Air crash bodies brought to harbour

12 April 2012

The remaining eight bodies from a helicopter that crashed in the North Sea killing 16 people have been brought back to port.

Divers found the missing men along with the wreckage of the aircraft and its black box recorder, which experts are examining to find out what caused the crash.

The salvage vessel Bibby Topaz berthed in Aberdeen Harbour with the bodies and parts of the wreckage.

Air accident investigators have taken the black box recorder to Farnborough for examination.

Specialist diving teams had been working at the scene since Saturday afternoon trying to locate the missing victims and wreckage.

The Super Puma helicopter came down last Wednesday, killing 14 passengers and two crew as the aircraft returned from a BP oil platform. Eight bodies were recovered in the immediate aftermath of the accident.

The helicopter had been returning from BP's Miller oil platform when it crashed about 15 miles off Peterhead at 2pm on Wednesday.

As well as the captain and co-pilot, Paul Burnham, 31, and Richard Menzies, 24, the other missing men were Nolan Carl Goble, 34, of Norwich, Gareth Hughes, 53, of Angus, David Rae, 63, of Dumfries and Leslie Taylor, 41, of Kintore, Aberdeenshire, along with James Costello, 24, from Aberdeen, who worked for contractor PSN, and Alex Dallas, 62, also from Aberdeen.

The other eight bodies already recovered were Brian Barkley, 30, of Aberdeen; James Edwards, 33, of Liverpool; Vernon Elrick, 41, of Aberdeen; and Mihails Zuravskis, 39, from Latvia, were all identified on Saturday. All four men were employed by KCA Deutag.

Raymond Doyle, 57, from Cumbernauld; Nairn Ferrier, 40, from Dundee; Warren Mitchell, 38, of Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, and Stuart Wood, 27, from Aberdeen, also died.

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