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1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash

Index 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash

On 6 November 1986, a Boeing 234LR Chinook helicopter returning workers from the Brent oilfield crashed on approach to land at Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands. [1]

22 relations: Aberdeen Airport, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, Brent oilfield, British Airways Helicopters, British International Helicopters, Columbia Helicopters, Crashworthiness, Diving support vessel, East Shetland Basin, Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station, Flight recorder, Helicopter, Helicopter flight controls, Helicopter rotor, Her Majesty's Coastguard, Lifeboat (shipboard), National aviation authority, Semi-submersible, Shetland, Sumburgh Airport, Tide.

Aberdeen Airport

Aberdeen International Airport (Port-adhair Eadar-nàiseanta Obar Dheathain) is an international airport, located at Dyce, a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, approximately northwest of Aberdeen city centre.

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Air Accidents Investigation Branch

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigates civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and crown dependencies.

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Boeing CH-47 Chinook

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem-rotor, heavy-lift helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol (later known as Boeing Rotorcraft Systems).

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Brent oilfield

The Brent field is an oil and gas field located in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, north-east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, at the water depth of.

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British Airways Helicopters

British Airways Helicopters was a British helicopter airline from 1964 to 1986.

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British International Helicopters

British International Helicopter Services Limited (BIH), owned by Rigby Group PLC, is the largest British-owned helicopter operator and the only domestically-held company in the UK's offshore helicopter / EMS sector.

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Columbia Helicopters

Columbia Helicopters, Incorporated, or CHI, is an aircraft manufacturing and operator company based in Aurora, Oregon, United States.

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Crashworthiness

Crashworthiness is the ability of a structure to protect its occupants during an impact.

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Diving support vessel

A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects.

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East Shetland Basin

The East Shetland Basin is a major oil-producing area of the North Sea between Scotland and Norway.

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Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station

An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station is a distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is triggered during an accident.

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Flight recorder

A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors.

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Helicopter flight controls

A helicopter pilot manipulates the helicopter flight controls to achieve and maintain controlled aerodynamic flight.

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Helicopter rotor

A helicopter main rotor or rotor system is the combination of several rotary wings (rotor blades) and a control system that generates the aerodynamic lift force that supports the weight of the helicopter, and the thrust that counteracts aerodynamic drag in forward flight.

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Her Majesty's Coastguard

Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region.

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Lifeboat (shipboard)

A lifeboat is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship.

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National aviation authority

A national aviation authority (NAA) or civil aviation authority is a government statutory authority in each country that maintains an aircraft register and oversees the approval and regulation of civil aviation.

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Semi-submersible

Semi-submersible may refer to a self-propelled vessel, such as.

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Shetland

Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies northeast of Great Britain.

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Sumburgh Airport

Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.

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Redirects here:

1984 British International Helicopters Ltd BV234 Crash, 1986 British International Helicopters Ltd BV234 Crash, G-BWFC, Sumburgh disaster.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_British_International_Helicopters_Chinook_crash

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