SAD! Confirmed: Four oil rig workers dead in Lagos helicopter crash

Four passengers died yesterday when a Bristow Helicopters chopper plunged into the Lagos Lagoon.

On board were 12 people, including two crew members.

Six others, who were injured, were......
rescued from the scene of the crash, which was  still  being combed late yesterday for the two missing persons.

The chopper, marked 5N – BDG – 760540, was flying from an oil rig between Ondo and Lagos states, with contractors of  a dredging company, Indigo, who were returning to base.

 The incident occurred at about 3:10pm at Oworonsoki.

Eyewitnesses said they saw the chopper spinning before nose-diving 900 metres from the shore.

The victims, it was gathered, had spent two weeks on the rig and were coming back for their two-week break, as it is the practice.

One person walked out of the crash without assistance. He was taken to the hospital on a motorcycle. The others had fractured limbs.

According to dredgers on Alonge Street, where the chopper nose-dived, the six persons rescued alive included a man who allegedly walked out of the crashed chopper, had serious injuries and was in pains.

They alleged that the co-pilot, who was among those rescued, had broken limbs and held his back, gasping for air.

SAD!

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