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Six of Russia’s sunken oil rig survivors return home to Murmansk

05:34 24/12/2011

Six sailors, who survived in a tragic oil rig accident in the Sea of Okhotsk, in Russia's Far East, returned to their families on early Saturday.

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Rescuers call off Russian Far East oil rig search
17:37 22/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 22 (RIA Novosti)
Rescue workers on Thursday concluded a search of the waters around an oil rig that overturned five days ago in Russia's Far East, officials said.
Rescuers find 17th body from sunken Kolskaya oil rig
11:59 22/12/2011 MOSCOW/YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, December 22 (RIA Novosti)
Another body has been found at the Kolskaya drilling platform that sank while being towed to Sakhalin Island on Sunday, bringing the number of dead found to 17, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
Hope fades in search for Russian oil rig survivors
11:39 21/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 21 (RIA Novosti)
A Russian rescue helicopter has stopped searching for 39 men in icy waters off Russia’s east coast three days after an oil rig capsized amid a fierce storm.
Investigators name possible causes of Russian drilling rig capsize
07:20 20/12/2011 YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, December 20 (RIA Novosti)
Investigators say there were three possible causes for the capsize of Russia’s Kolskaya oil rig that overturned in the Sea of Okhotsk in the country’s Far East on Sunday
Eleven more bodies recovered after Russian drilling rig capsizes
14:16 19/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 19 (RIA Novosti)
The bodies of 11 more people have been recovered after Russia’s Kolskaya oil rig capsized in the Sea of Okhotsk on December 18, a spokesman for rescuers at the scene said on Monday.
Four vessels, three aircraft in search for oil rig accident survivors
08:12 19/12/2011 VLADIVOSTOK, December 19 (RIA Novosti)
Four vessels, an An-74 plane and two helicopters are involved in search and rescue efforts on Monday after an oil rig overturned in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia's Far East.
Four dead, 49 missing as Russian oil rig overturns off Sakhalin
14:13 18/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 18 (RIA Novosti)
At least four people have died and 49 are still missing after an oil rig overturned in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Russian Far East, the regional emergencies service reported on Sunday.
Two killed, 14 rescued after drilling rig overturns in Sea of Okhotsk - Update
10:27 18/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 18 RIA Novosti)
At least two people were killed and another 14 were rescued after a drilling rig with 67 people aboard overturned in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Russian Far East, the local emergency service reported on Sunday.
No threat to environment after rig accident in Sea of Okhotsk - ministry
09:44 18/12/2011 YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, December 18 (RIA Novosti)
The accident with a drilling rig that overturned in the Sea of Okhotsk killing at least two people poses no threat to the environment, the regional emergencies service said on Sunday.
Two killed, 14 rescued after drilling rig overturns in Sea of Okhotsk
09:28 18/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 18 (RIA Novosti)
At least two people were killed and another 14 were rescued after a drilling rig with 67 people aboard overturned in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Russian Far East, the local emergency service reported on Sunday.
Drilling rig with 76 people on board overturns in Sea of Okhotsk
08:01 18/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 18 (RIA Novosti)
An offshore drilling rig with 76 people on board overturned in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s Far East on Sunday, the local emergency services reported.

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Six of Russia’s sunken oil rig survivors return home to Murmansk

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