An ONGC helicopter on the way to the Sagar Kiran rig in Arabian Sea crashed on Tuesday.

The chopper went down around 1145 hrs, just 1 nautical mile away from Sagar Kiran.

4 of them were declared dead after being transferred to hospital by a Navy helicopter.

4 of them were declared dead after being transferred to hospital by a Navy helicopter.

The chopper was carrying ONGC employees, along with two pilots.

The chopper was carrying ONGC employees, along with two pilots.

In a matter of 90-100 minutes, all personnel were pulled out. Navy choppers airlifted four unconscious persons to hospitals in Mumbai,

As per a report on PTI, ONGC employees were travelling in a brand new, one of six Sikorsky S-76D helicopter.

The Sikorsky S-76 is the same generation of helicopter in which Basketball star Kobe Bryant died in 2020.

The chopper was about 4-5 minutes away from its destination - ONGC's Sagar Kiran rig - when the incident took place.