2002 Bristow Helicopters Sikorsky S-76A crash (original) (raw)

G-BJVX, a Norwich-based commercial Sikorsky S-76A helicopter operated by Bristow Helicopters, crashed in the evening of 16 July 2002 in the southern North Sea while it was making a ten-minute flight between the gas production platform Clipper and the drilling rig Global Santa Fe Monarch, after which it was to return to Norwich Airport. Investigators discovered the accident was caused by the failure of a main rotor blade.