Search: Crash helicopter recovered
Efforts to find the tail of the helicopter which ditched into the North Sea with 18 people on board are continuing, accident investigators said.
The main body of the helicopter was brought back to Aberdeen by boat late on Saturday night.
The fuselage was recovered from the water on Saturday and will be taken to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) facility in Farnborough on Monday.
An AIIB spokesman said: "Operations to recover the tail of the helicopter are continuing."
Sixteen passengers and two crew had to be rescued after the Super Puma helicopter ditched near a BP installation around 125 miles east of Aberdeen on Wednesday night.
The AIIB spokesman said the fuselage had been "successfully recovered" and had arrived back in Aberdeen at 10.30pm on Saturday.
He added: "The fuselage will be transported to Farnborough on Monday so that investigations can continue."
The spokesman said: "We are not able to comment on the cause of the accident until the investigation has been completed."
A spokesman for operator Bond Offshore said: "The successful recovery of the fuselage is excellent news and it will greatly assist the AAIB in identifying the cause of the incident."
Advertisement starts
Advertisement ends
The AAIB has launched an investigation into what went wrong and has sent a team to Aberdeen.
