A Bristow Helicopter Group Ltd. craft crashed into the Atlantic sea on Wednesday 95 miles outside of Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos.
All two crew members and nine passengers were rescued alive after the helicopter left from an offshore oil platform, Tunji Oketunbi, a spokesman for the West African nation’s Accident Investigation Bureau, said in an emailed statement.
The AIB has started an investigation into what caused the accident.
“The aircraft, a Sikorsky S-76C++, had departed on a routine crew transfer flight offshore with nine passengers and a crew of two,” Bristow Helicopters said in the statement.”
The spokesperson said “all persons onboard are accounted for and in the process of being transferred to a nearby installation”.
The spokesperson added: “The company is in the process of collecting pertinent information and will release more details as soon as it is available.”
Another Bristow helicopter crashed into Lagos’ lagoon on Aug. 12, killing six of the 12 people on board, after attempting to land at the international airport in the city while returning from a drilling rig.
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