Norway Helicopter Crash Cost 13 Lives

The aircraft was flying from the Gullfaks oil field to Bergen, a centre for the North Sea oil and gas industry.

Norway’s civil aviation authority has imposed a flight ban on the type of helicopter that crashed – the Eurocopter (EC) 225L Super Puma. Reports say it was “totally destroyed”.

Eleven of those on board were Norwegian, one was British and one Italian. No survivors have been found.Thirteen people are presumed dead after a helicopter crashed west of the Norwegian city of Bergen, rescuers said.

A major rescue operation was launched but ended within hours of the crash.Eleven bodies have been found, and two other people are still missing.

Later, local media quoted a civil aviation authority spokeswoman as said the helicopter’s two black boxes had been recovered.