Helikopter Service Flight 165 was a crash of a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter into the North Sea, 78 nautical miles (144 km; 90 mi) northwest of Bergen, Norway, on 26 June 1978.
The aircraft was en route from Bergen Airport, Flesland to Statfjord A, an offshore oil platform.
The accident was caused by a fatigue crack in a knuckle joint, causing one of the rotor blades to loosen.
All eighteen people on board were killed in the crash.
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