Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited has released a statement, confirming the involvement of one of its helicopters in an accident on Wednesday.

The company explained that the helicopter landed on water in Lagos while returning from an offshore platform adding that nine passengers on board and a crew of two ‘are accounted for and in the process of being transferred to a nearby installation’.

“Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited, confirmed today that one of its helicopters, was involved in a water landing near Lagos at about 10.25 a.m. local time on return from an offshore platform.

“The aircraft, a Sikorsky S-76C++, had departed on a routine crew transfer flight offshore with nine passengers and a crew of two.

“All persons onboard are accounted for and in the process of being transferred to a nearby installation.

“The company is in the process of collecting pertinent information and will release more details as soon as it is available,” it said.

This latest air mishap involving a Bristow helicopter comes less than six months after one of its chopper plunged into the Lagos Lagoon, killing six of the 12 persons on board.