Helicopter wreckage search

Title

Helicopter wreckage search

Genre

Interview

TX Date

15 Sep 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:02:08

Description

Interview with Flight Lieutenant Pat Roberts, on an RAF search in poor weather for a British Bell 2h12 helicopter that crashed in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an offshore oil vessel off the Shetland Islands. Six people died, wreckage and bodies were found. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Pat Roberts

Keywords

Air accidents; Deaths; Weather; Air force; North Sea; Search and rescue operations; Helicopters; Dead bodies; Shetland Islands; Petroleum insustry

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