After 26 years a Committee has been formed to erect a Memorial to all those that were killed in this crash along with three other Incidents around the waters of Shetland.
On the 31st of July 1979 Dan Air flight 0034 an HS748 aeroplane failed to safely take-off from Sumburgh airport with the loss of 17 lives. Seven years later on the 6th November 1986 a Chinook helicopter returning from offshore, suffered mechanical failure 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport with the loss of 45 lives. Four years afterwards, on the 25th of July 1990, during a shuttle operation in the Brent oil field an S61 Helicopter ditched beside the Brent Spar installation, 112 miles north-east of Sumburgh with the loss of 6 lives. On the 14th March 1992, whilst transferring oil workers from the Cormorant Alpha platform 102 miles north-east of Sumburgh, an AS332L helicopter crashed with the loss of 11 lives.
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if anyone would like to contribute towards the Memorial the committee would be eternally grateful.
there is also a Facebook page if you could click the "Like" button that would also help get this out there for more people to see.
Thankyou in Advance
R1