A press statement from the Lagos State Police Command with regards the crisis from yesterday when a Helicopter crashed into the Lagos Lagoon. Read below...
Following a distress call received from Local Divers at about 3:10 pm today, 12th August, 2015, that a Helicopter plunged into the Lagos Lagoon at Oworonshoki.
A team of Policemen and other emergency management agencies swiftly moved to the scene. During the rescue operation, six persons on board the helicopter were rescued alive and taken to the hospital for
medical attention and are responding to
treatment, while four corpses were recovered.
Initial enquiry revealed that the helicopter
belongs to Bristow Helicopters and that twelve (12) persons were said to be on board the ill- fated helicopter.
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