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By: - 30th August 2003 at 10:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
ah thats very sad...... my condolances to the families of the lost.
By: - 26th August 2006 at 20:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/lawandorder/060504/html/060504en08003.htm
http://thestandard.com.hk/news_print.asp?art_id=18064&sid=7809110
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/060819/12/1rmjq.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/060504/10/1njuc.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/060504/12/1njje.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/060504/12/1njcf.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/060504/12/1njbd.html
"GFS crew doomed by errors, says probe"
Friday, May 05, 2006
Doug Crets
A dramatic blow-by-blow report of a 2003 rescue helicopter crash on Lantau Island that killed a 34-year-old pilot and his crewman has cited pilot error and deficiencies in Government Flying Service protocol as being the main causes of the tragedy.
By: - 10th June 2007 at 15:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
HKGFS accident on 8 June 2007 in Hong Kong
8 June 2007:
EC155 B1 Dauphin. B-HRV.
Hong Kong Government Flying Service, based at Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok IAP, Lantau Island, Hong Kong SAR, China.
http://www.gfs.gov.hk/aircraft5.htm
http://www.gfs.gov.hk/home.htm
About 9:45, during rainstorm, while parked on tarmac, about 100 m outside its hangar, blown by gust of 129 km/h south wind, and crashed onto its right side.
Main rotor, right fuselage (including doors and windows), tail horizontal stabiliser, and tail rotor damaged.
No one wounded. 8D
One of two on-duty and parked on tarmac. Noses pointed west.
Main and tail rotor blades removed, righted by two crane-equipped trucks, and towed back into its hangar for inspection and repair.
See photos at:
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/60/2951j-p1.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/12/294rx-p1.html
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/09/HK0706090014.htm
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/60/2951j.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/12/294rz.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/12/294rx.html
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/09/HK0706090017.htm
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/09/HK0706090015.htm
By: - 13th February 2013 at 10:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
5 February 2013:
AS332L2 Super Puma.
B-HRM.
Hong Kong Government Flying Service.
During training, pilots suspected mechanical malfunction, and emergency landed at an heliport on a mountain on Dai A Jau (Tai A Chau) Island, amongst the Soko Islands, south of Lantau Island.
On or before 2013/02/12, reporters went to take a look.
Its four main rotor blades and two engines were dismounted, placed beside the helo, and wrapped in plastic.
Guards at the helo, claimed it was awaiting replacement parts.
By: - 16th February 2013 at 06:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Repair work begins on stranded island helicopter
Friday, February 15, 2013
Work has begun on replacing parts of a Super Puma helicopter that has been stranded on Tai A Chau for a week after encountering mechanical problems.
On February 5, the crew of the French- made Eurocopter Super Puma, which has been in service for 12 years, suffered mechanical problems while on a training exercise and landed at Tai A Chau, the largest of the Soku Islands, south of Lantau.
The helicopter landed on the apron of the island to await repairs.
By: - 23rd July 2013 at 16:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.cad.gov.hk/english/reports.html
On 2013/07/18, HKGFS publishes accident report:
'Aircraft Accident Report 1/2013 - Final Report on Eurocopter AS332 L2 registration B-HRN helicopter accident at Shung Mun Reservoir, Hong Kong on 27 December 2010'
(Wet and wild.)
By: - 25th August 2013 at 11:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.singtao.com/yesterday/loc/0825ao12.html
25 August 2013:
HKGFS has a funding of HKD 2.2 billion to buy seven new medium heloes to replace its current fleet of three Super Puma medium heloes and four Dauphin light heloes.
Meanwhile, the first of two Challenger 605 will arrive at Hong Kong in 2013 October.
By: - 5th March 2015 at 09:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.chingchic.com/history-of-raf-kai-tak.html
Scans of the English book "History of RAF Kai Tak, 1927 - 1971", by G.L.D. Alderson, published in 1972.
A lot of gory details and photos.
Maybe if I'm very bored sleepless, then I'll gawk at the scans, and compile out the accidents.
After all, some of the fatalities were buried in Hong Kong, and this HK Government site
http://www.hkmemory.hk/
has details and photos of their graves.
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By: Don Chan - 30th August 2003 at 09:28
A few days ago, the Government Flying Service of the Hong Kong government had its first helicopter crash. Below are the relevant fatalities and compact details.
- Pilot I Peter PANG Fu Kwok, 34, and Air Crewman Officer III D_ckson CHAN Man Tik, 31, of the Government Flying Service (formerly Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force till 1993), based at the Hong Kong International Airport ("HKG") at Chek Lap Kok, Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China. On Tuesday, 26 August 2003, at about 22:30 local time (14:30 GMT), their Eurocopter EC155 B1 Dauphin ("Dolphin") medium utility transport helicopter, aircraft registration B-HRX, departed Chek Lap Kok, for an aeromedical (air ambulance) mission to Cheung Chau Island. At 22:41, headquarters lost radio contact with it. On Wednesday, 27 August 2003, at 01:18, firefighters found its wreck on a hillside about 300 metres from the Fung Wong Path on Fung Wong Shan near Tung Chung, Lantau Island.
(This was the first helicopter crash in GFS history.)
http://www.info.gov.hk/gfs/
My comment: The searchers on the ground found the wreck relatively fast, despite the darkness and rural terrain, because the helo reportedly didn't have a transponder that signalled its position.
PS: The "_" in one of the names represents an "i". I appreciate the automatic censorship, eh, spell-check in this forum.