June 2025

B214ST Tail Rotor Drive Shaft Coupling Misassembly

21 June 2025

Accidents & Incidents, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft, Survivability / Ditching

A maintenance error resulted in a loss of TR drive on a firefighting B214ST. We look at three airworthiness related incidents with the same airframe in UKCS offshore operations.

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EC155 / Light Aircraft Mid Air Collision: All Survive

7 June 2025

Accidents & Incidents, Air Traffic Management / Airspace, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Regulation, Safety Management

Miraculous escape after EC155 / light aircraft collision. Only helicopter crew saw the other aircraft but <2 seconds before collision.

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