ONGC helicopter crashes off western India

Jan. 15, 2018
Six bodies have been retrieved following a helicopter crash offshore India.

Offshore staff

NEW DELHI, India – Six bodies have been retrieved following a helicopter crash offshore India.

The Pawan Hans Helicopter was transporting four senior ONGC officers from the Juhu Helibase last Saturday.

ONGC deployed five speedboats, one multi-purpose supply vessel and one helicopter to perform search operations, supported by India’s Coast Guard and the Indian Navy.

The bodies recovered to date include the two pilots and P N Srinivasan, R Saravanan, Jose Antony, and Pankaj Garg of ONGC.

01/15/2018