ONGC chopper falls into sea; 4 dead

New Delhi, Jun 28: Four persons, including 3 ONGC employees, died when a Pawan Hans helicopter with two pilots and seven others onboard fell into the Arabian Sea about 50 nautical miles from the Mumbai coast.
The helicopter managed to stay afloat with the help of the attached floaters for sometime, helping in rescuers pull out all the nine people, a company official said.
Four of them were unconscious and were airlifted in a Navy copper to a hospital in Mumbai, where they were declared dead, he added. (Agencies)