Rig evacuated in security alert
 

An oil platform in the North Sea is being evacuated in a security alert, it has been confirmed.

It is understood that a total of 539 people are being taken off the facility in an operation involving 14 helicopters.
They are being transported to other rigs in the area.
The operation, 115 miles off the Aberdeen coast, began at 0920 GMT on Sunday and is being co-ordinated by Grampian Police. A spokesman for Aberdeen Coastguard said it was a "large scale" operation and that two platforms were involved, but that just one was being evacuated
from bbc news

Re: Rig evacuated in security alert
 

hope things go well, never realised there were that many people on a rig.

Re: Rig evacuated in security alert
 

bbc say its not terror related

Re: Rig evacuated in security alert
 

looks like its bein treated as an hoax

Re: Rig evacuated in security alert
 

and its all down to one woman :D

Re: Rig evacuated in security alert
 

Quess the british tax payer will pay the bill , yet again !!! estimated at 1 million pounds