Jul 10, 2023
So wait... this "reviewer" genuinely had no idea that there's a LOT of people who have a genuine interest in horrible engineering disasters?
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So wait... this "reviewer" genuinely had no idea that there's a LOT of people who have a genuine interest in horrible engineering disasters?
The evening of July 6th 1988 saw the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea rocked by a huge explosion.
A total of 167 people died in the Piper Alpha fire making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster.
Most of the victims suffocated in toxic fumes which developed after a gas leak set off the blasts and sparked the fire.
The accident cost the Lloyd's insurance market more than £1bn, making it the largest insured man-made catastrophe. Occidental paid out $100m (£66m) to families of the deceased but escaped any kind of criminal or civil sanction. No one was made personally liable in the courts either.
It is the world's deadliest ever oil rig accident. Only 61 on the rig survived.
Pics show the Memorial Garden and statue in Aberdeen and was unveiled back in 1991 on the third anniversary of the offshore disaster.
More on the garden and sculpture can be found here. https://suejanetaylor.co.uk/piper-alpha-memorial/
I just thought I'd draw attention to this. As a child, I grew up visiting the memorial to those who died in the Piper Alpha disaster, which is located in Duthie Park, Aberdeen. Full credits go to the original poster of this.
Please reblog to raise awareness ❤
35 years to the hour since piper alpha
For the people who read "Fire in the Night" and we were constantly confused because it didn't have any diagrams.
“Another contributing factor was that nearby connected platforms Tartan and Claymore continued to pump gas and oil to Piper Alpha until its pipeline ruptured in the heat in the second explosion. Their operations crews did not believe they had the authority to shut off production, even though they could see that Piper Alpha was burning.”
Accadde Oggi: 6 Luglio
1988
La piattaforma di trivellazione Piper Alpha, nel Mare del Nord, viene distrutta da un’esplosione e dal successivo incendio uccidendo 167 lavoratori.
2016
A Fermo Emmanuel Chidi Nnamdi viene ucciso da Alessio Mancini cercando di difendere la moglie dagli insulti razzisti.
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This is why I don’t like offshore rigs.