This here is the rumor...the Pan African Airways (owned by OLOG) Bell 412 that crashed and killed all aboard a month or so ago....was not missed until the hospital that was expecting to receive the patient aboard the aircraft, called to determine the ETA of the aircraft.....FOUR HOURS after the crash.
The aircraft was supposed to have departed the rig for the Funiwa Platform to get fuel....the Funiwa being about 25NM closer to Port Harcourt.
If the rumor is correct....then neither the rig or the Funiwa was doing any flight following. At that distance....no flight following would be possible with the company base or Port Harcourt ATC.
To top this off....there is no SAR backup for offshore operations in Nigeria. (Somewhere a winch might exist...but there is no standby aircraft....)
Now someone argue with me that this is a "professional" situation....and all is well with the operators that expose their crews and passengers to such a situation.
