LAGOS, Nigeria – Rescuers have pulled two more bodies from the water, bringing to six the number of deaths when a helicopter plunged into a lagoon in a ball of fire in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos.
Marine police and fishermen calling for body bags raced to a dock on Thursday. A rescue official confirmed they are carrying two bodies but spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to give information to journalists.
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Four bodies were recovered on Wednesday after the crash of a U.S.-made Sikorsky S-76C+ belonging to the Houston, Texas-based Bristow Group.
Six people are recovering from injuries in the hospital, according to spokesman Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency.
The agency’s co-ordinator Onimode Bandele says all the victims appear to be Nigerian.
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