Super Puma Helicopter Crashed Off Scotland: Royal Air Force says civilian helicopter carrying 18 people ditches in North Sea. RAF officer says all rescued alive, no immediate details of any injuries.
All 18 people aboard a helicopter that crashed off the coast of Scotland have been recovered alive, a Royal Air Force officer told CNN. The Super Puma ditched about 120 miles east of Aberdeen while approaching an offshore platform.
James Lyon, assistant controller of the RAF's aeronautical rescue coordination center at RAF Kinloss Scotland, said,
Everyone has been recovered from the water. We don't know their condition, but we believe there are no major injuries. Some were recovered by helicopter and some by boat from the platform.
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