The wreckage of a helicopter which crashed in the North Sea killing all 16 people on board has been found, air accident investigators today confirmed.
A salvage vessel is at the scene off the coast of Aberdeen as efforts to locate its flight recorder continue.
“We can confirm that the wreckage has been found,” a spokeswoman for the Air Accident investigation Branch said.
“The operation to salvage the helicopter will continue.”
The Super Puma helicopter came down, killing its 14 passengers and two crew on Wednesday afternoon as the aircraft returned from a BP oil platform.
Eight bodies have so far been recovered and shipped to Aberdeen.
It is thought the eight other bodies could still be in the fuselage of the helicopter.
Specialist diving teams had been working at the scene since yesterday afternoon trying to locate the wreckage.
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