Helicopter Crash Kills All Aboard at Major Saudi Refinery

A pre-dawn helicopter flight over one of Saudi Arabia's key energy hubs ended in disaster on Sunday, reports the BBC. State media say all 14 people on board an Aramco helicopter were killed when it went down near the eastern coastal city of Ras Tanura around 6am local time. All of the victims were Saudi citizens, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The cause of the crash is under investigation; Aramco has not yet issued a statement. Ras Tanura hosts one of the region's largest oil refineries, and Reuters notes that Aramco had just restarted crude operations there on Friday after nearly four months of suspension tied to the Iran war.