Final Report S76 (5N-BQJ) en route southeast of Lagos Nigeria, 3 Fev 2016
Final Report S76 (5N-BQJ) en route southeast of Lagos Nigeria, 3 Fev 2016
On 3 February 2016, a Sikorsky S76C crew on a flight from an offshore platform to Lagos was ditched when the crew believed that it was no longer possible to complete their intended flight to Lagos. After recovering the helicopter from the seabed, the Investigation concluded that the crew had failed to perform a routine standard procedure after takeoff - resetting the compass to slave rather than free' mode - and had then failed to recognise that this was the cause of the flight path control issues which they were experiencing or disconnect the autopilot and fly the aircraft manually.







