NEW ORLEANS - A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew responded to a report of a downed helicopter flipped upside down with flotation devices and a life raft deployed offshore Morgan City, La., on Oct. 26. The CG initially received a call at 6:35 p.m. from Westwind Helicopter Inc. confirming that a company helicopter crashed in the Gulf of Mexico with three people aboard. An oil rig crew boat, Captain Ron, responded to the scene and reported two crewmembers in a life raft. The aircrew hoisted those two crewmembers, who were transferred to University Medical Center New Orleans in critical condition. The body of the third crewmember was located in the submerged helicopter. (Coast Guard video 10/27/22) DVIDS - Video - Coast Guard rescues 2 from downed helicopter 46 miles offshore Morgan City, La. (dvidshub.net)
Westwind Helicopters Inc. provides flight services for onshore and offshore oil & gas operations and is HQ'd out of Santa Fe, Texas, with regional sites in Houma, Cameron and Abbeville, La.
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