A HELICOPTER carrying 14 people has ditched in the North Sea.
Grampian Police said it was forced down 25 miles off the coast of Aberdeen.
There are not thought to be any injuries.
A police spokesman said: "We received a report that a helicopter had ditched in the North Sea at 12.15 today."
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