Publicity such as this, from a UK newspaper today, must be a concern for operators and oil companies.
How many more need to die? Anger of oil workers after latest Super Puma crash raises death toll to 20 in just four years
Union chiefs said there was a ‘groundswell of anger’ against the helicopters, pictured centre, following the crash on Friday near Sumburgh, Shetland, which killed four, with many oil workers vowing never to fly in one again. The worst incident was in 2009 when all 16 aboard were killed. Now the latest tragedy brings the total number of people killed while flying aboard the Super Puma helicopter to 20. Clockwise from top left, Stuart Wood, Richard Menzies, James Edwards, Alex Dallas, Leslie Taylor, Nolan Carl, Paul Burnham, George Allison, Gary McCrossan, Nairn Ferrier, David Rae, Gareth Hughes, Warren Mitchell, Raymond Doyle, Brian Barkley, Vernon Elrick, James Costello, Sarah Darnley and Duncan Munro, as well as Mihails Zuravskis, have all perished due to incidents involving the craft.