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A helicopter with 21 people on board has made a safe landing on Shetland after a full emergency was called. | A helicopter with 21 people on board has made a safe landing on Shetland after a full emergency was called. |
Coastguards said the S-92, operated by Bristow, reported a possible fuel leak and landed at Scatsta. | Coastguards said the S-92, operated by Bristow, reported a possible fuel leak and landed at Scatsta. |
It had been travelling from the Brent oil field in the North Sea with 19 passengers and two crew on board. | It had been travelling from the Brent oil field in the North Sea with 19 passengers and two crew on board. |
A Shetland Coastguard spokesman said the alarm was raised at about 1040 GMT and the helicopter landed safely. Engineers later found no fuel leak. | |
The emergency services were called to the scene. | The emergency services were called to the scene. |
The incident is being blamed on a "discrepancy in a monitoring system". |
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