NEW DELHI, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two bodies have been recovered after three crew members went missing as an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea, while search for the third one is underway, officials said Wednesday.
The bodies of the helicopter pilot and its diver were recovered on Tuesday night.
According to the ICG, the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) crashed into the Arabian Sea off Gujarat's Porbandar coast on Monday night.
"On Monday ICG ALH was launched at 11:00 p.m. to evacuate an injured crew member from the Motor Tanker Hari Leela off Porbandar, Gujarat. The helicopter had to make an emergency hard landing and ditched into sea. One crew member recovered, search for the remaining three crew members is in progress," the ICG in an initial statement said.
Following the crash, ICG deployed four ships and two aircraft to carry out rescue efforts. ■
