Helicopter goes down near scotland.

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.

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

Unlucky I hope there okay

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Originally Posted by buttons

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

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

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

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

its on sky news too, look on the tv.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...Scottish_Coast

lol whats a nimrod gonna do

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Originally Posted by cocaine

lol whats a nimrod gonna do

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

Any new updates?

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Originally Posted by Garion

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

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nothing which helicopters cant do then? (: