The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has demanded for a full investigation into the Bristow helicopter air crash that killed four oil workers and two pilots.
In a press statement signed the NUPENG President, Comrade Igwe Achese, the Union wants a comprehensive investigation into the Chopper crash by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) to avert further crashes; because it is one crash, too many, as the Bristow Helicopters Company had recorded three air crashes in eight years.
“NUPENG is worried and concerned about these crashes by Bristow Helicopters which is a major carrier of oil workers and personnel from oil platforms on the high seas to the hinterland.
“The union calls on the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), to commence full scale investigations immediately the black box is found and make its findings known. It warns that the AIB findings should not be locked up in its drawers, like other air crashes probes.
“It is sad to note that the cause of the last Dana air crash that killed about 200 air passengers report is yet to see the light of the day, three years after,” the union said.
The union re-iterates its commitment to safety of oil workers at work in the platforms and in the medium of transportation to and fro the oil rigs.
“We state that Choppers and other forms of water transportation of oil workers to the rigs in offshore locations must be in good order to stop the untimely death of hardworking and innocent workers who toil day and night to produce the hydro-carbon that is the mainstay of our nation’s economy,” the statement said.