Friday, April 13, 2007

No Survivors Are Expected in Capsizing of Rig-Service Vessel in North Sea

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. navy resumed a search for five Norwegians missing from a boat that capsized yesterday in the North Sea and may be trapped inside the vessel. The U.K. coastguard said they are unlikely to be found alive.

Three out of the 15 Norwegians on board the Bourbon Dolphin are already confirmed dead, said Matthieu Pirouelle, a Paris- based spokesman for shipowner Bourbon SA, the world's largest owner of supply vessels for deepwater oil exploration. Divers are now at the capsized boat, Michael Mulford, a spokesman for the U.K. air force, said by phone from Kinloss, Scotland.


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