Helicopter Crashes En Route to Chevron Oil Platform in Angola
September 27 2016 - 8:08AM
Dow Jones News
By Sarah Kent
LONDON--Four people have died and two remain missing after a
helicopter crashed en route to a Chevron Corp. (CVX) oil platform
offshore Angola, the company said Tuesday.
The helicopter left the Malongo terminal in Angola's Cabinda
province on Monday headed for the Chevron-operated Tombua-Landana
field, roughly 50 miles offshore, but it never reached its intended
destination.
"Search and rescue operations have been mobilized; currently,
there are 19 marine vessels and three helicopters involved in the
efforts," Chevron said in an email. The helicopter was carrying six
people, including one Chevron employee, four contractors and the
pilot.
The company said the search-and-rescue team had located the
remains of four of the helicopter's occupants and continues to
search for the two that remain missing.
The crash is the latest fatal accident to hit the offshore
transport sector. In April, 13 people died after another helicopter
went down in the North Sea as it was returning from a Statoil ASA
platform carrying workers from companies including the Norwegian
oil firm, Aker Solutions and Haliburton.
Write to Sarah Kent at sarah.kent@wsj.com
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