The 17 passengers and two crew were rescued after the CHC-operated EC225 came down while on its way from Aberdeen to the West Phoenix rig 32 miles south of Shetland, off Fair Isle, at around 3.30pm. The emergency has renewed safety concerns as it emerged the same Super Puma EC225 type helicopter and its older variation, the AS332, has been directly involved in a series of accidents which have led to deaths and grounding of fleets.
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