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Apart fromThe European Aviation Safety Agency issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) on June 2
to ground the fleet of Airbus Helicopters AS332 L2 Super Puma and EC225 LP (H225) models,
after more evidence of a potential unsafe condition in the main rotor assembly was discovered.
This follows an April 29 crash of an EC225 LP near Bergen, Norway.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... rs-430157/European safety regulators have lifted the grounding order on Airbus Helicopters Super Puma rotorcraft imposed in the wake of a fatal crash earlier this year, but separate flight bans in the UK and Norway remain in force.
A total of 13 passengers and crew died when the main rotor separated from the rest of a H225 helicopter (LN-OJF) near Turøy on Norway’s west coast on 29 April.
EASA says that although the “root cause of this failure is still not fully understood” by Airbus Helicopters, it is confident that with a number of steps put in place by the manufacture,r the Super Puma is now safe to return to service.
However, the flight restrictions imposed by the regulators in both Norway and the UK are still in place.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority says it is “united in [its] approach” with its Norwegian counterpart. “Both agencies now await further information from the accident investigation before considering any future action,” it says.
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