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04-02-2009, 06:44 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: antwerp
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| Helicopter crashed near scotland. an Sikorsky S76 with 16 oilrig workers on board, had to ditch into the sea after having problems. they found till now 10 bodies and 6 are still missing. 11 killed in North Sea helicopter crash - Telegraph
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04-02-2009, 08:23 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| Sad news 
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04-02-2009, 08:31 AM
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| yeah indeed, can you imagine. after a few weeks work on that rig, being relieved to go home again to your family and then that crash. i think on that moment you just would have wished to never left the rig at all
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04-02-2009, 08:31 AM
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| Siggy Master   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| Yep.... very sad news.
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04-02-2009, 08:32 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas
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| Wow. Bad news, indeed. And to have to ditch in the North Sea? NOT a very friendly place to go down, from what I understand.
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04-02-2009, 08:38 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: antwerp
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| nope very bad seas, its so bad that at the beach overhere it isnt allowed to swim because ot the dangerous tides and underwater drafts.
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04-02-2009, 12:27 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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| Very sad to hear.
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04-02-2009, 02:03 PM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Damn, very sad news! The North Sea area can be very dangerous. I hate the fact that my wife is out on a boat out there every day for the last month.
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04-02-2009, 03:55 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | The North Sea can be very dangerous but they are all trained and kitted out for situations like this (they have to be by law in the UK). Still very sad to hear it happen.
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04-02-2009, 04:42 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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| Makes me sad indeed! A guy in my ex's family is an oilrig worker out there, I hope not that he's one of them...
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