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‘It’s about choice’
Sharon Pike of Shearstown, who lost her 49-year-old husband Paul, testified at the Offshore Helicopter safety inquiry Wednesday. She was accompanied by her son Stephen and daughter Andrea (not shown). Pike said if the problem with the S-92’s gearbox had been taken more seriously following an incident in Australia, the tragic crash might never have happened. – Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram
It was an emotional day as three families told the Wells Inquiry how their lives irrevocably changed when their husbands and fathers died March 12, 2009.
The widows of three offshore workers – Sharon Pike, Marilyn Nash and Lori Chynn – also told the inquiry the crash of Cougar Helicopters Flight 491 was preventable.
And they appealed for significant safety improvements in helicopter travel for offshore workers to and from the oilfields.
Seventeen people – including Paul Pike, Burch Nash and John Pelley – died when their helicopter plunged into the ocean 55 kilometres east of St. John’s. There was one survivor.
Sharon Pike’s children, 24-year-old Andrea and 19-year-old Stephen, sat on either side of her as she tearfully spoke of her husband.
“Paul was a very private man who died in a very public way. I would like the public to remember him for the remarkable man that he was and not just as the man who was killed in the helicopter crash of Flight 491,” she said.
“He was a loving and caring man who touched many lives. … and was always there when needed. He had a warm smile and a good word for everyone.”
The Shearstown man worked for offshore contractor Crosbie Salamis on the White Rose production ship.
“Paul would want me to say to the manufacturer of the helicopter, to the operator of the helicopter and to the oil companies that he did not have to lose his life on the morning of Thursday, March 12, 2009. He did not have to die in such a horrific way.
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