Perhaps to be taken with a pinch of the briney, but
"Ahighly advanced £135 million initiative, known as Jigsaw and drawn up by the oil industry to improve search and rescue, was said by union representatives to have been abandoned as rescuers battled tough conditions. The majority of the stranded workers were rescued by a standard oil support vessel which had been in the area. Three people were airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary"
Oilmen didn't realise helicopter was in sea - Times Online