North Sea helicopter crash 'might have been avoided'

An inquiry into a North Sea helicopter crash that killed 16 men has found that the crash might have been avoided.

Fourteen oil workers, including David Rae from Dumfries, and two crew died when a Bond Super Puma plunged into the water off the Aberdeenshire coast on April 1, 2009.

A six-week fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the circumstances of the crash was held before Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle at Aberdeen's Town House earlier this year.

Sheriff Pyle found that the accident might have been avoided if several failures by Bond had not occurred.