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Officials: Fatal Norway helicopter crash due to technical error

A helicopter crash in Norway that killed 13 people, including a British father-of-two was caused by technical error, officials say.

The helicopter was ferrying 11 workers and two crew from a Norwegian oil platform when it came down in the North Sea near the city of Bergen, on Friday.

Iain Stuart, 41, from Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire, was among the victims.

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Norway crash: Super Puma helicopters grounded

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has said it has suspended flights of Super Puma helicopters of the same type that crashed off the coast of Norway.

Following the accident, the UK CAA has issued an instruction to stop any commercial passenger flights by UK operators flying the Airbus EC225LP helicopter.

This mirrors action taken by the Norwegian CAA. The restriction does not apply to search and rescue flights.

The accident involved a Norwegian helicopter and will therefore be investigated by the Norwegian authorities. We will offer any assistance that we can.

We remain in close contact with all UK offshore helicopter operators to continue to assess the situation.

– UK Civil Aviation Authority

The authority added that its thoughts are with those affected by the accident.

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