The Petroleum Employees Union (PEU) on Tuesday wrote to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), after five ONGC employees died in a Pawan Hans chopper crash on January 13, seeking enhanced safety measures and referred Pawan Hans helicopters as 'flying coffins'. They have expressed their fears about flying to and from offshore sites on board the state-owned helicopter service. PEU wrote a letter to ONGC Chairman requesting to appoint high level internal committee and get first-hand information on working conditions and suggest ways to improve the same. The letter was written to ONGC Chairman and Managing Director, Shashi Shanker on February 17, more than a month after five senior ONGC officials and two Pawan Hans pilots died after a Dauphin N3 helicopter crashed off the Mumbai coast.

The Petroleum Employees Union (PEU) on Tuesday wrote to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), after five ONGC employees died in a Pawan Hans chopper crash on January 13, seeking enhanced safety measures and referred Pawan Hans helicopters as 'flying coffins'. They have expressed their fears about flying to and from offshore sites on board the state-owned helicopter service. PEU wrote a letter to ONGC Chairman requesting to appoint high level internal committee and get first-hand information on working conditions and suggest ways to improve the same. The letter was written to ONGC Chairman and Managing Director, Shashi Shanker on February 17, more than a month after five senior ONGC officials and two Pawan Hans pilots died after a Dauphin N3 helicopter crashed off the Mumbai coast.