12 March 2009

SAFETY: Helicopter Carrying 18 Crashes in Atlantic Off Canadian Coast

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland — A helicopter ferrying workers to the Hibernia offshore oil platform has ditched in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland.

Gerry Grychowski of the Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax says there were 18 people on board on Thursday.

Two people have been spotted in the water, as well as a life-raft, but there's no sign of the chopper.

A Hercules aircraft and four Cormorant rescue helicopters are on their way to the site and a coast guard ship and a supply ship are about an hour away.

Grychowski says winds are fairly strong in the area with six- to nine-foot waves.
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