Kolskaya rig sinking death toll rises to 16

Rescuers have found 16 bodies in the Sea of Okhotsk, where a Russian floating oil rig with 67 people on board capsized and sank in heavy storm 200 kilometers off Sakhalin on Sunday.

Four vessels, two helicopters and an An-74 plane are involved in the search-and-rescue operation which saw 14 people from the sunken Kolskaya platform rescued late last week.

Earlier, four life rafts were reportedly found with no one on board.

A criminal probe has been opened into what investigators said might have been caused by safety norm violations amid severe weather conditions.
Source: The Voice of Russia