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Cougar Helicopters Flight 91
Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 (also known as Flight 491) was a scheduled flight of a Cougar Sikorsky S-92A (Registration C-GZCH) which ditched on 12 March 2009 en route to the "SeaRose" FPSO in the White Rose oil field and Hibernia Platform in the Hibernia oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland east-southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland. Of the eighteen aboard, only one survived.
Aircraft.
The 2006-built Sikorsky S-92A, with manufacturers' serial number 920048, was a
Majesty's Coastguard (operated by Bristow Helicopters) – 4
- Babcock Mission Critical Services Currently operating 14.
- United States Marine Corps (see Sikorsky VH-92)
Notable accidents and incidents.
On July 19, 2008, an S-92 carrying Rev. Sun Myung Moon crashed in South Korea. The helicopter was flying in inclement weather which forced it down on a hillside. The 16 people aboard were slightly injured in the crash.
On March 12, 2009, Cougar Helicopters Flight 91, an S-92A operated by Cougar