At least three killed in Nigerian helicopter crash, oil firm NNPC says

ABUJA (Reuters) - At least three people died when a helicopter crashed in Nigeria on its way to an offshore oil production facility on Thursday, the state-owned oil firm NNPC said.

The helicopter, operated by East Winds Aviation, lost contact while flying from Port Harcourt to the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Antan oil production facility, NNPC said in a statement.

It was carrying eight people, including six passengers and two crew members, NNPC added.

Search and rescue efforts were underway, and authorities were investigating the cause of the incident, NNPC spokesperson Olufemi Soneye said in a statement.

(Reporting by Elisha Bala-Gbogbo; Editing by Andrew Heavens)