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Lagos Helicopter Crash: Black Box Found

August 14, 2015

The Accident Investigation Bureau announced that it has recovered the Black Box of the Bristow helicopter that crashed in the Lagos lagoon two days ago. The Bureau announced that the box, which contains the pilot’s voice and flight data recorders, was found on Friday.

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The Accident Investigation Bureau announced that it has recovered the Black Box of the Bristow helicopter that crashed in the Lagos lagoon two days ago. The Bureau announced that the box, which contains the pilot’s voice and flight data recorders, was found on Friday.

The Commissioner of the Accident Investigation Bureau, Felix Abali, made the announcement while displaying the two devices to aviation correspondents at the Bureau’s headquarters in Lagos.

Six people on the helicopter died and six others were injured during the crash. Among the dead were the pilot and the co-pilot, whose bodies were recovered on Thursday.

The cause of the crash is still unknown.