3 ONGC employees among 4 dead in Pawan Hans helicopter crash in Arabian Sea
A brand new Pawan Hans’ Sikorsky chopper with 9 people on board crashed into the Arabian Sea, about 50 nautical miles from the Mumbai coast on Tuesday, killing four people — including three ONGC employees.
The helicopter, which was part of the six Sikorsky S-76D helicopters that Pawan Hans had recently leased from Milestone Aviation Group, was about 4-5 minutes away from its destination – ONGC’s Sagar Kiran rig – when the incident took place, company officials with direct knowledge of the matter said.
The chopper went down around 1145 hrs, just 1 nautical mile away from Sagar Kiran, but managed to stay afloat with the help of the attached floaters, helping rescuers pull out all the nine,
