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Search ends for 16 missing in crash

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (AP) -- Rescuers have ended a search for 16 people missing in an Atlantic helicopter crash, saying there was no likelihood of finding survivors.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (AP) -- Rescuers have ended a search for 16 people missing in an Atlantic helicopter crash, saying there was no likelihood of finding survivors.

Rescue official Maj. Paul Doucette says crews quit an active search Friday evening, nearly 34 hours after the helicopter went down about 30 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.

One survivor and the body of another person were found after the Sikorsky S-92 issued a distress call and ditched into the sea. The helicopter had been en route to offshore oil facilities.

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