The body of one Azeri oilfield worker was found in the Caspian Sea on Thursday and rescuers were searching for nine missing people after part of an oil ramp collapsed in strong winds, a senior oil official said.
"One body was found and a search-and-rescue operation for nine missing workers is under way," Balamirza Agarakhimov, a deputy head of SOCAR subsidiary Azneft, told journalists.
He said the ramp had been built in 1978 and had last undergone repairs in August this year. SOCAR said that five of the staff had been working on the installation and another five were in a cabin which was dislodged by the high winds.
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