10 feared dead in helicopter crash

Apr 1 2009

Up to ten people are feared dead and six more were missing after a helicopter ditched in the sea off north-east Scotland.

The Bond aircraft was returning from a BP-operated oil platform just before 2pm when it went down 35 miles off the Aberdeenshire coast.

Oil industry sources said they had received reports of between six and 10 fatalities, with six more missing.