Bergen, 20160501: Helicopter rotorblades are brought away from Turoy outside Bergen, where a helicopter crashed Friday April 29. Torstein Boe/NTB Scanpix/via Reuters
OSLO (Reuters) - The fatal crash of an Airbus helicopter in Norway in April was probably the result of metal fatigue in the aircraft's gearbox, the country's Accident Investigation Board (AIBN) said in a preliminary report on Tuesday, backing earlier findings.
All 13 people on board were killed when the Super Puma's main rotor blades separated from the aircraft as it was ferrying passengers from a Norwegian offshore oil platform operated by Statoil.
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