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| Service to remember offshore victims | Service to remember offshore victims |
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| The victims of the Shetland Super Puma crash were among those remembered at a service for oil and gas industry workers who have lost their lives. | |
| Four people died when the helicopter went down on approach to Sumburgh Airport on 23 August. | Four people died when the helicopter went down on approach to Sumburgh Airport on 23 August. |
| The Service of Remembrance was held in the Kirk of St Nicholas Uniting in Aberdeen. | |
| It included a Book of Remembrance to mark the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. | |
| The Reverend Gordon Craig, chaplain to the UK oil and gas industry, said: "The service will now follow a slightly different format to that of previous years, with the Book of Remembrance playing a key role. | The Reverend Gordon Craig, chaplain to the UK oil and gas industry, said: "The service will now follow a slightly different format to that of previous years, with the Book of Remembrance playing a key role. |
| "The names of everyone who lost their lives offshore during the preceding year, whether through tragic accident or natural causes, will be read out during the service as an act of remembrance. | "The names of everyone who lost their lives offshore during the preceding year, whether through tragic accident or natural causes, will be read out during the service as an act of remembrance. |
| "This year, the first names to be included in the Book of Remembrance will be the seven who have died offshore in the past 12 months, including those who perished in the tragic helicopter accident off Sumburgh Head." | "This year, the first names to be included in the Book of Remembrance will be the seven who have died offshore in the past 12 months, including those who perished in the tragic helicopter accident off Sumburgh Head." |
| Sarah Darnley, 45, from Elgin, Gary McCrossan, 59, from Inverness, Duncan Munro, 46, from Bishop Auckland, and George Allison, 57, from Winchester, lost their lives in the Shetland crash. | Sarah Darnley, 45, from Elgin, Gary McCrossan, 59, from Inverness, Duncan Munro, 46, from Bishop Auckland, and George Allison, 57, from Winchester, lost their lives in the Shetland crash. |