The U.S. Coast Guard suspended their search for four people on board a helicopter that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, while departing an oil platform, Thursday morning.
Although the crash is not a closed case, crews will not resume a search unless they receive new information said Petty Officer Jose Hernandez, a spokesperson for the Coast Guard's 8th District, which is headquartered in New Orleans. New information includes additional debris or a body.
The helicopter's pilot and three oil workers went down around 8:40 a.m. CST Thursday about 10 miles offshore of Southwest Pass, a shipping channel at the mouth of the Mississippi River southeast of New Orleans. Helicopters routinely transport workers to and from oil platforms in the Gulf. Crews in a boat and a helicopter searched for eight hours, covering an area of roughly 180 square miles . Hernandez said that crews did find debris, but no people. Photos of the debris released by the Coast Guard showed a cluster of cylindrical yellow objects bobbing in the water.
On Thursday, she said her family was praying that her husband and the others would be rescued safely.Hernandez said the oil platform is operated by Houston-based Walter Oil and Gas. A spokesperson for the company did not return a request for comment by The Associated Press.
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