Bristow Bell 407 down in the Gulf of Mexico

[CharlieOneSix]

From the Bristow website:

HOUSTON, MARCH 10, 2019 – Bristow Group Inc. confirmed today one of its helicopters, registration N577AL, was involved in an accident at about 12 p.m. Central Time today in the Gulf of Mexico. The aircraft, a Bell 407, was operating between Galliano and Venice, Louisiana.

Preliminary information indicates the aircraft was carrying one passenger and one crew member. Bristow Group’s incident response team has been mobilized. The company is fully cooperating with authorities responding to the accident.

“Our highest priority is assisting those involved and impacted by the accident,” said President and CEO Don Miller.

The families of those onboard the aircraft have been contacted. The company is in the process of collecting information and will release more details at bristowgroup.com as soon as it is available.

[CharlieOneSix]

Nothing more yet from Bristow but AviationHeadlines.com reports this:

One person was killed and another is missing after a helicopter operating between Galliano and Venice crashed into the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, authorities said.

Bristow Group Inc., which owns the a Bell 407 helicopter with registration number N577AL, said the rotorcraft was carrying one passenger and one crew member. Neither were identified by authorities.

The Coast Guard responded to the crash about 1:42 p.m., and the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office was also assisting in the rescue, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Lexie Preston of the New Orleans District.

[CharlieOneSix]

HOUSTON, MARCH 11, 2019 -- Bristow Group Inc. has confirmed it has recovered the pilot who was fatally injured in yesterday’s aircraft accident in the Gulf of Mexico involving one of its helicopters, a Bell 407, registration N577AL, operating between Galliano and Venice, Louisiana.

[FD2]

Let's hope they can now find the cause.