Cougar S92 crash probe review unfair, says lawyer
6 Sep, 10
The Transportation Safety Board probe into a deadly helicopter crash off Newfoundland is flawed and unfair, say lawyers for the victims of Cougar Flight 491.
Sikorsky filed with near $27M lawsuit over Cougar S92 accident
Source: Globe and Mail, 2 Sep, 10
Lawsuit claims almost $27-million for damages and losses from the 2009 tragedy in the North Atlantic
Cougar S92 crash draft report done
Source: CBC, 1 Sep, 10
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has completed a draft report on its investigation into the crash of Cougar Helicopter’s Flight 491 last year.
Bereaved Cougar S92 families call for mandatory helmets offshore
Source: Montreal Gazette, 31 Aug, 10
The families of two pilots who died in a helicopter crash that killed 17 people off Newfoundland and Labrador last year want improved safety equipment – including mandatory helmet use – for helicopter crews flying offshore workers
Cougar S92 grounded again over gearbox crack
Source: CBC, 7 May, 10
The crack was discovered in the same S-92 helicopter that had been grounded in January with the same problem.
Cougar S92 inquiry chair calls for more safety progress
Source: CTV, 30 Apr, 10
“Progress may not be as fast as some people might like — and perhaps I might like,” said commissioner Robert Wells in an interview. “But you know, in fairness, they are making progress.”
Cougar S92 inquiry renews calls for separate safety agency to oversee Newfoundland offshore
Source: Canadian Press, 11 Mar, 10
Observers, experts and employees said the crash of Cougar Flight 491 highlighted the need for a separate safety agency to replace an offshore regulator that has the competing tasks of promoting the industry and protecting workers
Bursary and scholarship program established to remember Cougar Flight 491
Source: News 880AM, 2 Mar, 10
A scholarship and bursary program has been established in the memory of the 17 victims of the crash of Cougar Flight 491 off Newfoundland last year.
Cougar executive says offshore S92 crash changed him forever
Source: Oilweek, 2 Feb, 10
“The events of March 12th changed my life forever, there´s no doubt about that,” said Burt, who is also a vice-president of Cougar´s parent company, VIH Aviation
Hairline crack found in Cougar S92
Source: Canada.com, 29 Jan, 10
Cougar Helicopters found a single, hairline crack in a main gearbox footing of a Sikorsky S-92A helicopter that flies workers in Newfoundland to and from the offshore oilfields.
Oil companies testify in Cougar S92 inquiry
Source: Toronto Sun, 12 Jan, 10
Oil company executives at an offshore helicopter inquiry said safety is their top priority — even as a lawyer representing workers pushed to question them on why it took nine years to introduce underwater breathing devices onboard.
VIH Cougar Helicopters Takes Delivery Of An AW139
Source: AgustaWestland, 12 Jan, 10
AgustaWestland , a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the VIH Cougar Helicopters Inc. of USA has taken delivery of an AW139 medium twin helicopter during an official ceremony recently held at Vergiate plant (Italy). This 12 seat-configured helicopter will be operated for offshore transport missions in the Gulf of Mexico. Emilio Dalmasso, Senior [...]
Sikorsky settles Cougar S-92 lawsuit
Source: Winnipeg Free Press, 6 Jan, 10
The families of passengers who died in the crash of a Sikorsky helicopter off the coast of Newfoundland last year, as well as the sole survivor of the tragedy, have reached a settlement in their lawsuit against the U.S. company.
Cougar S92 inquiry asks Defence Department for explanation
Source: Canada.com, 1 Dec, 09
The head of the inquiry investigating last spring’s helicopter crash that killed 17 offshore oil workers and aircrew off the Newfoundland coast announced Wednesday he has asked the Defence Department to send a witness to explain the federal role in SAR
Survival suits could have been safer, Cougar S92 crash inquiry hears
Source: CBC, 17 Nov, 09
Emergency breathing devices for suits worn by passengers during offshore helicopter flights weren’t installed until nine years after they were first recommended and only after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Newfoundland in March, killing 17 people, an inquiry heard Monday.
Crack found in Cougar S92 helicopter
Source: Globe and Mail, 4 Nov, 09
Engineers have discovered a hairline crack in the gearbox of a Canadian-based Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, the latest chapter in an ongoing mechanical saga that has cast an investigative spotlight on the high-tech machine.
Cougar S92 makes emergency landing in Halifax after sensor indicates problem
Source: Amherst Daily News, 24 Sep, 09
An official with the Newfoundland-based company said a chip indicator on the Sikorsky S-92 sensed there were lose fragments of material in the oil, which can cause problems in the main gearbox
Cougar S92 inquiry to hear victims’ families
Source: CBC, 13 Aug, 09
TSB Canada issues an investigation update on S-92 accident
Source: TSB, 19 Jun, 09
FAA orders flight manual change after crash off Newfoundland
Source: CBC, 19 Jun, 09
Cougar helicopter rescuers given lifesaving honours
Source: CBC, 11 Jun, 09
Cougar Helicopters orders S-92 pilots to remain below 7,000 feet
Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090514.wxcopter14art2237/BNStory/National/home, 14 May, 09
Cougar S92 crash book not done for ‘quick buck,’ author insists
Source: CBC, 21 Apr, 09
The author of a newly published book about last month’s helicopter crash that killed 17 people off Newfoundland’s east coast is denying a widow’s criticism that the publication is capitalizing on other people’s tragedy.
Retired judge appointed to head Cougar S92 inquiry
Source: Globe & Mail, 17 Apr, 09
Sikorsky objects to claims helicopter failed to achieve certification
Source: Globe and Mail, 11 Apr, 09
Sikorsky S92 failed vital safety test, files reveal
Source: Globe and Mail, 11 Apr, 09
C-NLOPB Announces Inquiry Into Worker Safety Associated With Cougar S92 Crash
Source: C-NLOPB, 11 Apr, 09
Bolts in Cougar S92 weren’t changed despite Sikorsky bulletin in January
Source: Oak Bay News, 26 Mar, 09
Provincial government says memorial will be established for Cougar S92 victims
Source: The Telegram, 26 Mar, 09
Cougar S92 believed to have gone nose down into Atlantic, TSB says
Source: AM900, 20 Mar, 09
Cougar Helicopters statement on Newfoundland accident
Source: Rotorhub, 17 Mar, 09
Ocean Ranger advice never followed, inquiry head says after Cougar S92 crash
Source: CBC, 17 Mar, 09
1 confirmed and 16 presumed dead in Cougar S-92 tragedy
Source: CTV, 14 Mar, 09
The search for 16 missing passengers of a helicopter which crashed off the coast of Newfoundland was called off Friday evening, because officials said “the likelihood of finding survivors is no longer there.”
