‘We will never forget them’: Poignant memorial held for men killed in North Sea helicopter tragedy
ByKieran Beattie
Remembrance service at Johnstone Garden's Aberdeen for the 10 year anniversary of the crash of a super Puma helicopter.
The families of the 16 men who died in the Super Puma crash north of Peterhead on April 1, 2009 met in Aberdeen today for a poignant ceremony marking 10 years since the tragedy.
Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters of those killed in the North Sea disaster met at the memorial in the city’s Johnston Gardens at noon.
UK Oil and Gas chaplain Gordon Craig spoke to the gathered mourners, before reading out a roll call of those that lost their lives 10 years ago.
The men who died in the tragic helicopter crash were Brian Barkley, Paul Burnham, James Costello, Alex Dallas, Raymond Doyle, James Edwards, Vernon Elrick, Nairn Ferrier, Nolan Goble, Gareth Hughes, Richard Menzies, Warren Mitchell, David Rae, Les Taylor, Stuart Wood and Mihails Zuravskis.
