FROM JAILS TO TRUCKS
February 24, 2017Lenten season is a time for reflection, self-searching for all
February 28, 2017
A helicopter with one person aboard crashed into the waters of Bayou Barre south of Montegut Monday, the Coast Guard in New Orleans has confirmed.
Terrebonne Parish authorities reported that a body was recovered shortly afterward.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Magee, a Coast Guard spokesman, said watchstanders were notified at 11:45 a.m. that Westwind Helicopters Inc. of Santa Fe Texas that communications were lost with one of its aircraft.
A Coast Guard MH80-Dolphin helicopter was diverted from another assignment to a location where contact was last reported.
Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman, Maj. Malcolm Wolfe, confirmed that a Water Patrol unit was operating at the scene.
Recovery of one body – believed at this time to be the only person on board – was made in the afternoon and family members notified.
The company’s fleet – primarily Bell helicopters – flies out of Houma, Abbeville and Venice in Louisiana, as well as Santa Fe and Rockport in Texas.
Westwind serves the oil and gas industry. A spokesman for the company had not returned calls as of 3:00 pm Monday.
