Search underway for helicopter crew after crash

WAM

A helicopter crashed off the coast of UAE on Thursday throughout evening coaching and a search is underway for its crew of two pilots, the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) mentioned on Friday.

The Bell212 helicopter, belonging to AeroGulf and bearing the registration mark A6-ALD, had taken off from Al Maktoum International Airport.

The Air Accident Investigation Sector on the GCAA mentioned they acquired a report of the crash at round 8:30 pm on Thursday. 

One of the pilots of the helicopter is Egyptian and the opposite is South African, the UAE aviation regulator mentioned.

In an announcement, the authority added that “search and rescue teams recovered the wreckage, and the search is still underway for the plane’s crew, and the air accident investigation team has moved to the site”.