Seventeen people are still missing in the icy North Atlantic off of Newfoundland, following the crash of a helicopter that was carrying offshore oil workers. The chopper was initially spotted floating upside down, but has now sunk. Two life-rafts found were empty. Two Cormorant helicopters, a C-130 aircraft and an Aurora fixed-wing plane are still searching for survivors, along with two surface ships. The chopper went down about 65 kilometres southeast of St. John's, at about 9:18 a.m. local time or 7:48 a.m. ET
-- Posted By Breaking News to Break News at 3/12/2009 07:27:00 PM
