Canadian police March 17 recovered all 17 bodies from the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed March 12 into the freezing Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland. The Sikorsky S-92 was carrying 18 workers to oil platforms when it reported mechanical problems and ditched into the sea about 50 km from shore.

Remote-controlled cameras revealed that the cockpit was damaged, the fuselage cracked and the tail boom broken off, investigators said. One survivor and one body were recovered shortly after the crash. The lone survivor remained in critical condition in a hospital in St. John's, Newfoundland.