Helicopter goes down near scotland.

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Helicopter ditches in North Sea


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A helicopter has ditched in the North Sea.
About 16 people were believed to be on board the aircraft and Aberdeen Coastguard said a major rescue operation was under way.
The incident happened about 35 miles east of Crimond in Aberdeenshire at about 1400 BST.
The operation includes two RAF rescue helicopters and a Nimrod, as well as two lifeboats. Fishing boats are also in the area.
The crash comes less than two months after a helicopter with 18 people on board ditched in the Etap field 125 miles east of Aberdeen.
All those on board the Super Puma survived the crash on 18 February.

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wow this is right near me about 20 miles east. Mum said it'll probably be the ones going out to the oil rigs :X

[Jord]

Unlucky I hope there okay

[lew!]

wow this is right near me about 20 miles east. Mum said it'll probably be the ones going out to the oil rigs :X

Yeah it is, It transports them to and from the rig.

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do you have a link to it? because we can't find anything

[lew!]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7977095.stm

its on sky news too, look on the tv.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Helicopter-North-Sea-Oil-Platform-Aircraft-Goes-Down-Off-Scottish-Coast/Article/200904115253638?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Te aser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15253638_Helicopter%3A_North_Sea_Oil_P latform_Aircraft_Goes_Down_Off_Scottish_Coast

[cocaine]

lol whats a nimrod gonna do

[Nixt]

lol whats a nimrod gonna do

It's an Intelligence Surveillance Targeting Acquisition Reconnaissance aircraft, and can therefore be used to scour the seas for survivors.

[Jahova]

Any new updates?

[cocaine]

It's an Intelligence Surveillance Targeting Acquisition Reconnaissance aircraft, and can therefore be used to scour the seas for survivors.

nothing which helicopters cant do then? (:

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Any new updates?
nope no-one round here has even heard bout it

nothing which helicopters cant do then? (:
every little helps?

[GommeInc]

It's an Intelligence Surveillance Targeting Acquisition Reconnaissance aircraft, and can therefore be used to scour the seas for survivors.
Surely it flopped into the sea, not explode into a thousand shards in a Sonic emerald-hunt sort of way? It sounds like they answered the mayday call quite fast, so hopefully it won't take a long time to find them, especially when, if the information was correct, that the helicopter is built with an in-built inflatable raft thing that opens up when the helicopter comes in contact with water, so I'd imagine it'll be bopping somewhere in one piece. If anyone has gotten lost, then something must be seriously wrong if they can't sit still in a floating helicopter...

[Jordy]

It's an Intelligence Surveillance Targeting Acquisition Reconnaissance aircraft, and can therefore be used to scour the seas for survivors.Yeah and in the previous Helicopter going into the North Sea 2 months ago because it was at night it was used to ensure none of the helicopters went into each other, a bit like a temporary air traffic control.


If anyone has gotten lost, then something must be seriously wrong if they can't sit still in a floating helicopter...True but if everything went to plan like it was meant to then the Helicopter wouldn't of came down in the first place.

[e5]

says '10 die' on sky news

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says '10 die' on sky news
**** yeh :X my dad was in area for a month (didn't come to see us :rolleyes:) visiting family so i'm thinking that was his helicopter (he works in oil rigs out here but lives in russia) but my mum hasn't said anything so i'm not really sure, i dunno when he went so god knows

hmm she says she doesn't think so as it was coming FROM oil rigs and my dads just goin out but idk

[Hushie]

wow this is right near me about 20 miles east. Mum said it'll probably be the ones going out to the oil rigs :X

20 Miles isn't right near.

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it takes me 25 minutes in a bus, 15 in car, it's the closest college to me.
also it's only 8 confirmed dead not 10

[Hushie]

I hope your dad's okay :(

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wouldn't make a difference to me but i think he went on thursday, i'm not sure omg:S:S:S just gotta wait n see

yeh his mum told us he doesn't get from that area and it's coming back anyway so he wasnt on it!! um mums friends brother is on it though and our next door neighbours friend :(

[xxMATTGxx]

nothing which helicopters cant do then? (:

And can fly in much worse weather then the helicopters can. Like one of the above posters have said it was used in very crap weather to assist the helicopters so they didn't crash into each other. :) The Nimrod can also be used as an operations centre mid-hair. So yeah, :P. R.I.P to any who may have died.