Ditched N Sea Helicopter Bound For ConocoPhillips-leased Rig
May 10 2012 - 10:15AM
Dow Jones News
A helicopter that was forced to make an emergency landing in the
North Sea Thursday was ferrying workers to ConocoPhillips Corp.
(COP)-leased drilling rigs on the Jasmine field, a ConocoPhillips
spokesman said.
The Eurocopter EC225 helicopter, operated by Bond Aviation,
ditched into the North Sea at around midday Thursday, with all 14
passengers safe and accounted for. The spokesman said some
passengers were already in hospital in Aberdeen, but he said
initial indications were that no serious injuries had occurred and
that this was a precautionary measure. The rest were still aboard a
rescue vessel.
The incident occurred around 25 miles offshore Aberdeen, a Bond
Aviation spokesman said.
"The pilots made a controlled descent after a low-pressure
warning light came on and then landed in the sea," said the Bond
spokesman.
ConocoPhillips wasn't immediately able to confirm whether the
passengers onboard were employees of the U.S. firm or of
third-party contractors working on their behalf. The workers were
bound for the Ensco 102 jack-up rig and the Maersk Resilient
jack-up rig, owned by Ensco PLC (ESV).
-By Alexis Flynn, Dow Jones Newswires, +44 207 842 9471,
alexis.flynn@dowjones.com
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