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Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N

1 Apr 2009 · 11 nmi northeast of Peterhead, Scotland

Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma · Main rotor gearbox failure

From Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) to Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
16 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma

Aircraft type
Eurocopter AS332
Category
Helicopter · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
G-REDL
Onboard fatalities
16
Route
From Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ)To Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

Just before 2:00 pm on 1 April 2009, Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N crashed 11 nmi north-east of Peterhead, Scotland in the North Sea while returning from a BP oil platform in the Miller oilfield, 240 km north-east of Peterhead. The crash killed all sixteen people aboard. The flight was operated using a Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma Mk 2 belonging to Bond Offshore Helicopters. The cause of the crash was main rotor separation following a catastrophic gearbox failure.

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Sources

Wikipedia article: Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N
Article
Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N
Revision
1361516085 · 2026-06-28 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q4613375
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Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N" (page 22238012, revision 1361516085)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
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Aircraft, operator and route
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Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
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Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
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  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.