Summary:
Four bodies have been recovered so far, one of them identified as Pankaj Garg, deputy general manager, ONGC. A Search and Rescue Operation by the Indian Coast Guard is underway. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), which launched a Search and Rescue (SAR) operation, confirmed that the helicopter had crashed into the Arabian Sea. Babu, Jose Anthony, Pankaj Garg and P.
Shrinivasan — all deputy general managers at ONGC posted at offshore rig operations. Manufactured in 2010, the helicopter was a Dauphin-make AS-365 NE chopper, registered with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in February 2011..