Dramatic video captures the moment a Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter pulled an ill oil worker off a rig and transported him to ...

The bodies of all four occupants have been recovered, according to a joint statement from Walter Oil & Gas, owner of the oil platform; the chopper's operator, Rotorcraft Leasing Co.; and the ...

A helicopter with three people aboard went down in the Gulf of Mexico while attempting to land on an oil rig platform. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) revealed recently that it rescued three ...

According to the Coast Guard, the owner of the platform is Walter Oil & Gas Co., which has its corporate offices in Houston. Meanwhile, the chopper was operated by Rotorcraft Leasing Co. which is ...

The helicopter crashed as it was departing an oil platform owned by a Houston-based company at about 8:40 a.m. CST, said Petty Officer Jose Hernandez, a spokesman for the Coast Guard’s 8th ...

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk chopper was called to the Platform Heritage rig about 35 miles off the California coastline around 10:30 a.m. Friday, on reports of a seriously ill worker, the agency said.