A helicopter of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) which had been sent to Platform R1 to transport a worker suffering from heart attack crashed into Persian Gulf waters shortly after its take off from the platform, IRNA reports.

Death of Javad Karandish (partient) and Behrouz Ashkan (assistant physician) have been confirmed while pilot of the helicopter Capitan Soheili is in good health.

Governor and Head of Bandar Lengeh Crisis Management Working Group said that as a result of the crash, two were killed and two are still missing and one has been saved.

Arsalan Bahar-Meymandi added that the helicopter with five persons on board crashed into Persian Gulf waters at 21:00 while it was transporting a sick worker to hospital.

Searches are underway to save two missing persons, he said.

Follow Trend on Telegram. Only most interesting and important news</s>Iranian helicopter crashes into Persian Gulf A helicopter of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) which had been sent to Platform R1 to transport a worker suffering from heart attack crashed into Persian Gulf waters shortly after its take off from the platform, IRNA reports. Death of Javad Karandish (partient) and Behrouz Ashkan (assistant physician) have been confirmed while pilot of the helicopter Capitan Soheili is in good health. Governor and Head of Bandar Lengeh Crisis Management Working Group said that as a result of the crash, two were killed and two are still missing and one has been saved. Arsalan Bahar-Meymandi added that the helicopter with five persons on board crashed into Persian Gulf waters at 21:00 while it was transporting a sick worker to hospital. Searches are underway to save two missing persons, he said.

A helicopter of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) which had been sent to Platform R1 to transport a worker suffering from heart attack crashed into Persian Gulf waters shortly after its take off from the platform, IRNA reports.

Death of Javad Karandish (partient) and Behrouz Ashkan (assistant physician) have been confirmed while pilot of the helicopter Capitan Soheili is in good health.

Governor and Head of Bandar Lengeh Crisis Management Working Group said that as a result of the crash, two were killed and two are still missing and one has been saved.</s>Tehran, April 18 (IANS) At least two people were killed in an Iranian helicopter crash in Persian Gulf on Tuesday evening, media reports said.

In the incident, two people were killed, the pilot was rescued and two others are missing, Xinhua quoted Arsalan Bahari Meimandi, the chief of Crisis Management of Bandar Lengeh, as saying.

The helicopter had been sent to Lavan Island to carry a patient from the Iranian oil company of Falat Qarreh to the hospital, the report said.

However, it crashed on the route from Lavan Island to the Iranian Kish Island.

There were five on the board, Meimandi said, adding that the patient and the doctor accompanying the patient are confirmed killed so far.

The search operation to rescue two missing people are underway, he said.</s>Iran’s official news agency says a rescue helicopter has crashed in the Persian Gulf, killing at least two people on board.

IRNA reported that the helicopter was flying from an offshore rig toward Kish Island on Tuesday, transporting an oil worker who had suffered a heart attack. It says the oil worker and a paramedic died in the crash. Another two passengers are missing, and the pilot survived.

Aviation crashes in Iran are often blamed on the country’s aging aircraft fleets, which were poorly maintained during years of sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program.
An Iranian helicopter crashes into the Persian Gulf whilst evacuating an unwell oil worker. Two people die.