Captain Joseph Wyatt  (left) from Oklahoma, USA and First Officer Peter Bello (right), were the pilot and co-pilot of the Bristow Helicopter that crashed yesterday. Both men died. According to a statement signed by Bristow’s Regional Director Africa, Duncan Moore, ​Captain Wyatt, joined the company in 2006 and has spent his entire career flying with Bristow Helicopters out of Africa.

Peter Bello joined Bristow in 2014 after graduating from the company’s Academy’s helicopter flight school. May their souls rest in peace, amen.