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A helicopter was missing until the evening of Friday (19) in the Campos Basin, off the coast of Macae, in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro. In a statement, Petrobras said the aircraft, which provided service to the state, autotização asked for an emergency landing at the airport in Macae. Also according to Petrobras, as the helicopter arrived at the airport, was triggered emergency plan of the Campos Basin, which has already displaced boats for hunting. The FAB (Brazilian Air Force) said the aircraft made a forced landing in water.
The helicopter had two crew and two passengers. Still no word on the whereabouts of the group. The Navy deployed a helicopter and a plane to make searches.
The FAB also informed that the accident occurred at 17:15 this Friday. According to FAB, the helicopter took off from the P65 platform in the Campos Basin in the direction of Macaé. The distance between the platform and Macaé airport is 105 km.

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A helicopter with two crew and two passengers disappeared on the afternoon of Friday in the region of the Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro. According to the FAB (Brazilian Air Force), the helicopter took off at 17:15 of the P-65 Petrobras, with the direction of Macaé. However, declared an emergency to the control tower of Macaé and made a forced landing in the Atlantic Ocean, about 100 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
The aircraft model AW-139 Augusta, prefix PR-SEK, is the Senior Taxi Aereo. According to the NF-Sindipetro (Union Oil of North Fluminense), a passenger aboard the helicopter is an employee of another company and Brasiltest Engevix.
The union says that the crew spoke to aa command tower of the airport at 16h49 asking for authorization for an emergency landing and made no further contact. He also says that rescue boats were contracted by Petrobras way there, but had difficulties to reach due to stormy seas.
FAB mobilized a plane and a helicopter to carry out searches. A ship and a Navy helicopter also assist in the operation.
According to Petrobras, the helicopter has requested authorization for an emergency landing at the airport in Macae, but not arrived.
The company says that triggered the Emergency Plan in the Campos Basin and also went searching for the boats.
The search for the helicopter was closed on Friday and should be resumed tomorrow.
The oil-workers union said that "the disappearance of the aircraft comes amid a series of complaints made by the board of Sindipetro-NF, which for years has been warning about the direction of Petrobras air chaos that affects workers in the Campos Basin."
The organization advocates building a new airport in the field to meet the growing demand on site.
In response to the union, Petrobras said it "adopts strict security standards and requires that companies that serve it, including the air transport industry."
According to a spokesperson for Petrobras, "the security of air transportation service company is deemed to be the world's best offshore operations." The company added that it operates, since last year, also flights from the new airport in Cabo Frio, and Macaé and Farol de São Tomé and that its helicopter fleet has an average age of three years.

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the 139 is a great machine

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Petrobras

Helicopter with three bodies found on the seabed

According to the state they were located to 99 meters deep and 100 km from the coast

Petrobras said in the late afternoon on Saturday that he found three bodies - still unidentified - and the helicopter had disappeared the previous day. According to the state they were located on the seabed at 99 m depth and 100 km from the coast.

The aircraft took off on Friday P-65 platform in Campos Basin, and requested permission for an emergency landing in the Macae Airport. The Emergency Plan Petrobras' Campos Basin was triggered as soon as the control tower lost contact with the helicopter at about 17h, the state said. In all, six aircraft, two Air Force (FAB), participated in the search operation. Sixteen boats also performed research, four of them equipped with underwater robots.

In a statement released in the early afternoon, Petrobras has recommended that all remain in the soil Agusta AW 139 helicopters - the same model of aircraft that had disappeared. Directors of state scheduled a meeting with representatives of the manufacturer of the helicopter, which will come from Italy.

They were passengers in the helicopter Ricardo Leal de Oliveira, assistant coach Engevix planning company, and John Carlos Pereira da Silva, technical inspection of the company Brasitest, Rommel beyond the pilot and copilot Oliveira Garcia Haytzann Lauro Pinto, the Senior Air Taxi.

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