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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-11 05:39 AM
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Russia oil rig capsizes off Sakhalin, dozens missing
Source: BBC

At least two people have died and more than 50 are missing after an oil drilling rig sank in freezing seas in the Russian far east.

The Kolskaya rig was being towed some 200km (125 miles) off Sakhalin island when it capsized in a fierce storm.

Fourteen people have been rescued but it is feared the rig overturned before the rest of the 67 people on board could escape on to life rafts.

Rescue efforts have been hampered by poor weather conditions.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16235095
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-11 08:47 PM
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1. Another DISASTER...Loss of lives for the DRILLING RIGS and BIG OIL!
DISGUSTING....!
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-11 08:49 PM
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2. Another DISASTER...Loss of lives for the DRILLING RIGS and BIG OIL!
DISGUSTING....!
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countryjake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-11 04:31 PM
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3. That water was 1 degree Fahrenheit...
not much chance anyone else could survive in that cold water.

Sad sad.
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