A helicopter transporting gas rig workers crashed into Morecambe Bay in northwestern England, killing six. Rescuers in helicopters and boats searched early Thursday for one more person who was missing.
Lancashire police, coordinating the search, and the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, said six bodies had been found by searchers in the cold water of the large bay within hours of the crash Wednesday night.
The search for the other person aboard the helicopter, which was carrying five Centrica PLC employees and two crew when it went down 24 miles, or nearly 39 kilometers, off the coast around 6:40 p.m. would go on.
It was not immediately known what caused the crash in the bay, which is east of the Isle of Man.
Mick Gradwell, Detective Superintendent for the Lancashire police, said the search was focusing around a drilling platform. He confirmed that all the bodies recovered so far were men.
The Associated Press
Source: iht.com
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