President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and the families of the helicopter crash victims.
According to NAN on Thursday, Bayo Onanuga, the president’s special adviser on information and strategy, said Tinubu told the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and other relevant agencies involved in the rescue mission to intensify their search for survivors.
On Thursday, the ministry of aviation and aerospace development said three persons died in the helicopter crash that occurred in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The ministry said while no emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal was received, manual efforts to plot the location of the accident are underway, and all available resources, including the military and low-flying aircraft, have been deployed to assist in locating and rescuing any survivor.
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In a statement addressing the crash, NNPC had said the helicopter, operated by East Winds Aviation, was hired by the national oil company.
NNPC said the helicopter, which had eight persons on board — six passengers and two crew members — was heading to its floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) base in Port Harcourt.
To assist NSIB, NCAA, and other relevant agencies in their search for survivors, Onanuga said Tinubu directed military officers involved in various operations in the zone to join the rescue mission.
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Tinubu said the military officers should provide the necessary support needed by the agencies.
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