Briton Killed In Norway Helicopter Crash

Rescue services say there has so far been no sign of survivors after the helicopter came down off the Norwegian coast.

One Briton has died in a helicopter crash near the city of Bergen in Norway, the UK Foreign Office has confirmed

All 13 people on board are feared to be dead, though two are still missing.
Eleven Norwegians and an Italian were also on the flight, which crashed on an island as it transported workers from a North Sea offshore oil field.


Accident investigators from Britain are being sent to help assist with the inquiry.Rescue workers are continuing their search in the hope of finding survivors, said a spokesman for emergency teams.

Anders Bang Andersen told reporters: "The helicopter has been located and we are doing everything possible to rescue the occupants."But police spokesman Morten Kronen said the helicopter was "totally smashed".

"We have not found any survivors. We are still looking. We are searching a large ocean area," he said.An eyewitness told Norwegian media that the helicopter's rotor was seen flying away from the helicopter before it crashed.

Wreckage of the rotor was found lying onshore, around 200-300m away from the rest of the helicopter.The Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority has imposed a flying ban on the model of aircraft involved in the crash.

Statoil, the energy company that owns the Gullfaks B platform that the helicopter was travelling back from, said it had temporarily grounded all helicopters of the type that crashed. 

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Twitter that she is being continuously briefed on the rescue operations, describing the news as "horrible".

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