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Massive explosion rocks oil rig
The US Coast Guard has found 11 people who disappeared after the blast. (All photos AAP)

Massive explosion rocks oil rig

AEST 15:30, Thu Apr 22 2010
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Eleven oil workers who went missing after an explosion rocked a rig off the Louisiana coast have been found.

Seven people remained critically injured after the blast ripped through the Deepwater Horizon platform yesterday, sending balls of flame shooting into the night sky.

The platform, under contract to BP Exploration and Production, likely suffered a blowout while drilling through rock at BP's Macondo prospect, Transocean vice president Adrian Rose said.

The US Coast Guard has found 11 people who disappeared after the blast. (All photos AAP)
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