Helicopter Accidents

Year 1983 accidents

Sikorsky S-61 H-3 Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1983	hss-2	61-148	149730 : Aircraft sank in 7,000 ft (2133 m) of water in The Tongue of the Ocean, while conducting night flight operations. All four crew members were rescued
1983	s61n.mk2	61-770	G-BEON : Sikorsky S-61N-69; British Airways Helicopters d/d 27May77; w/o crashed in the southern Celtic Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean, when en route from Penzance to the St Mary's, Isles of Scilly in thick fog. Only six of the 26 on board survived.