Helicopters carrying offshore workers in near-miss

It happened in February, 121 miles off the coast

Published 24th Jun 2017

Two helicopters carrying offshore workers had a near miss off the coast of Aberdeen earlier this year.

The pilots of the Sikorsky S-92's were forced to take action to avoid crashing into each other on the 22nd February.

An investigation by the UK Airprox board found the aircraft were 400 feet apart vertically and half a mile horizontally - after the outbound crew set the altitude too low.

The official investigation, by the group in charge of probing near-misses stated there was no risk of collision