shaft as a contributing factor in the North Sea ditching of a Bond Offshore Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma (G-REDW) 20 nm east of Aberdeen, Scotland, on May 10. The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) issued a bulletin late last week on its preliminary findings.

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