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. 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. 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. The search operation to rescue two missing people are underway, 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.
An Iranian helicopter crashes into the Persian Gulf whilst evacuating an unwell oil worker. Two people die.