Three people were killed and 13 survived when a charter plane caught fire and skidded off the runway when landing at a western Norway airport today.

A charter plane with 16 people aboard caught fire and skidded off the runway at a western Norway airport today, reduce officials said.

Around 200 people were tonight being airlifted from an offshore barge which broke loose from its tow lines amid rough waters in the North Sea.

After saving 12 people aboard a large freighter that abruptly capsized in a Norwegian inlet, rescuers mounted a desperate search early today for 16 others as hopes faded they would be found alive inside the overturned hull.