[ATTACH] This picture is taken 5 minutes after the crash: The chopper is floating upside down, the yellow pontoons keeping it afloat, they were...
This is the helicopter pilot: Turns out he was quite famous having done record breaking flights among other stuff:...
I have crewed on boats with a helipad: A big H painted on the foredeck with a circle around it. Not a Yacht, which is what you are looking for,...
A 57 year old man is still in critical condition in the hospital. He was unconscious and not breathing when he was rescued. This is supposedly a...
The boat was anchored when the tarp hit the fan. It is docked now because of the accident investigation.
Looks like it was a chartered helicopter and not owned by the yacht's owners. All the way from the U.K. Just curious, but why not charter a small...
Hopefully they had seat belts and shoulder harness fastended tight. One person was unconscious and needed first aid and treatment. All 3 were sent...
Video clip from a distance shows the crash...
This is in preparation for take off from Shetland, looks like crew and pax have survival suits ready. Now we have a Before and an After picture....
In that case, how many yachts have helipads that meet class rules or aviation standards? The exception rather than the rule?
Looks like the chopper is British registered and reportedly came from Shetland, fueled in Bergen, then flew out to the boat. [ATTACH]
It says somewhere in the newspaper blurbs that this Yacht had a touch-and-go type helipad. Never heard of it. Is that what is sounds like? A...
Now it says the accident happened during landing. 3 onboard the chopper. All 3 survived, but hospitalized. Link to Norwegian news paper article....
Looks like this is the boat:[ATTACH]
Today in Norway... [ATTACH]
Missed that one too. The owner is Kjell Inge Røkke, a well know guy in Norway, self made millionaire. He went to Alaska and worked on fishing...
Almost looks like a catamaran in the last shot. Other than that, looks okay without being weird like Steve Job's boat. The straight lines and...
Yeah, and my ramblings was not really a direct answer to you, just a thought. Being half European and half American I have seen the health care...
Some folks don't have the mental capacity to feed themselfs and their families: That also includes thinking ahead for an education and a good job,...
Looks like a great benefit package, 50% matching 401K and all.
