Accidents
Saudi Helicopter Accident Kills 14 Passengers and Crew
Flight took off from an oil terminal that had resumed operations two days earlier

Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Investigation Bureau is probing a fatal helicopter accident on Sunday in which 14 people were killed on a flight from the Ras Tanura oil terminal. The crash was reported soon after 6 a.m. local time, two days after energy group Saudi Aramco had resumed operations at the facility, which is on the country’s Gulf coast.

According to the government-backed Saudi Press Agency, the accident involved an unspecified helicopter operated by Saudi Aramco. Officials from the Saudi Ministry of Energy confirmed that 12 passengers and two pilots on board—all Saudi nationals—were killed. 

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