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 NSE -0.67 % 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.
