Body found in platform fire

Suspended: Coast Guard calls off search for missing workers

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Luke Johnson

 18 November 2012 19:19 GMT

A body found at the site of an oil-and-gas platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico has been identified as one of two missing workers.

The body was found hours after the US Coast Guard called off its search on Saturday afternoon.

The body was identified by Louisiana-based Grand Isle Shipyard (GIS), which employed all 22 workers workers aboard the Black Elk Energy-operated platform when it exploded on Friday morning.

Many of the workers were Philippine nationals, including the confirmed fatality, the still-missing worker and the four who were still hospitalised with severe burns on Sunday.

“We regret to announce that the body that was recovered near the accident scene a few hours ago belongs to one…

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