Helicopter Crash: NNPCL gives update on recovery efforts

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has said aside from the three bodies found in the ill-fated helicopter operated by East Winds Aviation that crashed on Thursday in Port Harcourt, no other bodies have been recovered.

DAILY POST recalls that about eight people died after a helicopter ditched into the waters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, earlier in the week.

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About three bodies were subsequently recovered from the scene.

Giving an update on Sunday, the NNPCL spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, in a statement said about five bodies are still missing.

He stated that intensified search and rescue operations for the remaining bodies are currently ongoing.

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“Once again, our hearts and prayers are with family members of this unfortunate incident,” he added.

Helicopter Crash: NNPCL gives update on recovery efforts

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