Date:	Thursday 30 October 2003
Time:	c 10:15 LT
Type:	Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin 2
Owner/operator:	Pawan Hans Helicopters (PHHL)
Registration:	VT-ELF
MSN:	6215
Year of manufacture:	1986
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Agatti Island -   India
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Bangaram, Lakshwadeep territory
Destination airport:	Agatti, Lakshwadeep territory
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Crashed into sea after as loss of control. The helicopter was flying over the sea at a height of 300ft. As it approached the island, the crew became distracted by a pod of dolphins. While watching the dolphins, the pilot made inadvertent inputs to the flight controls and the helicopter entered a steep, descending, right bank. By the time the pilot realized the situation it was too late to recover and the helicopter flew into the sea. One passenger was killed.

http://dgca.gov.in/accident/acc03.pdf
https://www.easa.europa.eu/system/files/dfu/NPA%202016-01.pdf p25, note erroneously gives date as 3/10/03
WAAS

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Dec-2012 11:16	TB	Added
18-Dec-2012 11:26	TB	Updated [Date, Time, ]
17-Apr-2016 15:21	Aerossurance	Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
17-Apr-2016 15:46	Aerossurance	Updated [Operator, ]
17-Jun-2019 16:59	Ajai	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ]