A helicopter with 20 people onboard has had to be escorted to land after a temperature warning light came on.

The CHC operated Super Puma was travelling between the Stena Spey rig and Aberdeen when the crew alerted coastguards at 11.30am.

A coastguard helicopter escorted the aircraft to Sumburgh in Shetland where it landed safety.

A CHC Helicopter spokeswoman said: “A Super Puma operated by CHC Helicopter diverted to Sumburgh this morning after crew reported a temperature warning light. The indicator returned to normal however CHC will always take a precautionary approach and as such, the decision was taken to re-route.

“We are currently investigating the cause of the incident and the aircraft’s operating systems will be fully checked before returning to service.”

The rescue was co-ordinated by the Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre at RAF Kinloss.

An RAF spokesman said: "It was en route to Aberdeen and was diverted to Sumburgh because there was a report of an intermittent temperature warning.

"Rescue 102 coastguard helicopter took off and acted as top cover and it landed safely at Sumburgh."

In May, a CHC Super Puma (pictured) had to be brought back to shore on a boat after developing a fuel problem on a North Sea rig.

Routine fuel samples were found to be "unsatisfactory" and the decision was made to return the aircraft to land.

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