LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Barely six months after a Bristow helicopter crashed in Lagos, killing some of its occupants, another helicopter, belonging to the same company has crashed in the state.
Like the previous incident, the crash occurred at the lagoon in the Oworonsoki end of the state while the helicopter was on its way to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
However, in the current incident, the 11 occupants of the helicopter survived and are currently receiving medical treatment, according to the authorities.
The passengers were said to have survived because they all wore their live jackets.
The company, in its response, said the pilot had to crash-land when he discovered a major fault in the helicopter.
Such action, it was learnt, is referred to as a prepared ditching.
Spokesman of the National Emergency Agency ( NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye has confirmed the incident, saying no casualty was recorded.
He said Nigerian Navy and other emergency agencies had rescued the occupants of the chopper .
“It is Bristow Helicopter that ditched into the high seas. Nigerian Navy and others have rescued the occupants. Nobody died . We are still trying to get the coordinates of how the chopper crashed into water.”