The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) on Thursday said it has commenced an investigation into the accident involving a Sikorsky SK76c helicopter with registration number 5N-BQG, operated by East Wind Aviation.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) had earlier said the helicopter lost contact while flying from Port Harcourt to its Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Antan oil production facility. There were eight people in the helicopter and the bodies of three of them have been recovered, the NNPC said.
Reacting to the incident, the Director, Public Affairs, NSIB, Wunmi Oladeji, said the NNPC explained that the helicopter, carrying eight individuals (six passengers and two crew members) went down into the Atlantic Ocean near Bonny Finima, off the coast of Calabar, during a routine flight on Thursday at approximately 11:22 a.m. local time.
The spokesperson said the aircraft was en route from the Port…