Prayers for Super Puma crash dead

All 16 helicopter crash victimsAll 16 men on board the Super Puma died two years ago

Prayers are to be said for the 16 men who died when their helicopter crashed in the North Sea two years ago.

All 14 passengers and two crew on board lost their lives on 1 April, 2009, when the Super Puma helicopter came down.

Eight of the victims came from the north east of Scotland, seven from the rest of the UK, and one from Latvia.

The offshore oil and gas industry’s new chaplain, the Reverend Martin Grashoff, will lead the prayers at the Kirk of St Nicholas Uniting in Aberdeen.

The Super Puma before it crashed [Pic: Gareth Falls]The Super

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