Thursday, April 2, 2009

10 bodies found dead in helicopter crash off the coast of Scotland.

On Wednesday, April 1, at least ten people died in a helicopter crash off the coast of Scotland, reports Sky News. According to the TV, and six people missing.
As reported by Sky News, Bond Super Puma helicopter company Bond Offshore Helicopters with 14 passengers and two crew members crashed off the north-east coast of Scotland. The helicopter was returning to the oil platforms, all passengers were oilmen. Affiliation oil platforms have not yet been clarified.
Initially, information about the victims have been reported. Rescuers have already found ten bodies, the rest of the passengers wanted. In the search operation involving several helicopters, the British Coast Guard.
SkyNews notes that in February 2009 a helicopter of similar series of Bond Super Puma also crashed in the North Sea, but then all the people who were onboard, survived. According to the British Bureau of Investigation aviaproisshestvy (AAIB), the cause of the accident was the heavy clouds.

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