ONGC helicopter makes emergency landing near oil rig in Arabian Sea, all 9 passenger-pilots evacuated

The ONGC helicopter had to make an emergency landing near the oil rig in the Arabian Sea. A total of 9 people were aboard this helicopter. Out of which 9 have been rescued. At present the rescue operation has been completed. People were rescued from ONGC's ship Malviya-16 and fifth from ONGC's rig Sagar Kiran's rescue boat. 

The company said in a tweet that a helicopter carrying seven passengers and two pilots made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea near the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) rig at Sagar Kiran in Mumbai High today. ) The statement said that people have been rescued so far. Six ONGC personnel were on board the ONGC helicopter.

Officials said that a Coast Guard ship at sea was diverted to reach the spot and another ship sailed from Mumbai to join the rescue operation. The Coast Guard cooperated with the Indian Navy and ONGC, officials said. So that the rescue work can be expedited. Ship Malviya 16, which was diverted by MRCC Mumbai to join the rescue operation.

ONGC has several rigs and installations in the Arabian Sea that are used to produce oil and gas from reservoirs located below sea level. For what reasons did the helicopter make an emergency landing near Rig Oil in the Arabian Sea. At present, nothing is clear about this. More details are still awaited regarding this.