Fri, Mar 26, 2004
Debris Also Found
The search for a
helicopter lost in the Gulf of Mexico has ended on a sad note.
Rescuers found four bodies in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday
believed to have been among 10 people on a helicopter that
disappeared overnight en route to an oil exploration ship off the
Texas coast. An offshore supply vessel assisting in the search
discovered two bodies about 60 miles south of Galveston. A separate
debris field and two additional bodies were then located nearby.
The search continued for the other six people on the flight that
left Galveston Tuesday. The helicopter carried a pilot, a co-pilot
and eight workers.
The bodies and debris that included a life jacket with the name
of helicopter owner Era Aviation Inc. were found 60 miles south of
the island city of Galveston TX by an offshore supply ship and a
Coast Guard cutter. The Coast Guard identified the pilot as Tim
O'Neal of El Lago, but did not identify the co-pilot or the eight
workers. The helicopter was chartered by the El Segundo (CA) based
oil company Unocal.
The Coast guard reports that the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter left
Galveston Tuesday evening with a crew of two and eight passengers.
The pilot made his last radio contact around 7 p.m. CST (8 p.m.
EST), reporting a position 90 miles south of the city. The
helicopter was bound for the Discoverer Spirit, an 835-foot drill
ship owned by offshore drilling contractor Transocean Inc., that
was 130 miles east of South Padre Island, Texas.
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