Wednesday 3 February 2016

BRISTOW HELICOPTER CRASHES IN LAGOS

FILE PHOTO: Bristow helicopter that crashed in August, 2015
Bristow helicopters on Wednesday plunged into Lagos Lagoon. The nine passengers and two crew members on board escaped death, as they were rescued by emergency workers. This is the second time in six month, the company has recorded similar incident.
The last was inn August where the Helicopter crashed killing six of its passengers. The resident occur Wednesday 3rd February 2016 by 10:20 am. Below is the statement issued by the company  

Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited, confirmed today that one of its helicopters, was involved in a water landing near Lagos at about 10.25 a.m. local time on return from an offshore platform.
“The aircraft, a Sikorsky S-76C++, had departed on a routine crew transfer flight offshore with nine passengers and a crew of two.
“All persons onboard are accounted for and in the process of being transferred to a nearby installation. The company is in the process of collecting pertinent information and will release more details as soon as it is available

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