The helicopter involved in Friday’s tragic accident that killed 12 people working for Statoil off the west coast of Norway had two incidents in the days leading up to the crash.
Operator CHC said the Super Puma helicopter had been serviced twice in the past week as a warning light repeatedly came on.
It also emerged the rotor blade of the helicopter broke off seconds before the crash as the aircraft carried oil workers to the mainland from Statoil’s Gullfaks B oil platform in the North Sea.
The number of casualties is 13 – not 12.