AN INVESTIGATION into why a helicopter ditched in the North Sea last month could continue into 2013 to allow for detailed testing of a faulty gearbox.
All 19 people on the Super Puma were rescued after it was forced to land off the Shetland Islands on October 22. The incident occurred after a similar ditching in May off Aberdeen, and caused widespread disruption for offshore oil and gas workers. In a bulletin, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch pointed to a part in the gearbox on the EC225 and L2 models which cracked in both incidents.
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