Bristow Helicopter Limited has assured on Wednesday, that it would provide support for survivors and families of those who died in the crash involving one of its helicopters in Lagos
The Regional Director of the company for Africa, Duncan Moore gave this assurance in a statement in Lagos.
"Our thoughts are with those affected by the unfortunate accident." the statement read, "we regret the loss of lives in the air crash and we are ready to assist them with our full resources.
“Our highest priority is to take care of our crew and clients and their family members and provide them with any assistance needed.
"Our personnel are currently working to confirm the number of people on board, their identities and the extent of any injury," he declared.
According to Moore the company was fully co-operating with officials already assigned to investigate the mishap
"The company is fully cooperating with Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the Nigeria Police
"Preliminary information indicates that the aircraft carried 10 passengers and a crew of two, subject to confirmation. The company is in the process of collecting pertinent information and we will release more details as soon as it is available.
"At this time, the full resources of Bristow Helicopter’s incident response team are being mobilized," the statement added.
You will recall that a helicopter belonging to Bristow, plunged into the lagoon around 3pm on Wednesday in Lagos.
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