At least four killed in ONGC chopper crash off Mumbai coast, searches on for three others
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IBNS) : At least four people, including a senior ONGC officer, were killed after a chopper with seven people on board crashed near the Mumbai coast on Saturday morning, reports said.
The bodies of the four people were recovered from under the debris of the Pawan Hans helicopter, media reports quoted coast guard officials as saying.
. A search operation is on to locate the other passengers.
According to reports, the helicopter took off from Juhu at 10.20 with five ONGC personnel and two pilots. It lost control with the Air Traffic Control at about 10 35 am and went missing. At that point of time it was 30 nautical miles off Mumbai.
The chopper was headed for the Mumbai High North Field and was expected to land there before 11 am.
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