Our reporter/ Four people were rescued alive on Tuesday afternoon as a chopper crashed in the Oba Akran area in Ikeja, Lagos State.
The Spokesman for the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Tunji Oketunbi, confirmed the accident.
Also, an official of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the chopper burst into flames when the incident happened.
On its part, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said two persons were onboard the ill-fated copter.
NEMA Zonal Coordinator for South-West, Ibrahim Farinloye, on the Agency’s official WhatsApp platform, said though the identity of the operator of the helicopter was yet unknown, both men were rescued alive.
First responders from NEMA, LASEMA and investigators from the NSIB have arrived the scene.
Later in a statement, NEMA confirmed that it’s staff and that of , LASEMA,Fire Service, security Agencies and other stakeholders carried out search and rescue operation.
Two crew members and two passengers were rescued from wreckage.
Tuesday’s accident occurred three years after a helicopter operated by Quorom Aviation crashed in the Opebi area of Lagos in August 2020.
The copter dropped from the sky around 12 noon and crashed into a residential building on Salvation Road in the Opebi area.
The three persons onboard the copter all died.
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