TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A helicopter belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco crashed on Sunday in Ras Tanura on Saudi Arabia's eastern coast, west of the Strait of Hormuz, early on Sunday morning, Saudi Arabia's state news agency reported.
The company had resumed loadings at Ras Tanura on Friday — after months of inactivity amid the US-Iran war and blockages in the Strait of Hormuz — trying to capitalize on a provisional and faltering preliminary agreement between Iran and the US.
What else was said about the crash?
"Investigations are under way, with the participation of relevant authorities, to determine the causes of the helicopter crash," the Saudi Press Agency reported, citing an unnamed official at the Energy Ministry.
It reported that all 14 people on board were Saudi nationals, and that nobody had survived the crash.
The crash was said to have taken place at around 6 a.m. local time, several hours before word started to trickle out.
Aramco, the world's largest oil company, is majority owned by Saudi Arabia.
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