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Old 18th Jul 2002, 04:11
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Part of the story from The Independent this morning:

A specialist salvage vessel carrying divers and remote-controlled submarines will start work today at the scene of Tuesday night's tragedy to search for the bodies of six victims believed to have remained trapped in the Sikorsky S-76, sitting in 30 metres of water about 45 miles off the Norfolk coast.

Clive Mather, chairman of Shell UK, said the firm had suspended all flying operations in the southern North Sea until the cause of the tragedy was pinpointed.

One of the victims was named as Angus MacAthur, 38, of the Isle of Lewis, Ross-shire. He left behind a wife and two young sons. Norfolk police said the names of the remaining dead would not be released until tomorrow. They include six men from Norfolk, two from Teesside and one each from Lancashire and Suffolk.

My thoughts and prayers for those affected by this accident.
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