1981 Bristow Helicopters Westland Wessex crash

On 13 August 1981 the helicopter lost power to the main rotor gearbox, going out of control during the ensuing autorotation.[3] G-ASWI left the North Denes airfield at 13:47 on Thursday 13 August 1981 on a routine passenger and freight flight between rigs on the Leman and Indefatigable gas fields.At 15:41, returning from the Leman field to the landing site at Bacton, the commander, Ben Breach,[4] sent a distress message reporting that he was ditching due to engine failure.A Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Westland Sea King left RAF Coltishall at 15:47, sighting floating wreckage from G-ASWI at 15:57.[10] A major article on the ongoing effects of the crash was published in the Eastern Daily Press in September 2014.

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