Oil-Field Helicopter Crashes; 6 Missing
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<i> Associated Press</i>
LONDON — Six people were missing after an oil-field helicopter carrying 13 passengers and crew members crashed in the North Sea on Wednesday, the Shell oil company said. The seven others aboard were rescued.
Shell U.K. Exploration & Production said the crash occurred at mid-morning as the Sikorsky helicopter was approaching an offshore tanker-loading facility, the Brent Spar. The cause of the crash was not known.
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