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| Rig evacuated in security alert | |
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| An oil platform in the North Sea is being evacuated in a security alert, it has been confirmed. | |
| It is understood that a total of 539 people are being taken off the facility in an operation involving 14 helicopters. | It is understood that a total of 539 people are being taken off the facility in an operation involving 14 helicopters. |
| They are being transported to other rigs in the area. | They are being transported to other rigs in the area. |
| The operation, 115 miles off the Aberdeen coast, began at 0920 GMT on Sunday and is being co-ordinated by Grampian Police. | |
| A spokesman for Aberdeen Coastguard said it was a "large scale" operation and that two platforms were involved, but that just one was being evacuated. |