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| A major rescue operation is under way after a helicopter with seven people on board crashed in Morecambe Bay. | |
| The aircraft is said to have been ferrying personnel from the gas field in the Lancashire bay. | |
| A search for survivors involving two RAF rescue helicopters, lifeboats, coastguard crews and a rig support vessel is under way. | |
| The daughter of one rig worker said he had phoned his wife to say the helicopter crashed at about 1740 GMT. | |
| The helicopter crashed in the Irish sea en route to the gas rig platform in the bay. | The helicopter crashed in the Irish sea en route to the gas rig platform in the bay. |
| Two helicopter crew members and five rig workers are now thought to be missing. | |
| Michael Mulford, from the Royal Air Force Rescue Centre, said contact with the helicopter was lost at around 6pm and it is believed to have crashed into the water. | |
| He told Sky News: "We are looking for seven people who are almost certainly going to be in the water." | |
| It is understood that the helicopter crashed 20 miles off the Lancashire coast. | |
| Mr Mulford added: "What we have are good searching conditions, albeit it is dark. It is bound to be very cold in the water at this point." | |
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