13 dead in oil rig helicopter crash off Norwegian coast

  • 8 years ago
A helicopter carrying passengers from a Norwegian oil platform crashed in the North Sea on Friday, killing all 13 people on board Eleven passengers and two crew on the flight from the Gullfaks B oil platform, operated by Statoil, were all Norwegian except for one British and one Italian national Several witnesses told Norwegian media they saw the rotor separate from the helicopter while still in the air