Helikopter Service Flight 165 [SEP] point in time
Helikopter Service Flight 165
Helikopter Service Flight 165 was a crash of a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter into the North Sea, northwest of Bergen, Norway, on 26 June 1978. The aircraft was en route from Bergen Airport, Flesland to Statfjord A, an offshore oil platform. The accident was caused by a fatigue crack in a knuckle joint, causing one of the rotor blades to loosen. All eighteen people on board were killed in the crash.
- June 26 – Air Canada Flight 189, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashes on takeoff in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, because of tire failure; Two of the 107 passengers and crew on board die.
- June 26 – Helikopter Service Flight 165, a Sikorsky S-61, crashes into the North Sea while en route to Statfjord oil field due to fatigue failure of a rotor, killing all 18 on board.
- August 30 – In the LOT Flight 165 hijacking, two East German citizens hijack a Tupolev Tu-134