Best of LUCK Today

[Hibernicus]

Here's hoping you MS users have some good luck with that VIRUS :roll:

Hibernicus

[ioannes sebald]

Thanks Hibernicus!,so far,so good down this neck of the woods(the Gods willing) :| .

[Magnus]

My Xbox 360 just died a few days ago...if my computer goes down too things will get broken. :twisted:

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Keep the toys in the pram now Magnus!! :twisted: :mrgreen: :lol:
What virus is this?

Speaking of going down, we just had another chopper go down today, this time no survivors.

[D B Campbell]

Wow -- good to hear from you, Byron. I was thinking about you when I heard about the crash. There'll be a lot of distraught families tonight: condolences to all.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Thanks Duncan.
Yes, this is the same field and same helicopter company that went down last month.
It is a terrible loss to the families and is also a worry for all those who are travelling offshore these days.

[Magnus]

Is it just me, or does it seem that there has been a lot of aerial vehicle crashes in the last few months...more so than usual?

[ioannes sebald]

No more than usual,it's just that some(i.e those deemed"newsworthy")get reported and others don't,what i'd like to know is why the S Pumas have'nt been grounded yet!,i'm aware that this is somewhat off-topic but two in a few weeks,and from the same fleet! i hope someone is pulling their finger out right now :evil: .

[Neuraleanus]

Here's hoping you MS users have some good luck with that VIRUS

The VIRUS here is the Conficker Worm. it was suppose to have done some nasty stuff after April 1, but not much of anything actually happened:
[url:72v6qjrn]http://www.newser.com/story/54924/conficker-worm-date-passes-quietly-so-far.html[/url]

Magnus you're Xbox 360 died from a well known fault which has nothing to do with any virus.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

No more than usual,it's just that some(i.e those deemed"newsworthy")get reported and others don't,what i'd like to know is why the S Pumas have'nt been grounded yet!,i'm aware that this is somewhat off-topic but two in a few weeks,and from the same fleet! i hope someone is pulling their finger out right now :evil: .

The have not all been super pumas thats why.
The first was pilot error, the one in Canada was a different type of helicopter altogether,
and was a mechanical failure, which has been pinpointed, this last one, we don't know the cause, but it is an earlier model, and these helicopters have flown faithfully in various guises since the late 80's early 90's.

The company involved has grounded their own fleet of these, but I doubt it will be
a common problem with the model.

The time to impact from the momentary mayday was very fast, and it went in like a bullet from eyewitness accounts. The recovery of the bodies and a proper investigation, including an analysis of the flight recorder/black box information willbe the correct way to proceed, not a knee jerk reaction.

Sorry I changed the subject here guys, just we are out here, and panic mongering will not solve the problem, the pilots are understandably nervous, and are being super cautious as a result of this series of incidents.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Thanks Lee, I hadn't heard about that one, but I think there may be signs of it floating about.......files go missing, settings are changed etc?

Could be mischievious collegues too! :roll:

[ioannes sebald]

Hi Byron!,sorry about this but i think you might have misunderstood my meaning,Firstly,when i refered to air accidents,i meant all types of machine worldwide,not just Super Pumas(nor other Helicopters)and,Secondly,i meant grounding,in the short term,as a precautionary measure(as i believe the operater has since done),as you well know,it's better to lose some money than lives,i know from experience,anyhow,i'd better go lest i get accused of hi-jacking this thread,all the best.

[Magnus]

Magnus you're Xbox 360 died from a well known fault which has nothing to do with any virus.

Yes, I know Lee. I was simply mentioning it because of how much more angry I'd be if my computer went down also...