Ministry of the Interior Spanish Air and Space Force Galician Coast Guard Royal Thai Navy The King's Helicopter Flight Former military and government Royal Australian Air Force (replaced by the AgustaWestland AW139 during the late 2010s) Ornge / Ontario Air Ambulance Corp. (originally owned by Canadian Helicopters and eventually o/o by Ornge and replaced by AW139 in 2012) Honduran Air Force Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Government Flying Service Icelandic Coast Guard Accidents On 17 July 2002, S-76A G-BJVX, operated by Bristow Helicopters, crashed into the North Sea due to the failure of a main rotor blade. The operator temporarily halted all helicopter flights over the North Sea until operations resumed on 3 September 2002. On 10 August 2005, a Sikorsky S-76C+ flying Copterline Flight 103 crashed into Tallinn Bay in the Gulf of Finland. The cause was a failure of the hydraulic flight control system. On 31 May 2013, an S-76A air ambulance, operated by Omge, crashed near Moosonee Airport, Canada. The cause was inadequate training of pilots for night-time operations. On 10 March 2017, S-76C++ TC-HEZ, operated by Swan Aviation, crashed during a private charter flight in Istanbul, Turkey. The cause is unknown, but poor visibility conditions were present at the time. On 26 January 2020, S-76B N72EX crashed in Calabasas, California, killing all nine occupants, including the retired professional basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. Specifications (Sikorsky S-76C++) See also Notes References Citations Further reading External links 1970s United States civil utility aircraft 1970s United States helicopters Aircraft first flown in 1977 S-076 Twin-turbine helicopters