A new box-set documentary series set for BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer will examine the 1988 Piper Alpha oil platform disaster off the Scottish coast that left 167 people dead and remains the ...
In July 1988, a maintenance breakdown on Piper Alpha triggered a chain of explosions that turned the North Sea platform into the deadliest offshore disaster in history. Helicopter footage captured ...
Told through the testimony of rig workers and their families back home, this is the minute-by-minute story of how the 1980s oil boom turned to disaster when Piper Alpha exploded. Piper Alpha burns, ...
Twenty years after the Piper Alpha platform disaster, the UKoil industy still has some way to go in cleaning up its health and safety act TWENTY years ago Occidental Petroleum's Piper Alpha platform ...
On a calm summer night in the North Sea, the Piper Alpha platform erupted into a fireball visible for miles. Within minutes, the structure melted into chaos as workers fought to survive against ...
Bob Ballantyne, who became the voice of the survivors of the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster, has died after a battle against cancer. Bob, aged 61, was one of only 62 men who survived the catastrophe, which ...
On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth.
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