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Chopper crash: One more body recovered; one person still missing
Police have identified five out of the six bodies that have been recovered
Updated : Jan 14, 2018, 09:33 AM IST
 "The Indian Coast Guard conducting search operations after the chopper crash")
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One more body has been recovered off the Mumbai coast after a Pawan Hans helicopter carrying five senior Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) crashed into sea. This takes the total number of bodies recovered to six. One person is still missing
The police informed that the bodies have been brought to Cooper Hospital for postmortem.
"Out of six bodies, five have been identified. The search for one missing is still underway", a senior police inspector said.
Currently, four Indian Naval ships (Teg, Tarasa, T 11 and T 45) are undertaking the search in the area.
Wreckage of Pawanhans Helicopter of #ONGC. The helicopter was flying from Juhu #Mumbai to ODA Offshore Development Area when it got lost at sea this morning (Source: Indian Coast Guard) pic.twitter.com/8nbWM8efOM
— ANI (@ANI) January 13, 2018
INS Teg also has Chetak helicopter and diving teams embarked onboard to augment the search efforts.
One IN Dornier aircraft has completed the search and one P8I Long Range aircraft has conjoined the search with two SAR kits.
Indian Navy Launches Large Scale Rescue Operations to Search for the Missing Pawan Hans Helicopter https://t.co/mnKUefNmdY pic.twitter.com/kh3LfVZnaV
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) January 13, 2018
Further, Indian Coast Guard ships and aircraft are also deployed for SAR.
INS Makar, a special hydrographic ship, has left Karwar to augment the search for any sunken wreck from today onwards. Additional ships and aircraft are being kept ready at Mumbai for deployment as and when required.
A total of seven people were on-board in the Pawan Hans Dauphin N2 that crashed and a total of four bodies have been recovered so far.
Meanwhile, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) identified two of the bodies to be of ONGC employees.
In total, there were seven people, including five ONGC employees, which crashed off the Mumbai coast.
The ONGC, along with the ICG and the Indian Navy, has pressed its helicopter and speedboats for search operations.
The helicopter, which took off from Juhu at 10.20 am, was scheduled to land at ONGC's North Field oil rig at 10.58 am.
The last contact with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) was made at about 10.30 am, 30 nautical miles off Mumbai.
The cause of the tragic incident is still unknown.
