Nigeria: Helicopter Engaged By The NNPCL Crashes.

By Lisa Chankat, Nigeria 

Three bodies have been recovered from a  helicopter engaged by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company limited, which crashed on Thursday Morning. 

Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye in a statement said the helicopter took off at about 11:22am, from Port Harcourt NAF Base en route the FPSO – NUIMS ANTAN but lost contact.

The statement explains that the helicopter with Registration Number: 5NBQG, engaged by NNPC Limited, operated by East Winds Aviation had eight eight persons on board (six passengers and two crew members). 

The statement says a search and rescue mission is currently ongoing and commiserates with families who lost loved ones in the incident.