A major rescue operation was under way after an oil rig support vessel with 14 people on board capsized in the North Sea off the west coast of Scotland Thursday, coastguards said, according to dpa. The BBC reported that eight of the crew had been rescued by coastguard helicopters and a Nimrod reconnaissance vessel sent to the scene of the accident off the coast of the Shetland Islands. Reports said the boat had capsized as it turned at an oil platform in the North Sea. "There were 14 on board this vessel which has capsized. Eight have been recovered already," Royal Air Force (RAF) spokesman Michael Mulford told BBC Radio Scotland.
