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Services Front Page Back Page Advert Rates Subscription News Home National International Business News Abuja Reports Sports Politics Sun Girl Editorial Editorial Issues Letters Opinion Columnists Community Standard Guestbook View Guestbook Sun Chatroom   Features Apettit Arts BlockBuster CEO Magazine Celebrity Fashion City Sun Crime Watch Covert Choice CyberSun Enterprise Everyday Heroes Exquisite Property Fashion & Celebrity Fashion & Beauty Favourite File Health Magazine How I write Life Style Living Mafia Series Man in the street Man in the pulpit Managing a Law Firm Me & My God Media People Money Motoring Power Game Romance Romantic Faction Senior Citizen Showtime Smoking Guns Sun Splash Sunlight of Islam Travels Window of the world Window on widows Woman of the Sun Women in Business Women & Me Videoscope Weekend Sun Saturday Sun Sunday Sun Weekend Sports Weekend Cartoons Company Profile About Us Management Contact Us   Crash: Two bodies sighted, helicopter parts retrieved By By UCHE USIM Friday July 30, 2004   National Index Fresh facts have emerged on the helicopter that crashed in the early hours of Monday. A top official of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) who spoke with Daily Sun said that the search and rescue team earlier dispatched to look in to the crash has sighted two other bodies apart from the wounded oil company worker. However, the team could not retrieve the two bodies because of the heavy tide on the ocean which is about 4,000 feet deep." According to the source, the main door of the helicopter owned by Pan-African Airline and marked Bell-412 was also recovered. Other items retrieved are the emergency door and two inflated raft; and all the wreckage, the source, said, have been put into a shop. The name of the pilot of the helicopter was given as Capt. Davies Helix, an American and Capt Bas Ojeme who is a Nigerian. The crash occurred about 10 minutes after take off from Sedco Energy which is an oil servicing company that owns an Air strip: The helicopter was not heading for Port-Harcourt straight as they wanted to refuel at Ofinima. So it was 10 minutes after take off after leaving refueling point that they lost contact with the control tower and eventually crashed. According to him, six boats, five helicopters and hundred divers are all involved in the search and rescue operations.         HOME | ABOUT THE SUN | SPORTS | POLITICS | NEWS | COLUMNISTS | CONTACT US I ADVERT RATE © 2004 THE SUN PUBLISHING LTD. This service is provided on The Sun Newspapers' standard terms and conditions in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material and other inquiries, Contact Us.

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