The 2006 Morecambe Bay Helicopter Crash was a fatal air incident that occurred on 27 December 2006 at approximately 18:40 GMT, whilst replacement crew were being transported between the Millom and South Morecambe gas platforms situated approximately 24 miles from the shoreline of Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, England.
Rescue efforts recovered the bodies of six men, including those of the two pilots. A seventh passenger was initially recorded as missing; however, the search for the missing man was called off on 24 January 2007.
The helicopter was a Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin, registration G-BLUN, owned by CHC Helicopter. The aircraft was contracted by Centrica, the company that manages the gas platform to which the helicopter was travelling.
Initial rescue was undertaken by an emergency response rescue vessel'Highland Sprite (E.R.R.V) and her two onboard fast rescue craft and later by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) rescue service, operating out of nearby Lytham St Annes and was co-ordinated by HM Coastguard.
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