SOCIAL STUDIES- helicopter crash

All eighteen people survived the helicopter crash. There was a helicopter crash today near Scotland. There were 16 passengers and two crew people. Everyone survived by being recued by either a boat or another helicopter which was in the area.
The helicopter crashed off the coast of Scotland. The helicopter fell 120 miles east of Aberdeen while heading to an offshore platform where they were going to land. Everyone was recovered from the water and they believe that there was no severe injuries. People who were aboard the helicopter were rescued from the water either by another helicopter or by boat. The helicopter was heading for a platform which was home to many offshore oil rigs. The crash happened at 6:43 p.m. (1:43 p.m. Eastern time) today. This helicopter is used to bring people to and from oil platforms in the North Sea. This helicopter is called the Super Puma and is reported to have good safety records. The weather was good except there was a little bit of fog. All passengers survived.
The Super Puma helicopter went down around 125 miles east of Aberdeen in Scotland at around 6.40pm today. Three people were recuded from another helicopter while the other fifteen were brought to safty by a platform lifeboat. There were a few minor injuries but not major injuries. There were sixteen passengers and two crew members. The helicopter crashed into the water. The weather was okay but there was darkness and many clouds. The people aboard the helicopter were very thankful for the resuers.

I got my information from:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/18/uk.helicopter/index.html

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090218/tuk-all-18-survive-helicopter-crash-6323e80.html