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According to the reports, all 16 people on board a helicopter that ditched in the North Sea are safe.
A major rescue operation was launched after the aircraft descended into the sea around 25 miles off the east coast of Aberdeen shortly after midday. There were 14 passengers and two crew members present in the flight. All the passengers and crew members are all in a life raft currently awaiting rescue and will be taken back to Aberdeen. The helicopter, a Super Puma EC225, is currently sitting upright in the sea water.
The helicopter was operated by Bond Offshore and is understood to support North Sea oil and gas rigs. Stephen Bond from Bond Air Services has stated that an oil light pressure warning light came on in the EC225 Super Puma during its flight, so the pilot began a “controlled descent” off the coast of Aberdeen.
The coastguards were coordinating the rescue operation, assisted by RNLI lifeboats. Coastguard Susan Todd has reported none of the occupants appear to be injured. She has added that the chopper was forced down 26 miles east-south-east of Aberdeen, while going from Aberdeen to the Maersk Resilient rig, and then on to the jack up drilling rigs ENSCO 102.
A maritime spokesman has told: “Aberdeen Coastguard was alerted at 12.15pm that a Bond helicopter was on route from Aberdeen to Maersk Resilient, and then onwards to ENSCO 102, when they broadcast an alert that they were forced to ditch the aircraft into the sea.”
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Accident & Emergency department is expecting up to 14 admissions for assessment.
It is the latest incident in the series involving helicopters in the North Sea.
Earlier in February 2009, 18 people survived after a helicopter ditched in the North Sea.
After a short period, in April 2009, 16 people died after a Bond Super Puma crashed 14 miles off the coast of Aberdeen.
And now the Bond Offshore Super Puma helicopter went down 125 miles east of Aberdeen. All of the eighteen people were rescued with only minor injuries.
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