The twin-engine Sikorsky, operated by the US-based Bristow Group, came down behind a police station in the Oworonshoki area in the city's north, according to the National Emergency Management Agency. Two people were still missing, it said.
"Four dead bodies [have been] recovered so far," said NEMA spokesperson Ibrahim Farinloye, adding that the injured had been taken to two hospitals.
"Efforts are still on to find the remaining passengers as well as the debris of the helicopter," Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's office said in a statement.
A witness told Channels TV news station the helicopter made a loud noise before nose-diving into the water near the 12km Third Mainland Bridge, the longest of three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the mainland.
The nationalities of the passengers and crew has not been revealed.
"We have four of the survivors at the Gbagada General Hospital while two others are at a private hospital... where they are being attended to as a sort of first aid pending when their condition improves and they will be transferred to the general hospital," Lagos State Deputy Governor Oluranti Adebule told reporters.
Sikorsky says its S-76 range has built up an "outstanding and enviable" record for safety and reliability over 30 years of improvement and six million hours in flight.
Source: News24
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