Faulty O-ring forced Sea King's emergency landing: report

A new report says a leaking O-ring is the reason the pilots of a Sea King helicopter were forced to make a controlledemergency landing last year.

Thehelicopter landed near a parking lot at a Sobeys in Bedfordon Nov. 22, 2012.

Military safety officers say the faulty, dime-sized seal was leaking hydraulic fluid.

Their report says it was the fifth time since 2000 that an O-ring or the packing material beneath it has broken down and started to leak.

Lt.Col. Jeff Fletcher, the commanding officer of 423 Squadron, said last November thatthe Sea King helicopterdispatched from CFB Shearwaterwas returning from a routine training mission to Greenwood when the indicator light showed a problem with the helicopter's hydraulics.

No one was injured in the incident.