Mumbai, January 13: A helicopter carrying seven people, including five ONGC employees, crashed off Mumbai’s coast on Saturday. Five dead bodies have been recovered, officials said.
The Pawan Hans chopper went missing after it took off from Juhu airport at 10.20am in Mumbai. The oil firm’s sources said the helicopter was in touch with air traffic control till an ONGC checkpoint ‘Papa’ but it lost contact 15 minutes later 30 nautical miles offshore.