UK - North Sea - Bond Corporation helicopter takes off from gas platform

An Aerospatiale SA365N Dauphin II offshore helicopter (reg number G-BKXD) operated by Bond Helicopters takes-off from a gas platform in the Irish Sea bound for its base at Blackpool, England. On duty ferrying offshore gas workers from Morcambe Bay, England, the helicopter flies off into a pink sky as darkness approaches. Left behind are the lights that illuminate the deck of the gas rig, the letter H beneath the facilities' netting. Bond Offshore Helicopters are a British Helicopter operator, specialising in providing offshore helicopter transportation services between Aberdeen, Scotland, Blackpool, Norwich and Humberside to North Sea and Irish Sea oil and gas platforms.

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An Aerospatiale SA365N Dauphin II offshore helicopter (reg number G-BKXD) operated by Bond Helicopters takes-off from a gas platform in the Irish Sea bound for its base at Blackpool, England. On duty ferrying offshore gas workers from Morcambe Bay, England, the helicopter flies off into a pink sky as darkness approaches. Left behind are the lights that illuminate the deck of the gas rig, the letter H beneath the facilities' netting. Bond Offshore Helicopters are a British Helicopter operator, specialising in providing offshore helicopter transportation services between Aberdeen, Scotland, Blackpool, Norwich and Humberside to North Sea and Irish Sea oil and gas platforms.