The Duke of Edinburgh has met members of the rescue team who tried to save the victims of the Great Yarmouth helicopter crash.

Prince Philip visited the Norfolk Nelson Museum in Great Yarmouth on Thursday and was told about the search and rescue effort in the North Sea.

A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter - similar to the helicopter used by the Queen and her husband on their Jubilee tour - plunged into the sea while ferrying workers to an oil rig.

The Duke met Colin Tomlinson, HM Coastguard District Controller at Great Yarmouth, who has been co-ordinating the search and recovery operation following the crash.

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He also met representatives of the Cromer Lifeboat Team, Shell UK and Bristow Helicopters.

Five people have been confirmed dead and their bodies returned to Great Yarmouth but six people are still missing, feared dead.

The men went into the water on Tuesday night as they neared the Santa Fe Monarch gas drilling rig.

RAF crew involved in the search for survivors believe that a "catastrophic" mechanical fault may have caused the helicopter to crash.

Both the Queen and Tony Blair have offered their condolences to relatives.