Mumbai: Four of the nine occupants of a Pawan Hans helicopter died after the aircraft, carrying ONGC officials to an oil rig in Bombay High, made an emergency landing in the Arabian sea on Tuesday.
Three of the four deceased were ONGC staff: Mukesh Kumar Patel (55), executive engineer (electrical) from Mehsana, Vijay Mandloi (32), executive engineer (mechanical) from Bhopal, and Satyambad Patra (27), a geologist from Bhubaneswar who was on his first offshore deployment. The fourth casualty was Sanju Francis from Kerala who was employed by catering and housekeeping contractor Saraf Corporation India as a room boy.
ONGC said the four deceased were rescued by the Navy and brought to the base in an unconscious condition. "Despite inclement weather conditions, the rescue operations were carried out very swiftly," said ONGC, adding that an inquiry has been instituted into the accident involving the leased aircraft.
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