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Oil rig evacuated............. From the BBC
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 13 helicopters and a fixed wing aircraft.
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.
Squadron leader Barry Neilson, from RAF Kinloss, said of the incident: "It's unusual, that's probably the best way to describe it. But it falls within our normal operating procedures and we are reacting accordingly.
He added that there was a report of a woman on the platform who had sparked the incident, but he could not go into details at this stage.
The Press Association reported sources saying the platform involved was the Safe Scandinavia and that a "device" had been found on board.
However, Mr Neilson said "we are not sure about a device".
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If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs..............you obviously don't have a clue as to how serious things are.
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