18 saved as chopper ditches at ETAP

All 18 people aboard a helicopter which ditched just shy of the BP-operated ETAP platform, in the UK sector of the North Sea, have survived and are now back onshore.

Rescued: crew from the helicopter arrive back at Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland
Rescued: crew from the helicopter arrive back at Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland
Published 18 February 2009, 20:49Updated 9 July 2012, 08:58