A helicopter operated by Saudi Aramco crashed at the Ras Tanura refinery complex on Sunday, killing all 14 people on board, according to Saudi reports relayed by The Jerusalem Post. The refinery is the largest in the Middle East; the cause of the crash has not yet been reported.
A helicopter operated by Saudi Aramco crashed at the Ras Tanura refinery complex on Sunday, killing all 14 people on board, The Zioneer has confirmed. The crash occurred specifically at the complex — the largest refinery in the Middle East — earlier today. At 14:41 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported the first word of the crash, with no details on identities or cause. Within minutes, at 14:49 Jerusalem, Saudi authorities confirmed that all 14 victims were Saudi nationals, as The Zioneer relayed. The cause of the crash remains unconfirmed.
The Ras Tanura facility resumed oil-loading operations earlier on Sunday after a four-month hiatus tied to the Strait of Hormuz closure, which The Zioneer reported at 11:53 Jerusalem. Two supertankers, each with a capacity of 2 million barrels, were already loading at the port on Sunday, and a third tanker was waiting nearby. Neither Aramco nor Saudi authorities have issued a statement on whether the crash has affected operations.
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