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| Norway helicopter crash: 'Technical error to blame' | Norway helicopter crash: 'Technical error to blame' |
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| A technical error was almost certainly behind the helicopter crash in which 13 people died on Friday, Norway's Accident Investigation Board says. | A technical error was almost certainly behind the helicopter crash in which 13 people died on Friday, Norway's Accident Investigation Board says. |
| "On the basis of the facts we have, this involves a technical fault; it isn't human error," the director of the board's aviation department said. | |
| The Eurocopter (EC) 225L Super Puma crashed in the North Sea after picking up passengers from an oil platform. | The Eurocopter (EC) 225L Super Puma crashed in the North Sea after picking up passengers from an oil platform. |
| It was carrying 11 Norwegians, one Briton and one Italian. | It was carrying 11 Norwegians, one Briton and one Italian. |
| Regulators in the UK and Norway grounded the aircraft pending the investigation. | Regulators in the UK and Norway grounded the aircraft pending the investigation. |
| On Tuesday, the AIB's Kaare Halvorsen told reporters: "We are as certain as we can be that a technical error caused the accident." | On Tuesday, the AIB's Kaare Halvorsen told reporters: "We are as certain as we can be that a technical error caused the accident." |