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Gearbox failure of Super Puma Helicopter
On the 1st April this Super Puma Helicopter suffered a catastrophic failure of the main epicyclic gearbox while flying at 2,000 ft. All sixteen persons on board died.
The Air Accident Investigation Board issued Safety Alert 2009-050 on the 10th April: “It is recommended that Eurocopter improve the gearbox monitoring and warning systems on the AS332L2 Helicopter so as to identify degradation and provide adequate alerts.”
Gyrometric Systems Ltd is looking into ways of helping with this problem, and provide warnings of bearing faliure.
28 April 2009