The flight recorder of the helicopter (Photo: VNA) According to Colonel Khuc Thanh Du, Commander of the QuangNinh Military Command, the forces are making all-out efforts to search for theremaining passenger among the five aboard. The bodies of the pilot and threeother victims have already been found.
More than 500 officers and soldiers from the armed forcesand several local and central agencies, including 300 from Quang Ninh, are joining the search andrescue mission.
Owned by the Northern Vietnam Helicopter Company under theVietnam Helicopter Corporation, the aircraft encountered the incident atabout 5:06pm on April 5 in the sea area of Gia Luan commune in Cat Hai districtof Hai Phong city while carrying four Vietnamese tourists on a sightseeing tourof Ha Long Bay, a world natural heritage site.
On April 6, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority ofVietnam Dinh Viet Thang said that the corporation has postponed all helicoptersightseeing tours in provinces and cities following the accident.
On the same day, leaders of units and departments of QuangNinh and its Ha Long city met with families of the victims to hand overfinancial assistance and discuss a plan to transport the bodies home for burials./.
VNA
