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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 helicopter crash due to technical error, officials say

A rotor blade from Rotor blade from the helicopter that crashed near the Norwegian city of Bergen last week

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.

The crashed helicopter's flight recorders were recovered by the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority.

Today the country's accident investigation board said: "We are as certain as we can be that a technical error caused the accident.

"We don't think it was due to human misinterpretations."

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