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Rig evacuated in security alert - BREAKING NEWS
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An oil platform in the North Sea is being evacuated in a security alert, it has been confirmed.
It is understood that a total of 539 people are being taken off the facility in an operation involving 14 helicopters.
They are being transported to other rigs in the area.
The operation, 115 miles off the Aberdeen coast, began at 0920 GMT on Sunday and is being co-ordinated by Grampian Police.
A spokesman for Aberdeen Coastguard said it was a "large scale" operation and that two platforms were involved, but that just one was being evacuated. |
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No idea how/why but does say it's a security thing...  
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Rig evacuated in security alert
An oil platform in the North Sea is being evacuated in a security alert, it has been confirmed.
It is understood that a total of 539 people are being taken off the facility in an operation involving 13 helicopters and a fixed wing aircraft.
They are being transported to other rigs in the area.
The operation, 115 miles off the Aberdeen coast, began at 0920 GMT on Sunday and is being co-ordinated by Grampian Police.
A spokesman for Aberdeen Coastguard said it was a "large scale" operation and that two platforms were involved, but that just one was being evacuated.
Squadron leader Barry Neilson, from RAF Kinloss, said of the incident: "It's unusual, that's probably the best way to describe it. But is falls within our normal operating procedures and we are reacting accordingly.
He added: "There is a report of a woman on the platform who has sparked the incident, but I cannot go into details at this stage." |
Bet it's some bullshit.
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If you can read this, I'm seriously fucking bored.
Last edited by Dervish on Feb-10-2008 at 12:43
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