Helicopter crashes into lagoon in Nigeria’s Lagos, killing three

South-West spokesman of the company, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye stated to have been injured and have been rushed to the hospital. The oil workers were coming back to Lagos when the incident occurred.

“As soon as it hit the water, we saw flames”, said Nkoli Moka, who watched the crash from an auto on the city’s Third Mainland bridge. People hurried to the scene but were prevented from surging by the police.

A further six people, who were onboard the Sikorsky S-76C+ aircraft that crashed on approach to the Murtala Muhammed worldwide Airport in Lagos have, however, survived. He said that it was too early to predict the cause of the unfortunate incident.

“Efforts are still on to find the remaining passengers as well as the debris of the helicopter,” Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s office said.

Marine police and fishermen calling for body bags raced to a dock on Thursday.

The General Manager, Public Affairs, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Mr. Fan Ndubuoke, in a statement confirmed that 12 persons were on board the ill-fated aircraft.

Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper report on Friday said that the bodies, recovered at about 10.25 a.m. on Thursday were that of the pilot and the co-pilot.

Primary users are Bristow Helicopters Canadian Helicopter Company (CHC Helicopter), while the unit cost is $13 million as of 2014.

Mr Clement Onyeyiri, Senior Investigator, Air Safety of AIB, said that as for now, all they knew was that there was an accident and that its nature was yet unknown.