North Sea Rig loses anchors - helicopters sent

[CharlieOneSix]

Helicopters have been sent to assist a North Sea drilling platform which lost anchors during Storm Babet.

Stena Drilling said four of the eight anchors detached themselves from Stena Spey due to the "severe weather".

All 89 personnel are accounted for on the rig, which is 146 miles (235km) east of Aberdeen.

A HM Coastguard spokesperson said it had sent two of its helicopters to assist the platform facing strong waves in the North Sea.
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[CharlieOneSix]

More than half the staff manning a North Sea drilling platform have been airlifted to other sites after several of its anchors came loose during Storm Babet.

Coastguard helicopters were called upon to move 45 non-essential workers from the Stena Spey to neighbouring platforms and to Sumburgh on the Shetland Islands on Saturday due to the incident.