Navy Chopper Deployed to Help Plug Gas Leak on ONGC Platform
The Navy today pressed into service a Seaking helicopter to help plug a gas leak at an ONGC platform in the Arabian Sea, a Navy release stated.
Mumbai, Jul 22 (PTI) The Navy today pressed into service a Seaking helicopter to help plug a gas leak at an ONGC platform in the Arabian Sea, a Navy release stated.
It informed that a repair team of the ONGC was flown onto platform S1-6 in the afternoon today, in challenging circumstances including strong winds of over 30 knots, and winched down to fix the leak as the helipad on the platform was small.
"The ONGC's field helicopter could not undertake the mission due to adverse weather conditions. The Indian Navy was requested for assistance," the release said.
"The Indian Navy launched a Seaking 42C helicopter to transfer the ONGC technical team to the platform so that repairs could be undertaken," the official communication stated.
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