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| Seven more bodies have been found inside the fuselage of the helicopter that crashed into the North Sea, killing all 16 men on board. | Seven more bodies have been found inside the fuselage of the helicopter that crashed into the North Sea, killing all 16 men on board. |
| The wreckage of the Super Puma was found on the sea bed by the Bibby Topaz salvage vessel. | The wreckage of the Super Puma was found on the sea bed by the Bibby Topaz salvage vessel. |
| The discovery brings the total number of bodies recovered to 15. Specialist divers are continuing to search for the last missing body. | The discovery brings the total number of bodies recovered to 15. Specialist divers are continuing to search for the last missing body. |
| The helicopter crashed off the Aberdeenshire coast on Wednesday. | The helicopter crashed off the Aberdeenshire coast on Wednesday. |
| Grampian Police said they believed two of the recovered bodies were the pilot and co-pilot, Paul Burnham, 31, from Methlick in Aberdeenshire, and Richard Menzies, 24, of Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire. | |
| A spokesman for the force confirmed: "As a result of the ongoing effort, seven of the remaining eight victims have been recovered by divers onto a vessel at the scene. | A spokesman for the force confirmed: "As a result of the ongoing effort, seven of the remaining eight victims have been recovered by divers onto a vessel at the scene. |
| "Families of all the victims have been informed of the current situation. | "Families of all the victims have been informed of the current situation. |
| "The search operation for the last remaining body continues." | "The search operation for the last remaining body continues." |
| It was not yet known when the bodies would be taken ashore. | It was not yet known when the bodies would be taken ashore. |
| The helicopter was said to be lying about 100m under the surface. It had been returning from BP's Miller oil platform when it crashed about 15 miles off Peterhead at 1400 BST on Wednesday. | |
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| Diving teams had been working at the scene since Saturday afternoon trying to locate the wreckage and the cockpit voice and data recorder. | Diving teams had been working at the scene since Saturday afternoon trying to locate the wreckage and the cockpit voice and data recorder. |
| Prayers for the dead men were said at a special service at St Nicholas' Church in Aberdeen on Sunday morning. | |
| Grampian Police said on Saturday night they had identified all eight of the bodies which had been recovered by that stage. | |
| The bodies of Brian Barkley, 30, of Aberdeen; James Edwards, 33, of Liverpool; Vernon Elrick, 41, of Aberdeen; and Mihails Zuravskis, 39, from Latvia, were all identified on Saturday. All four men were employed by KCA Deutag. | |
| Raymond Doyle, 57, from Cumbernauld; Nairn Ferrier, 40, from Dundee; Warren Mitchell, 38, of Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire; and Stuart Wood, 27, from Aberdeen, had been formally identified the previous day. | |
| Mr Doyle and Mr Ferrier also worked for KCA Deutag. Mr Wood was employed by Expro North Sea, while Mr Mitchell was employed by Weatherford UK. | |
| Among the other men who died were four further KCA Deutag employees - Nolan Carl Goble, 34, of Norwich; Gareth Hughes, 53, of Angus; David Rae, 63, of Dumfries and Leslie Taylor, 41, of Kintore, Aberdeenshire. | |
| James Costello, 24, from Aberdeen, who worked for contractor PSN, and Alex Dallas, 62, also from Aberdeen, who was employed by Sparrow Offshores Services, also died. |