Reports from Nigeria say that at least four people were killed and six injured when a helicopter returning from an oil rig plunged into a lagoon in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos on Wednesday.
The Sikorsky helicopter operated by the U.S. based Bristow Group came down behind a police station in the Oworonshoki area in the city’s north, as it was approaching the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
NEMA spokesperson Ibrahim Farinloye said that four are dead; the injured were rusghed to hospital while two are still missing.
“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 in a statement.
There have been several military helicopter accidents across Nigeria in recent years, but air crashes involving private choppers have been relatively rare
