JadeM
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 6 bodies apparently and 1 missing off the sea between Blackpool and Morcombe Bay.
Ferrying workers from the rigs, they were only 20 mins from land
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Cosmo
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 I know a few people who work on that rig, hopefully they are OK!
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JadeM
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I know a few people who work on that rig, hopefully they are OK!
Oh no, hope they're all okay
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Robin
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Andy1868 was saying about it earlier, it's near him.
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andy1868
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i say near, fairly close. my mates dad works on there too hope hes alright
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JadeM
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Saw it on Sky news, makes me feel sick seeing the RN helicopter. We lost a relative in the sea at Blackpool in the summer. The RN helicopter pulled him and his mate from the sea, it brings it all back
AND it reminds me thats an added danger to working off shore on the rigs
[Edited on 28-12-2006 by JadeM]
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K3 VMU
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The helicopter company is from here and the man that owns it i was speakin to his daughter tonight cause she goes out with my mate and seeminly he is very distruaght, i herd 6 were dead? R.I.P to all
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JadeM
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As far as I know it was the Blackpool lifeboat that was involved in the summer, I've no idea where the Helicopters were based
These guys have a terrible job to do, the money that was raised at the funerals was split and half given to the RNLI.
[Edited on 28-12-2006 by JadeM]
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Jambo
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JadeM
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One of them is still missing, I can't bear to think what his family are going through
They're saying they would all be wearing the right gear and stuff, and obviously done their survival training, yet they all drowned. It was coming in to land as well
[Edited on 28-12-2006 by JadeM]
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mk4_astra
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RIP
bbc news 24 named the 7 people about 10:30 this morning, they were all from north england with 1 or 2 from scotland iirc
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mwg
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Too misty to see anything from my house.
Didn't even know this had happened
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Pop
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RIP to all the people involved, was well foogy round here so the search must have been really difficult
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Jamie
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Paper was saying it had picked up from two rigs and was on its way to the third then home to land
Apparntly the workers on rig 3 saw it "ditch" in the sea
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ed
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Just flew to Blackpool today for lunch. There are lots of Police all over the place and people filming it for TV.
Heard that the helecopter was about 600 meters away from the rig so it must have been going slowly and low and there was no emergancy call, it also banked shaprly left before it ditched. At a guess the rear prop could have failed causing it to loose control very quickly and as they were going low and slow the pilot would not have been able to do much to correct it and ditch 'carefully' into the sea.
Must have been terrifying
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JadeM
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Originally posted by ed
Just flew to Blackpool today for lunch
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Colin
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I thought this was going to be about something else 
Hav'nt seen any news today...how terrible
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JadeM
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Originally posted by Colin
I thought this was going to be about something else
Trust you!!!! I did omit to mention, Colin crashed his brand new helicopter in a neighbours garden on Christmas day 
[Edited on 28-12-2006 by JadeM]
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by JadeM
quote:
Originally posted by ed
Just flew to Blackpool today for lunch
My Dad's a pilot 
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JadeM
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Oh well that explains things................lets hop in the plane and go a trip to the shops 
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