A Bristow helicopter crashed enroute Murtala Mohammed International Airport this morning and thankfully, all 11 passengers on-board survived with the help of their life jackets! Read the press statement from Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited after the break
Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited, confirmed today that one of its helicopters, was involved in a water landing near Lagos at about 10.25 a.m. local time on return from an offshore platform.
The aircraft, a Sikorsky S-76C++, had departed on a routine crew transfer flight offshore with nine passengers and a crew of two. All persons onboard are accounted for and in the process of being transferred to a nearby installation.
The company is in the process of collecting pertinent information and will release more details as soon as it is available.
Thank God for His infinite mercies!