[Newsbot]

Title: Ferry chopper ditches in Atlantic with 18 on board
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: stemmer
Date: 2009-03-12 07:07:15
Canadian

[newfette]

I gotta say this is hard on everyone here. when you live somewhere as close knit as newfoundland, everyone know someone who works out there either first hand or through a close friend. there is a lot pf praying for the families of those who are lost while we all wait to hear who was on the chopper.

[martin14]

Hoping for good news for you Newf

[Hyack]

Latest word doesn't look good:

$1:

Two life-rafts found near where a helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashed into the Atlantic Ocean were empty, a search and rescue official said Thursday.

One man, Robert Decker, was recovered alive from where a Cougar Helicopters chopper went down with 18 people aboard Thursday, after issuing a mayday and an alert about technical problems at about 9:18 NT, or 7:48 a.m. ET.

[newfette]

One rescued, one confirmed fatality, 16 still missing