Sixteen oil workers and two pilots who survived after their helicopter crashed into the North Sea were "thanking God for a miracle" as they were reunited with their families. Article by Telegraph Scottish correspondent Auslan Cramb.TheTamshee says - having worked in the oil industry for many years, there is always concerns at the back of your mind that such a situation should arise. Thankfully on this ocassion it was what seems to be a text book escape - all offshore employees are well trained in helicopter escape techniques and sea survival but this is small comfort to the family left at home wondering if this could be there last flight.
It also reminded me of the pain / grief etched on the face of a work colleague while travelling home by helicopter the day after the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 - the brother of my workmate, sadly perished in what Lord Cullen later discribed as a catalogue of errors.
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