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Bomb hoax prompts evacuation of Safe Scandinavia North Sea Oil Rig

February 10, 2008 by Akiva  
Filed under Maritime Security, Maritime Terrorism Attacks

Britannia Operator Ltd evacuated more than 500 workers from the Safe Scandinavia Accommodation Rig on Sunday, February 10, 2007. The evacuation was promoted after a suspicious object sparked a full scale security alert. In one of the largest operations of its kind, the RAF, police and coastguard were scrambled to airlift the staff using 10 [...]