Helikopter Service Flight 165 Explained

Helikopter Service Flight 165
Occurrence Type:Accident
Date:26 June 1978
Type:Structural failure
Site:North Sea, Norway
Coordinates:61.0167°N 50°W
Aircraft Type:Sikorsky S-61
Operator:Helikopter Service
Tail Number:LN-OQS
Origin:Bergen Airport, Flesland, Bergen, Norway
Destination:Statfjord A, North Sea, Norway
Passengers:16
Crew:2
Fatalities:18
Survivors:0

Helikopter Service Flight 165 was a crash of a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter into the North Sea, northwest of Bergen, Norway, on 26 June 1978. The aircraft was en route from Bergen Airport, Flesland to Statfjord A, an offshore oil platform. The accident was caused by a fatigue crack in a knuckle joint, causing one of the rotor blades to loosen. All eighteen people on board were killed in the crash.[1]

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  1. Web site: Rapport om luftfartsulykke i Nordsjøen den 26. juni 1978 ca. kl. 1115 med helikopter S-61 LN-OQS, tilhørende K/S Helikopter Service A/S . . Norwegian . 17 January 1980 . 19 September 2012 . 26 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826103126/http://www.aibn.no/ln-oqs-pdf?pid=Native-ContentFile-File&attach=1 . live . dmy-all .