A helicopter heading to the Hibernia offshore oil platform carrying 18 people has ditched in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, AP reported.
Gerry Grychowski of the Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax says two people have been spotted Thursday in the water, as well as a life-raft, but there's no sign of the chopper.
A Hercules aircraft and four Cormorant rescue helicopters are on their way to the site and a coast guard ship and a supply ship are about an hour away.
Grychowski says winds are fairly strong in the area with six- to nine-foot waves.