Norway helicopter crash: Briton dead after aircraft plunges into rocks

Sebastian Mann29 April 2016

A British national has been killed in a helicopter crash in south-west Norway, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has confirmed.

The Briton was one of 13 people on board the aircraft which plunged into rocks near the city of Bergen.

A spokesman for Norway's Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre said 11 people were killed and two are yet to be found.

One Italian was also in the helicopter - a Eurocopter EC225 - when it came down. The eleven others were Norwegians.

Police spokesman Morten Kronen said the helicopter was "totally smashed" and TV footage showed smoke billowing from the crash site not far from the small island of Turoey.

Eyewitness Rebecca Andersen told Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang that the helicopter's rotor blades "came rushing toward us", before she heard "a violent explosion".

Crash: Emergency workers at the crash near Bergen in Norway
AP

UK accident investigators have been deployed to help the investigation into the crashed helicopter, which is believed to have been carrying passengers from an offshore oil field when it came down.

An FCO spokesman said: “We have offered our support to the family of a British national who has sadly died in a helicopter crash in Bergen, Norway.

"Our thoughts are with all those affected. We will remain in contact with local authorities.”

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