Crashed on 6th November 1986 East of Sumburgh - Shetland Isles, due to rotor failure. Scanned from a 22yr old print

Evening shot of this helicopter, which tragically crashed with the loss of 45 lives off Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on 6 November 1986.

Another of the six BV-234s operated by BA Helicopters for North Sea oil rig support in the early 1980s. Sold to Columbia Helicopters International as N239CH

BA's first Chinook, pictured in the days when Gatwick had its own heliport, near the original airport Beehive building (still there today). In 1978 BA was the first to order the Commercial Chinook, for North Sea oil rig support missions. But by 1985 it was decided to sell the six helicopters which had been acquired. G-BJAC became N234CH then C-FHFH but was w/o at Comox, BC on 30.10.97