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Tuesday, November 10, 2026Nov 10

La. oil rig survivors back on land; 11 missing

CAIN BURDEAU

MIKE KUNZELMAN

Associated Press Writers

PORT FOURCHON, La. – Survivors of a thunderous blast aboard an oil platform off the Louisiana were being reunited with their families at a suburban New Orleans hotel early Thursday as the search for 11 missing workers continued.

About 100 workers who made it to a supply boat after Tuesday night’s explosion, arrived in Port Fourchon earlier Thursday where they were checked by doctors.