Offshore staff

PARIS -- The Shetland Coastguards reports that Bourbon Offshore Norway's anchor handling tug supply vessel Bourbon Dolphin capsized with 15 people on board Thursday, April 12, 75 nautical miles north of the West Shetland Islands.

"So far, 10 persons have been recovered. We will continue working with the assets available to try and locate the missing crew," says Neville Davis, rescue coordination center manager, Shetland Coastguards.

Bourbon is giving top priority to the rescue of the five missing people, the company says. Three people are confirmed deceased, and five people were missing as of Friday morning. Seven others, none of whom were seriously injured, were treated at the hospital in Shetland Islands.

4/13/2007