Oslo - Rescue workers yesterday found two bodies and wreckage from the rotor blade and fuselage of a helicopter missing over the Norwegian Sea, the NTB newsagency said. The Super Puma helicopter with 10 passengers and two crew on board was on a routine flight between Broennoeysund and the Norne oilfield when it went missing. The pilot last made contact with air-traffic control on the mainland at 0455 GMT and had been expected to switch contact to the oil production ship, where it was due to land 11 minutes later.
Conditions in the area were moderate. The Norne oilfield lies about 125 miles off the Norwegian coast and is operated by the state-owned oil company, Den norske stats oljeselskap, AS (Statoil).