Tag: accidents

Northug told to cut out poker

Professional skier Petter Northug is usually off playing poker in major tournaments at this time of year, but not any more. Newspaper Adresseavisen reports...

German tourist found dead in the mountains

A man found dead in the mountains of Fannafjell in Forsand, Rogaland County, has been identified as a 46-year-old German citizen. Police were working...

Man killed in small plane crash

A small plane crashed north of Halden Tuesday evening, killing its pilot, a man in his 60s from Rogaland in Western Norway. Police said the...

Another ‘russ’ critically injured

From the "worst 'russ' season ever" to the "one of the worst things that can happen:" A 19-year-old partying high school student known as a...

Mysterious pipe death ruled an ‘accident’

Police in Oslo were staying mum about how and and why the body of a man from Sweden was found in a pipe at a...

Helicopter wreckage sent for inspection

The tangled wreckage of an Airbus Super Puma helicopter that crashed near Bergen a week ago, killing all 11 offshore oil workers on board...

Statoil postpones helicopter cuts

Top executives at Norwegian oil company Statoil have responded to workers' concerns and even fears over their helicopter transport to North Sea oil and...

Fears fly around helicopter safety

Nearly 24,000 people in Norway work on offshore oil and gas platforms, commuting regularly to their jobs in helicopters, often in stormy conditions. The fatal crash...

Wage talks postponed after helicopter crash

Negotiations between oil industry employers and unions representing oil industry workers were supposed to begin on Monday, but both sides have decided to postpone...

Norway copes with a national tragedy

As grim work continued in the aftermath of Friday's helicopter crash near Bergen, Norwegian police could release the identities on Monday of eight of its victims....
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