Bristow releases statement on its reported helicopter crash in Lagos today

Below is a  press statement released by Bristow after its Helicopter was reportedly crash landed earlier today in Lagos.

''Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited, confirm today that one of its helicopters was involved in a water landing near Lagos at about 10.25 a.m. local time on return from an offshore platform. The aircraft, a Sikorsky S-76C++, had departed on a routine crew transfer flight offshore with nine passengers and a crew of two. All persons aboard are accounted for and in the process of being transferred to a nearby installation. The company is in the process of collecting pertinent information and will release more details as soon as it is available,'' the statement read.