What the records say
- When
- 27 Dec 2006
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 53.96° N, 3.67° W
- Description
- aviation incident in the Irish Sea
2006 Morecambe Bay Eurocopter AS365 crash
Aviation incident in the Irish Sea
The 2006 Morecambe Bay helicopter crash was a fatal air incident that occurred on 27 December 2006 at approximately 18:40 GMT, while remote platform crew were being transported from the Millom West via North Morecambe gas platforms to return them to the AP1, part of the Morecambe Field's Central Complex, situated approximately 24 miles (39 km) from the shoreline of Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, England.
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