Six people have been confirmed killed on Thursday after a helicopter carrying tourists tumbled out of the sky and plunged into the Hudson River just in Jersey City, New Jersey. According to the New York Times, the incident occurred around 3 p.m., with witness and video accounts showing the helicopter, believed to be carrying six people, tumbled over and crashed …

Barely two months after a Sikorsky SK76 helicopter operated by East Aviation crashed in Port Harcourt, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has disclosed that its handlers violated several of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (NCAR) directives. Although the bureau was silent on whether or not the vices led to the unfortunate incident, the act shows gaps in the regulatory …

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has announced that it has found the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed last Thursday into the Atlantic Ocean while conveying workers of NNPC Limited (NNPCL) from Port Harcourt, according to a statement on Thursday by its Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Mrs. Bimbo Oladeji. The helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean …

The fifth body of victims involved in last Thursday’s crash of a Sikorsky Helicopter has been recovered. The body was discovered on Wednesday, according to the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) which continued its coordinated recovery operation and investigation following the ditching of the helicopter, registration 5N BQG, operated by Eastwind Aviation. The accident, which occurred on 24 October 2024, …

Following the ditching incident involving a Sikorsky SK76 helicopter, registration 5N BQG, operated by East Wind Aviation, Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), has recovered another body, bringing the total bodies recovered to four. NSIB stated that at exactly 4:00 PM a floating body was retrieved from the water by the Fast Rescue Craft (FRC), and was escorted by the Cameroonian …

Two more bodies have been recovered from the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter accident in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), said yesterday. The number of recovered bodies was five out of the eight onboard the helicopter when the incident happened. Speaking on yesterday’s edition of Channels Television’s breakfast show, ‘Sunrise Daily’, the director general of …

NNPC Limited (NNPCL) has said it engaged the helicopter, which crashed earlier on Thursday, confirming that there were five persons on board. In a statement on his X account, NNPCL’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Mr. Olufemi Soneye said that the helicopter, which took of from Port Harcourt NAF base enroute the FPSO – NUIMS ANTAN, lost contact at about 11.22 …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, the Islamic Republic News Agency reports. The demise of the Iranian president was announced early Monday morning. Mr Raisi’s helicopter and two more helicopters were en route to Tabriz City on Sunday after he inaugurated the Qiz Qalasi Dam at the border with the Azerbaijan Republic. Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, …

The Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc,  Mr. Herbert Wigwe, is feared died in a chopper crash in California, the United States of America. The accident happened on Friday evening. Here are 10 things to know about him: 1. Herbert Wigwe died at the age of 58. He was born on 15th August 1966. 2. He had a degree …

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, is feared dead in a helicopter crash on Friday evening. According to The Will, the accident was reported to have happened in California near the Nevada border, United States of America. There are also reports that his wife and son were also onboard the ill-fated helicopter. New York Times …